Little Big Town share new duet with Kelsea Ballerini “Closing Time”
Multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning Little Big Town – Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Phillip Sweet, and Jimi Westbrook – have shared their new track “Closing Time” featuring 6X GRAMMY-nominated and multiple CMA and ACM Award-winning singer-songwriter and producer Kelsea Ballerini, available now on all DSPs. Accompanied by an official music video streaming now on the band’s official YouTube channel, “Closing Time” is a confident, flirtatious duet that celebrates living in the moment as last call turns into a night that's too good to end. The new track is the latest offering from their highly anticipated forthcoming album It’s A Dying Art, arriving August 28 via MCA.
Co-produced by two-time GRAMMY® winner Gena Johnson (Jason Isbell, Dolly Parton, Brandi Carlile) and Little Big Town’s own Karen Fairchild, It’s A Dying Art blends intimate storytelling, emotional balladry, and a focus on human-made music shaped by imperfection and lived experience. The album features collaborations with friends including Ashley Monroe, Jason Isbell, and Kelsea Ballerini, and reflects more than 25 years of chemistry and trust within the band. Little Big Town first previewed the project with the poignant “Hey There Sunshine,” which debuted at the 61st Academy of Country Music Awards to widespread acclaim, with The Tennessean calling it “a hopeful, healing moment” and Billboard praising it as “a timely message from one of country music’s greatest vocal groups.” They followed with “Over and Over,” which Billboard hailed as a “top-shelf post-breakup anthem,” “Sucker For A Sad Song” featuring Ashley Monroe, which Rolling Stone declared a “song you need to know,” and their recent piano-driven ballad, “We Could Have It All.” Additional standout tracks include the relationship-worn “The Door” featuring Jason Isbell, the fiery “It’s Coming Around,” and the visceral “The Idea.” The band will celebrate the album’s release with a special performance on the TODAY Plaza on September 1 as part of TODAY’s Citi Concert Series.
This fall, Little Big Town will kick off their For The Art Of It Tour. Produced by Live Nation and in support of their forthcoming album It’s A Dying Art, the U.S. and Canada dates kick off Sept. 24 in St. Petersburg, FL, and include stops in Atlanta, Boston, Philadelphia, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Toronto, and more this fall. In December, the band will bring their holiday magic to Nashville’s famed “Mother Church of Country Music,” The Ryman Auditorium, for a three-night holiday residency. The Christmas Shows Ryman Residency will take place December 8-10, and will feature a mix of holiday classics and fan favorites from the chart-topping vocal group. A complete list of tour dates follows below. For tickets and more information visit https://www.littlebigtown.com/tour.
