Congratulations to Lady Antebellum, who over the weekend, was presented with the Randy Owen "Angels Among Us" Award, for their continuing work with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis. It was a weekend full of happy news for the band, who also recently earned the 10th #1 single of their career with "What If I Never Get Over You."
"I can't help but feel even more gratitude for the success of 'What If I Never Get Over You,' and the career that we've had up to this point because of the platform that it gives us to use our voices to bring light to amazing places like St. Jude, to give back and see lives changed, says the trio's Hillary Scott in a statement from their label.
"I mean, we love what we do, and we feel like it's what we're called to be doing, singing and writing and recording and performing these songs, but what we witnessed, touring this hospital and everything that they do, that's the real good stuff, what they're doing."
"Thinkin' about your own children is really heavy," adds her bandmate Dave Haywood. "I mean, talking eye-to-eye with the parents, as well – I mean there was a young family that had just come here from New York and thy had a nine-week old, and you know, they're our age. And we're talking just about life, and what it's like to have a new baby and staying up all night, and on top of that they're going through one of the hardest things you could ever go through.
"So, it really wrecks you but this hospital also gives so much hope at the same time, and thinking of our littles is a heavy moment."
Lady Antebellum will bring their Ocean tour to the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday, May 30th.
