For the 48th CMA Awards, two cross-genre performances were billed, and Little Big Town had the pleasure of sharing the stage with pop star Ariana Grande.
The crew performed LBT's most recent single "Day Drinking" from their October release Pain Killer. The band was adorned in neon-lit outfits that changed colors while they played their hit accompanied with a backdrop of drummers. Grande came out midway through the song and stole the show with her tune "Bang Bang." This collaboration took the award for best cross-genre performance by far. Check it out below.
Pain Killer peaked at number seven on the Billboard 200 chart and hit three on the Top Country Albums list.
"Pain Killer is an in-your-face album with rock bombast, though there's enough occasional twang here to keep the country traditionalists happy," Billboard wrote about the release. "It's a tour de force when the music gets loud, but even more so when the quartet, whose members co-wrote eight of the songs here, quiets down and sings together on 'Live Forever,' a shimmering, understated ode to enduring love. It has taken 16 years to reach this point, but Little Big Town is finally ready for the big time."
The group recently became part of a country institution with their induction into the Grand Ole Opry. "The word 'family' really means something out here. It really does," Vince Gill told Little Big Town on the Opry stage. "You'll make friends like I have with this man right here [Dickens]. You'll be so be blessed by the friends you'll make out here, and they'll last your entire life. Welcome to the family, and remember to come here as often as you can."
