Nashville, Tennessee – (Monday, December 15, 2014) – GRAMMY award-winning country group Little Big Town has added a spring leg of THE PAIN KILLER TOUR that will kick off on March 5, 2015 in Savannah, GA. The foursome-consisting of Karen Fairchild, Jimi Westbrook, Phillip Sweet, and Kimberly Schlapman-will also be releasing their highly anticipated new single, “Girl Crush,” to country radio today.
The next run of THE PAIN KILLER TOUR, produced by AEG LIVE/The Messina Group, will feature special guest Chris Stapleton and hit over 12 cities nationwide (list of dates below). The band will again offer a unique VIP experience for fans; allowing them to choose from 2 limited packages including meet and greets, pre-show soundcheck access, exclusive merchandise and more. For more information on THE PAIN KILLER TOUR dates, VIP packages, and pre-sale tickets visit www.littlebigtown.com.
“Girl Crush,” the second released single from the band’s newest album, PAIN KILLER (Capitol Records Nashville), features Fairchild on lead vocals and follows on the heels of the group’s recent #1 hit, “Day Drinking.” Written by Lori McKenna, Liz Rose, and Hillary Lindsey, Rolling Stone has hailed the soulful ballad as a “slow, exquisitely excruciating lover’s lament with a Phil Spectorian sense of emotional grandeur.”
To download “Girl Crush” click HERE
Since PAIN KILLER’S release on October 21, the sixth studio album from the group has seen rave reviews and has made both Billboard and Rolling Stone’s “Best Country Album of 2014” lists as well as “iTunes Best of 2014” list for “Country Album of the Year.” The band also just received a nomination for the 2015 GRAMMY Awards for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for “Day Drinking.”
THE PAIN KILLER TOUR – SPRING 2015:
3/5 Savannah, GA Johnny Mercer Theatre
3/6 Birmingham, AL BJCC Concert Hall
3/8 Chattanooga, TN Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium
3/12 Evansville, IN Aiken Theatre
3/13 Louisville, KY Louisville Palace Theater
3/14 Muncie, IN Emens Auditorium
3/19 Davenport, IA Adler Theatre
3/20 St. Louis, MO Fabulous Fox Theatre
3/27 Sioux City, IA Orpheum Theatre
3/28 Enid, OK Enid Event Center
About Chris Stapleton
UMG Nashville artist and three-time GRAMMY nominee Chris Stapleton is an established songwriter with five No. one hits already under his belt including the five-week No. one “Never Wanted Nothing More” recorded by Kenny Chesney and “Love’s Gonna Make it Alright” recorded by George Strait. Stapleton has penned over 170 album cuts, including songs recorded by Adele, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley and Dierks Bentley, and has such notable co-writers as Vince Gill, Peter Frampton and Sheryl Crow among others. As lead vocalist for critically acclaimed bluegrass band The Steel Drivers, Stapleton earned three GRAMMY nominations including Best Bluegrass Album, as well as an International Bluegrass Music Association Award for Emerging Artist of the Year. He’s won six ASCAP Awards and has contributed to the soundtracks of several feature films including “Cars 2” and “Valentine’s Day.”
About AEG LIVE/TMG
The Pain Killer Tour will be produced and promoted by AEG Live & The Messina Group (TMG). TMG is a partner of AEG Live, one of the top live entertainment companies in the world. AEG Live, the live-entertainment division of Los Angeles-based AEG, is dedicated to all aspects of live contemporary music performance. AEG Live is comprised of touring, festival, broadcast, and special event divisions, fifteen regional offices and owns, operates or exclusively books thirty-five state-of-the-art venues. The current and recent concert tour roster includes artists such as Little Big Town, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Jake Owen, Hunter Hayes, Alicia Keys, Bruno Mars, Bon Jovi, Cher, Enrique Iglesias, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bieber, Kenny Chesney, Paul McCartney, and The Who. The company is also currently producing residency shows at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas including Celine Dion, Rod Stewart and Shania Twain and is the exclusive promoter at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas. AEG Live is also the largest producer of music festivals in North America from the critically acclaimed Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival to Stagecoach Country Music Festival and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. www.aeglive.com
