New album, new tour, new label, new adventure!
Jennifer Nettles returns to New York after her star turn as Roxie Hart in Broadway's Chicago earlier this year, as part of her whistle-stop fall-winter Playing With Fire Tour. One half of double-Grammy Award-winning country music duo Sugarland, Nettles has joined a new label, with a new album and single due out in October.
Who is Jennifer Nettles?
Nettles first found recognition as part of Atlanta based Soul Miner's Daughter in 1997, an acoustic three-piece. She also appeared as a duet partner on the country version of Bon Jovi's 2006 single "Who Says You Can't Go Home", which charted at No1 on the Billboard Country Chart. In 2003, she met Kristian Bush and Sugarland was born. The duo would go onto receive three nominations for their country music at the 2008 Grammy Awards, winning two in that evening.
Following an interview with Fox News in 2013 where she stated her desire to appear in a Bradway show (she's a huge Wicked fan, and wanted to perform the role of Elphaba!), her dream came true when she was announced in the starring role for a limited time in Chicago: The Musical in early 2015, which she performed to critical acclaim as blonde bombshell protagonist Roxie Hart.