CMT ‘Crossroads’ joins Stevie Nicks and Lady Antebellum
The cable country music program, which previously joined together Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles with Bon Jovi and Taylor Swift with Def Leppard, announced Wednesday it’s newest collaboration for Country Music Television’s “Crossroads”.
Meeting and collaborating for the first time, CMT Crossroads: Stevie Nicks and Lady Antebellum will be taped in Los Angeles to premiere later this year on CMT, according to a CMT news release Jan. 16.
Stevie Nicks is a multi-Grammy Award winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame entrant as a member of the band, Fleetwood Mac. With Fleetwood Mac, they made one of the best selling albums of all time with the 19-times platinum smash, Rumours.
She also had a very successful solo career with several albums, including 1981’s Bella Donna.
Nicks is no stranger to successful collaborations. She teamed up with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with the classic “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” and with Eagles frontman, Don Henley with the duet “Leather and Lace”.
Lady Antebellum (Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood) jumped into the country scene in 2006. Since then they’ve taken both the country and pop music world by storm.
Lady Antebellum’s three studio albums have sold over 11 million copies, scored six career No. No. 1 hits and seven Grammys. In 2012, more than 1 million fans in over 11 countries welcomed the trio on their headlining tour.