Sugarland at the Bayou Country Superfest
May 31, 2011
Sugarland bassist Annie Clements interviews the Bayou Country Superfest Director Quint Davis in the video below. Sugarland played the Superfest, one of the biggest country music festivals in the country, at LSU stadium in Baton Rouge. Annie and Sugarland drummer Travis McNabb jam out with Annie’s dad at the Fan Fest stage, check it out:
Disaster Relief Part 2
May 30, 2011
Sugarland’s country colleague Taylor Swift also chipped in with relief efforts raising over three quarters of a million dollars for the Speak Now Help Now fund. Swift opened up the last of her Speak Now tour rehearsals to over 13,000 fans and contributed the proceeds to help families rebuild their lives after the storm. In other Taylor Swift news, she released a new video for her song The Story of Us. You can check it out below:
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Disaster Relief
May 26, 2011
The whole country world has turned out recently in support of disaster relief to ease the pain of family and friends who were affected by the devastation. Sugarland and Little Big Town got involved in Alabama and released this short teaser about an upcoming collaboration designed to raise money for their brothers and sisters in the aftermath of the storm:
It’s the End of the World As We Know It
May 24, 2011
In homage to the arrival of the rapture at 6pm on May 21st, Sugarland covered R.E.M.’s classic It’s the End of the World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine). Watch it below:
Sugarland Documentary
May 18, 2011
If you didn’t get to see the Sugarland mini-documentary prior to the launch of their Incredible Machine tour here’s your chance. The video features interviews and behind-the-scenes footage of Sugarland arriving in the UK and touring in support of the release of The Incredible Machine album. Sugarland megahit Stuck Like Glue appears in the video:
Sugarland and Little Big Town Cover Madonna
May 17, 2011
You’ve gotta see this to believe it. Recently on their Incredible Machine tour, Sugarland partners Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush have been playing with Little Big Town. In this clip they do a country cover of Madonna’s Like a Prayer. Nettles brings enough sass and spark to make Madonna proud. Check it out:
New Sugarland Video!!!
May 16, 2011
Sugarland dropped their latest video for the standout track Tonight from their latest album The Incredible Machine. The video features Jennifer Nettles laying in bed looking hot in a flowing red gown and other suggestive scenes. Check it out:
Taylor Swift Releases New Track
May 10, 2011
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Sugarland’s fellow CMA Fest 2011 performer Taylor Swift released a new track this week. The song is titled Mean and is part of an informal campaign by artists everywhere to discourage bullying that leads to disastrous consequences. Swift also released a colorful video for the track featuring herself on the banjo and in a 20s-style heist film tied up on the train tracks by an evil villain. The video tells the stories of a series of young people who rise up and fulfill their dreams despite being bullied. Taylor Swift and Sugarland are on tour now.
Jennifer Nettles Duets
May 10, 2011
Cover of Jennifer Nettles
Sugarland is known for covering other musicians work at their shows. From Madonna to R.E.M. and Britney Spears to Cee-Lo Green, Sugarland has covered songs by all of them. It would seem natural then for Sugarland co-founder Jennifer Nettles to take the next step and perform with other artists, like she did recently at the Academy of Country Music Awards when she performed California King Bed with this moment’s IT-girl Rihanna. Looking for some crossover potential, the ACMs reached out to Rihanna who though Nettles would be a good match for the song. Duets are already old hat to Nettles who has also performed with New Jersey rocker Bon Jovi and UK sensation Adele, but it begs the question, when is a Jennifer Nettles solo album coming out? Nettles remains mum on the topic but perhaps when the time is right…in the meantime, you can catch Jennifer Nettles and Sugarland on their Incredible Machine Tour!
Sugarland Radio!?!
May 6, 2011
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Subscribers to Clear Channel’s “iheartradio” network and mobile app will now have the opportunity to listen what Sugarland listens to all day every day. The station will be programmed by Kristian Bush and Jennifer Nettles and will feature interviews and dialogue between the two on their life and times. Their shows will feature a variety of genres and styles, from country to alternative to classics. Sugarland will probably play some tunes from country colleague and touring competition Taylor Swift who is currently on her own North American tour.
