Little Big Town at iHeartRadio Theatre NYC

Reigning CMA Vocal Group Little Big Town is taking over NYC this week with a series of events in the Big Apple celebrating the release of their highly anticipated album Pain Killer. One of their stops was the iHeartRadio Country Live Series held at the iHeartRadio Theatre. Hosted by Bobby Bones, the hour long event, which could be heard on the radio and the internet, was part Q&A with LBT and part live performance. 
For the first thirty minutes, Bobby spoke with the foursome-Jimmy, Karen, Philip and Kimberly-about the album and dished on some of the stories behind the tracks.

Little Big Town started off the evening with "Quit Breaking Up With Me" and went into "Day Drinking" which they said involved enjoying a few cocktails a/k/a "method writing" when they were writing the track.  Next was "Stay All Night," which can only be described as a country-funk jam; one that was a definite crowd favorite. Then Deacon and Thor (as Jimmy and Philip are affectionately known) stepped away from the mic to let the ladies shine. Karen sang "Girl Crush," a song they knew they had to cut the minute they heard it because it was such a unique take on a situation that has been written about many times before. Then Kimberly took the lead on "Save Your Sin." And honestly, she threw herself into that song and was phenomenal. At the completion of the song Bobby said 'I liked it' to which Karen said 'You cannot not like it because that would be like insulting Holly Hobbie.' Kimberly was quick to remark 'For 20 years I have been the cute one and she has been the sexy one and I am tired of being the cute one!' Well, she may still be known as the cute one, but she surely can hold her own on a gritty track.

The last thirty minutes included LBT sounding polished and having a blast performing "Pain Killer," "Faster Gun" and "Live Forever," which Karen said was a song about why love is soooo good (as are their harmonies on the track). Additionally, they played "Tornado" and closed with "Boondocks" (complete with a rockin' intro).

Little Big Town's sound (and live performance) has definitely evolved into something quite extraordinary. Pain Killer is a diverse, quality album; definitely their best yet.

For more information and tour dates visit their official website.

And major kudos for not only introducing and complimenting their band, but thanking their team, and their "glam" squad because as Karen said "we don't wake up every day looking like this." It's nice to see artists appreciate others.

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