The members of Little Big Town are a few dates into their Tornado Tour, and the crowds have been amazing. This past weekend, they had sold-out shows in Huntsville and Knoxville, and the band is thrilled over the crowd’s reaction, especially to the handful of songs from their Tornado album. “It’s exciting…to watch people in the crowd singing the songs that are on the record, but not on the radio yet, but they know all the words to the songs that are on the record,” says LBT’s Kimberly Schlapman. “That’s just so much fun to watch and hear.” Bandmember Phillip Sweet agrees, because one of his favorite moments to perform is on a song that hasn’t been released from their latest album. “I really love the moment of ‘On Your Side of the Bed’ with Karen and Jimi – that’s a really special moment in the show. I really love performing that with them.”
The show, which currently features opening act Kacey Musgraves, is an amazing night of music from top to bottom, but the fans will also appreciate some other fun moments during Little Big Town’s set, including their acoustic medley of their popular web series, “Scattered, Smothered and Covered,” as well as their cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain.”
Check out Billboard’s review of their Knoxville show here.
David Nail is set to join the tour on March 8th in Buffalo, Michigan.
Little Big Town’s latest single, “Tornado” – the title track of their latest album and headlining tour, is closing in on the top of the country charts. It’s the follow-up to their number-one hit, “Pontoon.”
AUDIO: Little Big Town’s Phillip Sweet and Kimberly Schlapman are very excited about their own headlining tour, especially because they’re able to play several songs from their Tornado album.
LBT (Tornado tour exciting) OC: (Kimberly) …watch and hear. :28
PHILLIP: “We’re just getting rolling on the tour, and it’s so exciting so far. It just feels so good to play a lot of songs from the Tornado album and to get to do some really cool production. It’s just amazing to do this and to sell our own ticket. It’s a good feeling.” KIMBERLY: “It’s exciting too to watch people in the crowd singing the songs that are on the record, but not on the radio yet, but they know all the words to the songs that are on the record. That’s just so much fun to watch and hear.”
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AUDIO: Little Big Town’s Phillip Sweet and Jimi Westbrook talk about a couple of really cool moments during their Tornado Tour.
LBT (tour moments) OC: (Jimi) …of the show. :28
PHILLIP: “We’ve got a few little tricks up our sleeve that we’re bringing out new for this tour, some new songs, some things we haven’t done before. And I really love the moment of ‘On Your Side of the Bed’ with Karen and Jimi – that’s a really special moment in the show. I really love performing that with them.” JIMI: “We’re bringing out a little medley of some cover tunes that we do online, and we’ve added a new one to that too, and that’s been a lot of fun. I think fans have really been responding to that, so that’s a fun little part of the show.”
