<p><a title="LITTLE BIG TOWN" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/new-little-big-town-tour-dates/">LITTLE BIG TOWN</a> MAKE HISTORY WITH SOLD OUT “<a title="LITTLE BIG TOWN" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/new-little-big-town-tour-dates/">LITTLE BIG TOWN</a> AT THE MOTHER CHURCH” <a title="RYMAN" href="https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/1224809/264167/4272?subId1=WPScmnbRyman&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fryman-auditorium-tickets-nashville%2Fvenue%2F221356&partnerpropertyid=5213910&MediaPartnerPropertyId=5213910">RYMAN</a> RESIDENCY SHOWS</p>
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<p><strong>First-Ever Year Long Artist Residency Launch At The <a title="Ryman" href="https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/1224809/264167/4272?subId1=WPScmnbRyman&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fryman-auditorium-tickets-nashville%2Fvenue%2F221356&partnerpropertyid=5213910&MediaPartnerPropertyId=5213910">Ryman</a> Coincides With The Grammy Award- Winning Vocal Group’s New Album, The Breaker</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>10th “<a title="Little Big Town" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/new-little-big-town-tour-dates/">Little Big Town</a> At The Mother Church” Show Added For </strong><strong>July 30th</strong></p>
<p>Grammy Award-winning vocal group <a title="Little Big Town" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/new-little-big-town-tour-dates/">Little Big Town</a> launched their unprecedented year-long artist residency, “<a title="Little Big Town" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/new-little-big-town-tour-dates/">Little Big Town</a> at the Mother Church,” from Nashville’s famed <a title="Ryman" href="https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/1224809/264167/4272?subId1=WPScmnbRyman&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fryman-auditorium-tickets-nashville%2Fvenue%2F221356&partnerpropertyid=5213910&MediaPartnerPropertyId=5213910">Ryman</a> Auditorium this weekend with back-to-back, sold-out shows on Friday and Saturday evening. The reigning CMA and ACM Vocal Group of the Year earned numerous standing ovations as they showcased their award-winning vocals during each nightly performance of their new album, <em>The Breaker.</em> The launch of “<a title="Little Big Town" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/new-little-big-town-tour-dates/">Little Big Town</a> at the Mother Church” coincides with the world-wide release of <a title="Little Big Town" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/new-little-big-town-tour-dates/">Little Big Town</a>’s seventh studio album, released February 24th, and marks the only time in the venue’s 125-year history to host a year-long artist residency.</p>
<p>Band members Karen Fairchild, Phillip Sweet, Kimberly Schlapman, and Jimi Westbrook’s took to the <a title="Ryman" href="https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/1224809/264167/4272?subId1=WPScmnbRyman&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fryman-auditorium-tickets-nashville%2Fvenue%2F221356&partnerpropertyid=5213910&MediaPartnerPropertyId=5213910">Ryman</a> stage following support acts <a title="Brent Cobb" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/brent-cobb-extends-us-tour/">Brent Cobb</a> (2/24) and Ashley Monroe (2/25) to debut their first, and only, live full-length album performances of <em>The Breaker.</em> After opening the show with the album’s &#8220;optimistic standout” (<em>Sounds Like Nashville</em>) “Happy People,” the band went on to perform every track on their new album from top to bottom&#8211; including their current chart-topping #1 song at country radio, “Better Man”&#8211;before later trading off lead vocals for several songs including “Beat Up Bible,” “When Someone Stops Loving You,” and the album’s title track, “The Breaker.”</p>
<p>The packed set list had the audience on their feet, singing along to every word of the band’s biggest hits, from “Pontoon” to “Girl Crush,” the thirteen week #1 Grammy-winning crossover hit that recently propelled <em>Pain Killer</em> to RIAA-Platinum-status, earning the group their third RIAA-Platinum album certification as a band.</p>
<p>Each evening’s special surprise guest appearances&#8211;an expected staple of future “<a title="Little Big Town" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/new-little-big-town-tour-dates/">Little Big Town</a> at the Mother Church” dates—solicited enormous audience applause as breakout Country artists <a title="Sam Hunt" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSSamHunt/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fsam-hunt-tickets%2F">Sam Hunt</a> and <a title="Chris Stapleton" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSStapleton/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fchris-stapleton-tickets%2F">Chris Stapleton</a> (2/24) and powerhouse vocalist Andra Day (2/25) joined <a title="Little Big Town" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/new-little-big-town-tour-dates/">Little Big Town</a> on stage. At the close of each show, in contrast, the band earned a different reaction—complete reverence in the form of uninterrupted silence- as the band launched into an unexpected, completely acoustic encore, sans mics, aimed at paying homage to early <a title="Ryman" href="https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/1224809/264167/4272?subId1=WPScmnbRyman&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fryman-auditorium-tickets-nashville%2Fvenue%2F221356&partnerpropertyid=5213910&MediaPartnerPropertyId=5213910">Ryman</a> Auditorium performances.</p>
