On-the-rise country music star and "Pretty Little Liars" actress Lucy Hale has announced her first-ever headlining tour. The tour that kicks off in January will be in support of her debut album, "Road Between," featuring her hit songs "You Sound Good To Me" and "Lie A Little Better."
"It's been a dream come true for me to have released my first album this year," Hale told Rolling Stone Country. "To be able to hit the road and perform is so exciting. I look forward to seeing everyone in 2015!"
The Road Between Tour will kick off Jan. 29 in Boston, Ma. RCA Records Nashville singer/songwriter Josh Dorr will be Hale's opening act. The Memphis-born singer will bring her tour to her native Tennessee with a performance in Nashville on Feb 5.
Tickets go on sale on Dec. 5. Visit LucyHale.com for more information.
This headlining tour announcement comes on the heels of a whirlwind week for Hale, who performed during last week's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and appeared on "CMA Country Christmas" Dec. 1. On the Christmas special, she performed the original song, "Mistletoe," alongside fellow country singers Carrie Underwood, Hunter Hayes, Little Big Town, Jennifer Nettles and more.
Hale's album, "Road Between," was released by DMG Nashville on June 3, and she talked about making the album in an earlier exclusive HNGN interview.
"It was probably the best experience of my life," she said. "We spent about two and half years making the album. I had the liberty of taking my time and exploring different sound and working with a lot different writers. I flew back and forth between L.A. and Nashville, and the extra time we spent on the album allowed me to dig deeper into the music than I normally would have been able to do."
"I really got lucky in the people who supported me and believed in me. And I got to work with some amazing songwriters. It turned out to be something I am extremely proud of. It's been quite an adventure. It's been really fun."
The album's debut single was "You Sound Good To Me." The second single was a song right out of Hale's own life, "Lie A Little Better."
"Lie A Little Better' is actually the good little song that could," she noted. "Originally, it wasn't even supposed to be on the album. But it's a story inspired by my life, so out of all the songs on the album, I connect to it the most."
"What I like about the production of that song is that it kind of reminds me of Shania Twain. So, it's a little different than everything else that was on the radio from a female artist. It's got a lot of traditional instruments on it, but it's got that really 'hooky' chorus."
"When it came time to choose a second single, at first we thought it would be another song. Be we started getting feedback about 'Lie A Little Better' and so we decided to go with it. And I am really glad we did, since I connect with it on a very personal level. And it's a lot of fun to perform live, too, which is important."
"The tagline of the song really resonates with me," she explained. "The whole moral is of the song is that sometimes we need to cover up a little better, we need to lie a little better. So the tagline of the song is that I guess I should have learned to lie a little better. That's my story."
"You know, I don't usually let on to people that I'm falling for them. So I was really falling for this guy, who didn't feel the same way as I did, and it was kind of a blow to my ego. But every time I was around him I would just kind of fall to pieces or embarrass myself or something. So, the whole moral of that and the song is that I should cover it up a little better."
Earlier in 2014, Hale was named one of CMT's "Next Women Of Country" and was also invited to make her debut on the Grand Ole Opry, according to a press release.
In addition to her music, Hale has been really busy on "Pretty Little Liars" in her role as Aria Montgomery, a teenager with a lot of secrets. She says the popular series has been picked up for another two seasons.
The dates for The Road Between Tour are:
1/29 - Boston, Ma.
1/30 - New York, N.Y.
1/31 - Philadelphia, Pa.
2/3 - Washington D.C.
2/4 - Charlotte, N.C.
2/5 - Nashville, Tn.
2/7 - Atlanta, Ga.
