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After appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday (September 13th) to promote their new album, Tornado, Little Big Town recorded a message to the talk-show host. Check the message, as well as their performance of the No. 1 hit, “Pontoon” below:

Little Big Town talk to the Associated Press about their new album, Tornado, and what Karen Fairchild did to help push their single ‘Pontoon’ to the top of the charts. The song is their first No. 1 hit in 13 years as a band.

The video for Eric Church’s “Creepin’” will premiere exclusively on RollingStone.com on Friday (September 14th). The music video was directed by Peter Zavadil and filmed in Chattanooga, Tennessee at the East Chattanooga Depot. The video features a normally sunglass-clad star sans his regular shades as he and a group of bandits–all Church’s longtime band members disguised alongside Church–set out to rob a train. Costume designer and stylist Katy Robbins worked in conjunction with Church and Zavadil to recreate the late 18th century fashion.

“It’s an interesting concept. My band got to play in it and act in it, which was pretty cool. We’re all in western wear and robbing a train,” Church shares. “For one of the scenes we filmed, we had the train stopped in a tunnel, and it was hotter than nine hells in there. It reminded me of the old days when we used to play crowded bars and clubs, only this was the first time I’ve ever sweat through the bottom of my boots!”

It has been quite a month for the arena-headlining artist who commences the fall leg of The Blood, Sweat & Beers Tour tonight in Amherst, Mass. with a pre-show 21+ BBQ at Mullins Center before doors open for the show featuring special guests Kip Moore and Justin Moore. 

For more information and exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from the “Creepin'” video, stay tuned to www.EricChurch.com. 

AUDIO: Eric Church says the clip for his single, “Creepin’,” is his favorite video so far.

Eric Church (Creepin’ video) OC: …really cool. [NOTE: Audio is phone quality.]
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“It’s hands down the best thing we’ve ever done on film, and it is now my favorite video. It’s odd and weird and really cool.”

On Monday, Lady A announced they will be releasing a Christmas album, On This Winter’s Night, this year on October 22nd. Watch this week’s webisode below as Charles, Hillary and Dave talk about all that went into making this record.

Eric Church kicks off the fall leg of his Blood, Sweat & Beers Tour on Thursday (September 13th) in Amherst, Massachusetts. He’s taking along Justin Moore and Kip Moore as his opening acts. He says he’s looking forward to being on the road with both acts. “Justin’s been around for a while now. I’ve been impressed with the fact that he’s gone out played bars, played clubs, whether he had a radio hit or he didn’t have a radio hit. He’s been a guy that hasn’t been afraid to go out and work, and build a fan base, and that’s certainly the way that we came up,” says Eric. “With Kip, I’m impressed with just the songwriter sense and his instinct from a songwriter’s side. I like the grit in his music. I think there’s a lot of integrity in the kind of songs that he writes and the way he sings ‘em and the way they’re recorded.”

During the tour, his two-night stand in Chattanooga on October 8th and 9th, he will record a live album for release early next year.

Eric, who is climbing the country charts with his latest single “Creepin’,” leads the list of CMA nominees with five, including Male Vocalist and Album of the Year for Chief.

AUDIO: Eric Church talks about his opening acts, Justin Moore and Kip Moore, and is looking forward to getting on the road with them on the next leg of his Blood, Sweat & Beers Tour.

Eric Church (Justin & Kip Moore) OC: …journey too. :47
“You know, Justin’s been around for a while now. I’ve been impressed with the fact that he’s gone out played bars, played clubs, whether he had a radio hit or he didn’t have a radio hit. He’s been a guy that hasn’t been afraid to go out and work, and build a fan base, and that’s certainly the way that we came up. With Kip, I’m impressed with just the songwriter sense and his instinct from a songwriter’s side. I like the grit in his music. I think there’s a lot of integrity in the kind of songs that he writes and the way he sings ‘em and the way they’re recorded, so I’m looking forward to get on the road with both those guys. They both done things that I certainly respect their path. Being the guy who kinda took the long way around, it’s cool to have those guys out there and be a part of their journey too.

To help celebrate the release of their fifth studio album, Tornado, Little Big Town are making an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday (September 13th) and they couldn’t be more excited. “I’ve been a fan of hers since her TV sitcom, says LBT’s Kimberly Schlapman. “I think I’m just really looking forward to meeting her.” Bandmate Jimi Westbrook agrees. “There is such a fun spirit that she just brings along and that show has.”

