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> Lady Antebellum brings new tour to Patriot Center
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http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/article/20140210/ENTER
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> With more awards than can possibly fit on a
> mantle, and millions of adoring fans across the
> globe, country music sensation Lady Antebellum has
> accomplished a lot in a very short time.
>
> Fresh on the heels of a successful re-release of
> their appropriately-named, Gold-certified album
> “Golden,” Lady Antebellum will be making a
> stop on Feb. 21, at the Patriot Center in Fairfax
> as part of their Take Me Downtown Tour, which
> kicked off in early January.
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>
>
> Lady Antebellum
>
> When: 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21
>
> Where: Patriot Center, 4400 University Dr.,
> Fairfax
>
> Tickets: $59.50 plus $10.10 fee
>
> For information: 703-993-3000; patriotcenter.com
>
> Dave Haywood, background singer and musical
> jack-of-all-trades for the trio, said the tour has
> been going really well and the band was a bit
> surprised to see so many fans come out to support
> them with all the bad, winter weather that’s
> been out there.
>
> “I’m telling you, these crowds have been
> amazing,” Haywood said. “You would think in
> the dead of winter no one would show up for these
> things, but man, we’ve had packed houses and
> people have really been on their feet and having a
> lot of fun.”
>
> In less than 10 years, Haywood, along with
> bandmates Hillary Scott and Charles Kelley, has
> taken Lady Antebellum to the upper echelon of
> country music. The band has close to 50 awards,
> including seven Grammy Awards and a slew of
> American Music Awards and Country Music Awards.
>
> Even more impressive is the fact that, with the
> exception of their most recent album, their three
> previous studio albums have all been certified
> platinum.
>
> Haywood said the band has been completely floored
> by the level of success they’ve had so far.
>
> “In all honesty, for us, after we played the
> Grand Ole Opry, we all looked at each other and
> said, ‘OK, we’re fine. We got to play the
> Opry, this is a huge moment for us,’” Haywood
> said. “That was after our first single came out.
> Ever since then, it has absolutely blown us away
> by what our music’s done. We write this music,
> so it’s closer to your heart when you sit on a
> couch and create it and watch it go from a little
> tiny idea to … something that gets played in
> countries around the world that I had to look up
> on a map!”
>
> In May 2013, “Golden,” was released. Six
> months later, the album was re-released as a
> deluxe album with new songs and acoustic versions
> of previous songs.
>
> The idea to put out a deluxe edition, according to
> Haywood, stemmed a lot from the tour they’re
> currently on.
>
> “Going into the tour, we really wanted to find a
> great song that was a great up-tempo song,”
> Haywood said. “We had heard ‘Compass’ over
> the break – we took the break obviously so
> Hillary could have her baby ... and we were like,
> ‘Hey, we know you just had a baby, but what
> would you think about going back into the studio
> to work on some new stuff?’ We thought we really
> needed just one more big, fun song to kick off the
> show or to have at the end of the show.
>
> “That was all part of that relaunch.”
>
> Haywood said he has a special place in his heart
> for touring. While playing for fans – new and
> old – it’s important for Lady Antebellum to
> make sure everyone has a good time while they’re
> at the show.
>
> “I feel like, with touring, you always get to
> build on what you’ve done in the past,”
> Haywood said. “That’s one of the fun things
> about touring – you’re never starting from
> square one, we’re always learning from what we
> did on the last tour and what we learned from the
> last one was, ‘Hey, let’s keep it fun. Instead
> of this one moment where we could do another
> ballad, let’s just throw in another fun one or
> do a cool cover and really keep people on their
> feet.”
>
> Country sensation Lady Antebellum, from left, Dave
> Haywood, Hillary Scott and Charles Kelley, will be
> performing at the Patriot Center on Feb. 21.
great. so white-trash nascar loving confederate flag wearing hobos will be invading fairfax