As it happens, the 77th Emmy Awards line up with the 40th anniversary of the premiere of The Golden Girls, the hit sitcom that ran for seven seasons between 1985 and 1992. To mark the occasion, the Emmys enlisted Reba McEntire and Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman …
Read More »Little Big Town's 'Road to Here' Led to Them Becoming Country's Family Band
Twenty years ago, Little Big Town were seemingly at the end of their rope in trying to make it in Nashville. The country music quartet had two failed recording contracts in the rearview mirror, with no real prospects to come. “We were broken, and we just sat down and wrote …
Read More »Watch Little Big Town, Sugarland Cover Phil Collins' 'Take Me Home' at 2024 CMT Awards
For the second time in their careers, Little Big Town and Sugarland have come together to interpret a 1985 pop hit. The country groups performed “Take Me Home,” off Phil Collins’ No Jacket Required album, onstage at the 2024 CMT Music Awards in Austin on Sunday. In 2008, LBT and …
Read More »Little Big Town, Sugarland Announce 2024 'Take Me Home' Tour
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. On the heels of their CMT Music Awards collaboration, Little Big Town and Sugarland have announced the “Take Me Home” Tour. Titled after the song they performed on …
Read More »People's Choice Country Awards: How to Watch, Who's Nominated, Who's Performing
It’s easy to roll your eyes at yet another country music awards show, which are as numerous as bachelorettes on a Nashville Saturday night. But the inaugural People’s Choice Country Awards gives fans the power to celebrate the songs they actually listen to. (The CMT Music Awards are also fan-voted …
Read More »Watch Little Big Town, Elvie Shane Join the Cadillac Three for 'Hillbilly' at CMA Fest
While technically a CMA Fest event, the Cadillac Three delivered a gritty and often improvised alternative to the highly produced TV taping going on across the river at Nissan Stadium on Friday night. During their concise, stout headlining set at Ascend Amphitheater —dubbed “The Cadillac Three & Friends” — the …
Read More »Chris Stapleton and George Strait Are Touring Stadiums Next Summer
George Strait just can’t shake the road. After retiring from regular touring in 2014, the Texas country music singer has played festival dates, one-off shows, and his successful Las Vegas residency Strait to Vegas. In 2023, he’ll add more to his itinerary when he joins Chris Stapleton for a string …
Read More »Sheryl Crow, Little Big Town's Karen Fairchild Join Nashville Benefit for Sandy Hook Promise
Sheryl Crow and Little Big Town singer Karen Fairchild are two of the numerous artists set to perform at a Nashville benefit concert on Nov. 30 for Sandy Hook Promise, the gun violence prevention nonprofit founded by musician Mark Barden after losing his son in the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut, massacre. …
Read More »Little Big Town Search For Seventies Gold on 'Mr. Sun'
Though vocal groups are a longstanding tradition in country music, the quartet Little Big Town have been compared to Fleetwood Mac just as often as they’ve been compared to the Oak Ridge Boys. That’s due in part to their mix of male and female voices, as well as the way …
Read More »Little Big Town Are Partying 'All Summer' on New Single
Little Big Town are partying “All Summer” with the group’s buoyant new single from their forthcoming new LP. “I know it sounds cliche / Making eyes across the pool all day / And I don’t need you but it feels that way / And I don’t ever let myself feel …
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