"The Kelley Brothers" back in the dizzy !!

Lady Antebellum can sing, but how are their Christmas tree trimming skills? The band loves decorating for Christmas, with the tree being the centerpiece. Hillary Scott, who will be celebrating her first Christmas as a mother, goes to her own mother’s house in search of very specific ornaments.

“My mom, I gave her such a hard time when I was a little girl, because she went to some store and got these snowmen with an icicle hanging down from the bottom, so I thought they were so gawdy,” she said. “But you know what? Now that I’m older, I love ‘em. And if they’re not on the tree, I’m like, ‘Mama, where are they? Where are the snowmen icicle lights this year?’”

In Charles Kelley’s house, the tree was a bit of a battle of wills. His wife Cassie had one vision while Charles had a more vibrant one.

“My mom actually sent me some of our old ornaments that we had made and stuff,” he said. “We always had the cheesiest tree, but I miss it. It was always so very colorful. And with my wife, she’s very stylish and chic, and so she wanted this really chic tree, and I said, ‘Baby, I’m sorry. We’ve got to put a little color in this.’ So, I put some of my cheesy little stuff on there, and I think that’s part of Christmas. I think you have to have that, so she relented.”

Lady Antebellum will embark on their Take Me Downtown Tour in November and Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood say they absolutely plan to spoil Hillary Scott’s baby girl, Eisele, who just turned one month old yesterday. “Well I know how I am with my nieces and nephews every time I see them,” says Charles. “It’s just like I always want to go take them to toy stores and stuff and just spend a bunch of money on them. So I can’t imagine what it’s gonna be like when [Hillary] has the first little kid out there.” Dave proclaims, “It’s going to be a showering of gifts at all times.”

Since Hillary’s husband Chris is also Lady Antebellum’s drummer, the whole family will travel on the road together on their own bus. The Take Me Downtown Tour kicks off November 8th in Southaven, Mississippi, and will play 17 dates through mid-December with special guests Kip Moore and Kacey Musgraves.

We spent almost every day last year backstage writing for our album Golden, so we were really focused on writing songs that would connect with the fans in these arenas. We definitely learned a lot about ourselves as live performers and the type of catalog we wanted to have so that we could go out and try to give the fans the  best show they’ve ever experienced. All of that was the jumping off point for this tour, and now it’s time to take it to the next level.