Miranda Lambert & Little Big Town perform together during 2018’s The Bandwagon Tour
Reid LongMiranda Lambert and Little Big Town are teaming up this spring to revive The Bandwagon Tour, four years after their successful 2018 co-headlining run by the same name.
This year’s 15-city outing, produced by Live Nation, will also feature The Cadillac Three as direct support for all shows. The tour launches May 6 in Houston, and will include stops in Dallas, Cincinnati, St. Louis and more, before wrapping June 11 at Camden, New Jersey’s BB&T Pavilion. Just prior to the launch of The Bandwagon Tour, Lambert and The Cadillac Three will perform a pair of amphitheater shows in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on April 27 and Franklin, Tenn. on April 28.
Lambert is nominated for a Grammy heading into this year’s ceremony, for her collaborative album The Marfa Tapes with Jon Randall and Jack Ingram. Her latest single, “If I Was a Cowboy,” is out at country radio. Meanwhile, Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild, Jimi Westbrook, Kimberly Schlapman and Phillip Sweet are working on their 10th studio album, set to release later this year. The project will follow their 2020 album Nightfall, which was nominated for best country album at the Grammys. In addition to previously touring together, Lambert and Little Big Town collaborated on the 2015 single “Smokin’ and Drinkin” from Lambert album’s Platinum.
The Cadillac Three, known for their blend of country and southern rock on songs including “The South” and “White Lightning,” most recently released a pair of studio albums in 2020: Country Fuzz and Tabasco and Sweet Tea.
Tickets for the tour’s opening night in Houston will go on sale Jan. 21 at 10 a.m. local time. Tickets for all other tour dates will go on sale Jan. 14 at 10 a.m. local time.
See the list of show dates below.
April 27: Tuscaloosa Amphitheater | Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Lambert and The Cadillac Three only)
April 28: FirstBank Amphitheater | Franklin, Tenn. (Lambert and The Cadillac Three only)
April 29: William Green Football Stadium | Johnson City, Tenn.
May 6: Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman | Houston, Texas
May 7: Dos Equis Pavilion | Dallas, Texas
May 8: Walmart AMP | Rogers, Ark.
May 12: Credit One Stadium | Charleston, S.C.
May 13: MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre | Tampa, Fla.
May 14: iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre | West Palm Beach, Fla.
May 20: Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre | St. Louis, Mo.
May 21: Ruoff Music Center | Noblesville, Ind.
May 22: Riverbend Music Center | Cincinnati, Ohio
June 2: Budweiser Stage | Toronto, Ont.
June 3: DTE Energy Music Theatre | Detroit, Mich.
June 4: Blossom Music Center | Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
June 9: Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater | Wantagh, N.Y.
June 10: PNC Bank Arts Center | Holmdel, N.J.
June 11: BB&T Pavilion | Camden, N.J.
Fontaines D.C. have teamed up with Rosalía for their new collaboration, Where Is Gone?.
The song features on the Irish rock band's forthcoming album, Dopamine Chamber, which arrives on Friday (16.10.26). For guitarist Carlos O’Connell, working with the Spanish superstar is particularly special because of his own Spanish roots.
He explained: “I’ve admired Rosalía ever since her debut album, which I thought was absolutely beautiful.
“What excited me most was the way she continued to preserve Spain's musical traditions, something that felt spiritually connected to what we've been trying to achieve with Irish music. Having roots in both countries, it's been really special to witness. "She's an artist who has continued to amaze me at every point in her career.”
Frontman Grian Chatten has also described the collaboration with Rosalía as one of the most memorable achievements of his career.
He revealed that he felt "humbled" when she agreed to lend her voice to the band's album.
Speaking to NPR, Grian said: “I've always felt there's something almost like a single big idea that I'm personally trying to communicate to the world before I get old and die, if that makes sense. There's one thing I think I'll spend my life trying to express. I have a feeling she has a similar outlook. … I mean, she's an amazing arranger, composer and lyricist. It means so much that she wanted to sing on something we'd put together. It's definitely one of the highlights of my career.”
Rosalía's links to Irish rock music extend beyond Fontaines D.C. She also offered inspiration and helped develop the Spanish lyrics for U2's The Mirror Maker (Rosalía), a track from their forthcoming album, Carnaval de Luz.
During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last week, she spoke about frontman Bono, saying: “I don't know him personally, but he sent me a text explaining that he was working on a new project and had written a song called The Mirror Maker."
Rosalía joked that Bono had invented a few words of his own.
She recalled telling him: “I wasn't sure what to make of it, but I told him he could create his own language if he wanted to.”
She described the opportunity to collaborate with the 66 year old music veteran as a real privilege.
She added: “Bono is a legend.
“It's amazing.”
Bono recently revealed that he was worried about seeming like a stalker when he reached out to Rosalía to ask whether he could name the song after her.
