make it big

“When you think of Hollywood, you think of people coming here to make it big. And that’s what he did, he was a loner who came here and became a huge star,” Ms Pye said.

The country superstar’s fellow headliners are spitshined Nashville vets Old Dominion and Hardy, one of Music Row’s latest behind-the-scene’s songwriters to make it big on their own, while drawing influences from contemporary hip-hop and rock.

It’s one of the challenges, particularly if you make it big in something specific when you’re young and people want to see that forever.

It started at the New Diorama, a small London theater, and its success shows tiny productions can still make it big here.

"If there are less grassroots venues, then less bands are probably going to make it big," Sarel says.