LADY ANTEBELLUM BEGINS TWO-NIGHT STINT AT NASHVILLE'S RYMAN TONIGHT
Wednesday, March 10 2010 07:41
Lady Antebellum will play the first of two sold out shows at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville tonight (Wednesday, March 10th). The trio have been working on playing "Music City" for a while now, and Dave Haywood tells us the venue was worth the wait. "We've been tryin' to plan that for, I think, a year now, tryin' to get a show in Nashville, and to get an opportunity at the Ryman is incredible. I mean, we've got probably the venue with the most history (Charles Kelley) Yeah! (Dave) And also the best sounding place in the world!"
Tonight's hometown show is in appreciation of all their local supporters who climbed aboard the Lady A train from the beginning. "Man, it's gonna be great! We haven't played in Nashville in years, a headlining show like that. (Charles) Yeah, not a big, big show. (Dave) Yeah, I mean we've played little things here or there -- festivals -- but this is our first chance -- it's gotta be since we got our record deal -- that we've really done a full out headlining show for Lady Antebellum, so we're looking forward (to it). We love Nashville. This is where we started, so this is kind of our hometown crowd and a way for us to say thanks to the fans here."
Lady Antebellum will also take the Ryman stage tomorrow night (Thursday, March 11th).
The trio are the most nominated act going into next month's Academy of Country Music Awards. They are up for Top Vocal Group, Album of the Year for Lady Antebellum, and Single, Song and Video of the Year for "Need You Now."
The ACM Awards will air live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on April 18th on CBS.
AUDIO: LADY ANTEBELLUM ON PLAYING FIRST HEADLINING NASHVILLE SHOWAUDIO: LADY ANTEBELLUM ON PLAYING AT RYMAN