<p>Saturday’s show also included an additional on-stage surprise, with the band’s announcement from the <a title="Ryman" href="https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/1224809/264167/4272?subId1=WPScmnbRyman&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fryman-auditorium-tickets-nashville%2Fvenue%2F221356&partnerpropertyid=5213910&MediaPartnerPropertyId=5213910">Ryman</a> stage that a 10th “<a title="Little Big Town" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/new-little-big-town-tour-dates/">Little Big Town</a> at the Mother Church” <a title="Ryman" href="https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/1224809/264167/4272?subId1=WPScmnbRyman&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fryman-auditorium-tickets-nashville%2Fvenue%2F221356&partnerpropertyid=5213910&MediaPartnerPropertyId=5213910">Ryman</a> Residency date has been added for July 30th due to popular demand. Previously announced dates include May 19&;20, July 28&;29, September 15&;16, and November 27th. Pre-sale tickets for the newly-announced date are available now through March 2nd at 10pm CT by visiting here: www.<a title="ticketmaster" href="https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/1224809/264167/4272?subId1=WPScmnbTM&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2F&partnerpropertyid=5213910&MediaPartnerPropertyId=5213910">ticketmaster</a>.com/event/1B005258D765823D. Tickets for the concerts will be $90.50, $60.50 and $50.50. Each ticket purchased to see <a title="Little Big Town" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/new-little-big-town-tour-dates/">Little Big Town</a> at the <a title="Ryman" href="https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/1224809/264167/4272?subId1=WPScmnbRyman&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fryman-auditorium-tickets-nashville%2Fvenue%2F221356&partnerpropertyid=5213910&MediaPartnerPropertyId=5213910">Ryman</a> includes one (1) physical album of <a title="Little Big Town" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/new-little-big-town-tour-dates/">Little Big Town</a>’s new album<em>, The Breaker</em>, released February 24, 2017 on Capital Nashville. Visit <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/c1dhl/wophm/8dhttd">www.littlebigtown.com/tour</a> for more information.</p>
<p><a title="Little Big Town" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/new-little-big-town-tour-dates/">Little Big Town</a> continue to earn early critical praise for <em>The Breaker, </em>having “expanded their audience beyond Tennessee&#8221; (<em>USA Today</em>) as well as “the definition of country music from the inside” (<em>Newsday</em>). <em>The</em> <em>Los Angeles Times</em> recently declared <em>The Breaker</em> “excellent” before highlighting <a title="Little Big Town" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/new-little-big-town-tour-dates/">Little Big Town</a> as one of “only three acts that performed more than once at this year’s Grammy Awards. Reviewed as “a 21st century revival of Fleetwood Mac” (<em>Goldderby</em>), critics have identified <em>The Breaker</em> as a sweet spot, with <em>Paste</em> noting the album as “the band&#8217;s wheelhouse…they sound great” and <em>Entertainment Weekly </em>sharing high praise for the band’s latest studio project, giving the album an “A-” rating and noting “<a title="Little Big Town" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/new-little-big-town-tour-dates/">Little Big Town</a> soar with new album…<a title="LBT" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/new-little-big-town-tour-dates/">LBT</a>&#8217;s glistening harmonies beam.” Following the launch of “<a title="Little Big Town" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/new-little-big-town-tour-dates/">Little Big Town</a> at the Mother Church,&#8221; the <em>Associated Press</em> also raved “<a title="Little Big Town" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/new-little-big-town-tour-dates/">Little Big Town</a> momentum grows with <a title="Ryman" href="https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/1224809/264167/4272?subId1=WPScmnbRyman&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fryman-auditorium-tickets-nashville%2Fvenue%2F221356&partnerpropertyid=5213910&MediaPartnerPropertyId=5213910">Ryman</a> residency.”</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a title="Little Big Town" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/new-little-big-town-tour-dates/">Little Big Town</a> can next be seen performing on “Ellen” on March 1st, and on “The Talk” on March 14th.</p>
LITTLE BIG TOWN MAKE HISTORY AT THE RYMAN
