Little Big Town Getting Ready to Ride for a Cure

For the fourth straight year, Little Big Town will host their annual 'Ride for a Cure' motorcycle event, with proceeds benefiting the T.J. Martell Foundation. The July 11 ride will start from the downtown Nashville hot-spot, Tin Roof, and will conclude at the Harley-Davidson Superstore in Columbia, Tenn.

"Every year we have so much fun with this event," Little Big Town's Kimberly Schlapman tells The Boot. "We have fans and friends come out and join us for the ride. We're taking a new route this year, and I've heard it's just beautiful!"

Registration for motorcycle riders and non-riders begins at the Tin Roof at 8:00 AM CT with live performances by Brett Eldridge and others scheduled at 8:30 AM. The ride will begin at 10:30 AM followed by a post-ride performance in Columbia at 12:30 PM by Little Big Town, Luke Bryan, Josh Thompson and The Band Perry.

"It's a really fun day," Kimberly says. "It's gotten bigger and bigger every year, and it has become more and more fun. A lot of people come out, but most importantly, we raise more and more money every year for cancer research which is just so very important."

The T. J. Martell Foundation is offering a special VIP ticket for $300 that includes breakfast, access to the VIP areas during the ride, lunch, a gift bag, t-shirt and performance. Rider plus jam tickets are $35 and include the ride, lunch, t-shirt and performance. Jam tickets are $20. Tickets may be purchased online by clicking here.

Proceeds from Ride for a Cure will help locally support cancer research at the Frances Williams Preston Laboratories at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. The T.J. Martell Foundation supports leukemia, cancer and AIDS research at eight top hospitals in the United States. The Frances Williams Preston Laboratories were named after Frances Preston, past President and CEO of BMI and past President of the national T.J. Martell Foundation.

"T.J. Martell is just so very special to each one of the four of us," notes Kimberly. "We all have had family members affected with cancer. The organization is amazing. They do tons and tons of research. I won't be surprised if they are the ones to break through the cures because they work so very hard and put so much money into research. We are very, very fond of that organization. We'd do anything for them."

Little Big Town's latest single is 'Little White Church,' which is in the Top 15 and climbing. The single is the first release from their upcoming album, 'The Reason Why,' in stores August 24.



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