The reigning CMA and ACM Vocal Group of the Year Lady Antebellum performed for a sold-out crowd at Wild Adventures Saturday night. The group themselves said on stage that they were told it was the biggest crowd at a concert at Wild Adventures; howeve, that hasn’t been confirmed.

The group, consisting of Augusta natives Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood, along with Nashville, Tenn.’s Hillary Scott (daughter of longtime Reba McEntire backup singer and duet partner Linda Davis), took the stage shortly after their 8 p.m. start time, jumping right into the concert head on.

Lady Antebellum kicked off the concert singing songs off of their first two albums, “Lady Antebellum” and “Need You Now,” including “Stars Tonight,” “Lookin’ For a Good Time,” “Love Don’t Live Here Anymore” and “Perfect Day.”

They slowed the concert down, performing the group’s third number one single, “American Honey,” obviously a crowd favorite since they sung the lyrics back to the group at the end of the performance.

Throughout the entire performance, the group interacted with the audience, touching hands and at one point, Haywood jumped down from the stage in front of this reporter in the front row, giving a woman in her 50’s a long, wet kiss on the lips.

A piano was brought out, slowing things down even more as Kelly moved from the guitar to a piano that was rolled out to the middle of the stage.

Scott sat down next to him while Haywood stood up and they performed “All We’d Ever Need,” the first song the group wrote together that showcases Scott’s vocal range. They moved into their last single from their second album, the message-filled “Hello World.”

They then talked about how they came together as a group. Haywood and Kelley have known each other since middle school in Augusta, but didn’t meet Scott until they both moved to Nashville a few years later. They discussed their songwriting work and each performed a bit of some of the songs that they’ve had success with that was recorded by other artist.

Kelley took the lead, singing a bit of Luke Bryan’s “Do I” while Haywood performed a bit of Josh Kelley’s (Charles’ brother) “Georgia Clay.” Scott performed Sara Evans’ “A Little Bit Stronger” (from the movie “Country Strong”), which in turn became her first number one song recorded by another artist.

The concert kicked back up when the group performing their first number one hit, “I Run to You” along with “Love This Pain” and the title cut from their next album, “Own the Night.” They then went into a rendition of Aerosmith’s “Sweet Emotion” and Prince’s “Kiss,” which the group performed on last week’s CMT Awards.

After leaving stage briefly, the piano was set back up in the middle of the stage and Lady Antebellum came back for an encore, performing their new single, “Just a Kiss” that will be on their new album that comes out in September.

They then ended the concert with their biggest hit, “Need You Now,” that was not only a hit on the country charts, but on the pop and adult contemporary charts. After having the crowd since the chorus back to them, Lady Antebellum said good-bye to crowd, ending what was definitely the best concert Valdosta has seen this year.