While Jimi’s wife and bandmate Karen Fairchild is looking forward to meeting Ellen, she seems to have a not-so-hidden agenda in mind. “What I really want to do is to run into George Clooney because I heard that his office is right across the [street],” she says, while Kimberly sighs heavily. “If we run into George Clooney in the parking lot…” Karen’s husband isn’t quite sure he wants to know, but he asks anyway. “What exactly will you do, darlin’?” Kimberly answers for Karen, “Die! Sorry, Jimi.” Playing off of one of the songs on the new album, a duet between Jimi and Karen, Phillip Sweet says matter-of-factly, “You’ll find out on ‘Your Side of the Bed’…Jimi’s gonna be singing, ‘On Your Side of the Bed, there’s a well-coifed actor man.’”

The Ellen DeGeneres Show is not the only place you can catch Little Big Town this week. The group debuts CMT Unplugged on CMT.com on Wednesday (September 12th). They performed their current No. 1 single, “Pontoon” and two other songs from the new album, as well as “Boondocks” and a cover of Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” for a live studio audience. Little Big Town also are choosing their favorite videos to play on CMT on Thursday (September 13th) at 9a ET/PT and Friday (September 14th) at 10a ET/PT.

AUDIO: Little Big Town are looking forward to meeting Ellen DeGeneres this week when they make an appearance on her talk show.

LBT (Ellen) OC: (Phillip) …in there.” :26
KIMBERLY: “I’ve been a fan of hers since her TV sitcom. [PHILLIP: “Yes.”] And so, I think I’m just really looking forward to meeting her and I respect her and…” JIMI: “There is such a fun spirit that she just brings along and that show has.” KIMBERLY: “It’s fun.” JIMI: “It’s fun.” KAREN: “I want to be her friend too.” KIMBERLY: “Me too.” KAREN: “I want to be her friend and Julia Roberts’ friend.” [JIMI LAUGHS] PHILLIP: “It just looks like a party. Her crowd, the studio audience, is having fun. The mood should be awesome in there.”

AUDIO: While hanging out at the Ellen DeGeneres Show this week, Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild just hopes to run into George Clooney.

LBT (Ellen) 2 OC: (Phillip) …actor man. [ALL LAUGH] :50
KAREN: “What I really want to do is to run into George Clooney because I heard that his office is right across the…[KIMBERLY SIGHS; JIMI: “They used to terrorize him.”] …they used to terrorize him. If we run  into George Clooney in the parking lot…” KIMBERLY: “We will die!” JIMI: “What exactly will you do, darlin’?” KIMBERLY: “Die! Sorry, Jimi.” JIMI: “What exactly, what will you do?” PHILLIP: “You’ll find out on ‘Your Side of the Bed.’” JIMI: “That’s right. [KIMBERLY LAUGHS] I have a feeling I’ll roll over and see George on my side of the bed.” [ALL LAUGH] KIMBERLY: “No, he’ll be on hers!” [ALL LAUGH] JIMI: “That’s right!” KAREN: “The same thing you do when you meet all these, we, often Kimberly and I don’t get to meet it seems like actors, beautiful actor men. You guys are always running into Olivia Munn [PHILLIP: “I did stare.”] and Nicole Kidman, although we get to stare at Keith, so.” PHILLIP: “Jimi’s gonna be singing, ‘On Your Side of the Bed, there’s a well-coifed actor man.” [ALL LAUGH]

If you happened to miss Dierks Bentley on his recent Country & Cold Cans: Back to College Tour, you don’t have to worry. You can catch the exclusive video for “Grab a Beer” below.

By the way, Dierks’ current single, “Tip It On Back,” is high-tailing it up the country charts.

Little Big Town hit stores and online retailers today (Tuesday) with their new album, Tornado, Here’s a little teaser!

There’s a strange new wind blowing into stores today (Tuesday) as Little Big Town’s new album, Tornado, is released. For the group, recording their fifth studio album was a totally new experience. “This was the discipline and art of letting go, this album. It was like learning to be a little more free and not trying to control it so much and letting the music guide us,” says LBT’s Phillip Sweet. “And we really didn’t have a lot of time on our hands to sift through it. We had to kind of go in the moment and get it and act fast. Go on your gut instinct, and I think that’s what we needed, of course – a challenge for us, because we’d always have time to work out the parts and meticulously spend way more time with it.”

Tornado includes Little Big Town’s first No. 1 single, “Pontoon,” which remained atop of the country charts again this week.

AUDIO: Little Big Town’s Phillip Sweet says their album, Tornado, was a lesson in letting go.

LBT (album art of letting go) OC: …let go like that. :35
“This was the discipline and art of letting go, this album. It was like learning to be a little more free and not trying to control it so much and letting the music guide us. And we really didn’t have a lot of time on our hands to sift through it. We had to kind of go in the moment and get it and act fast. Go on your gut instinct, and I think that’s what we needed, of course – a challenge for us, because we’d always have time to work out the parts and meticulously spend way more time with it. It was a really fun process to do that, and to let go like that.