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NEWS AND NOTES: Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Lionel Richie, George Strait, Lady A, Kacey Musgraves & More

NEWS AND NOTES: Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Lionel Richie, George Strait, Lady A, Kacey Musgraves & More

The nominations for the Billboard Music Awards were announced and Luke Bryan picks up three nods, including Top Country Artist, Top Country Album for tailgates & tanlines and Top Country Song for “Drunk on You.” Eric Church is nominated for Top Country Song for “Springsteen,” while Lionel Richie earns a nod in the Top Country Album category for Tuskeegee (which also features UMG artists Shania Twain, Little Big Town, Darius Rucker, Billy Currington and Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles).

A limited number of George Strait fans will be able to get a little bit more on their favorite country star when his album, Love is Everything, is released May 14th. If you go to Walmart or Walmart.com, you’ll be able to pick up an exclusive Love is Everything ‘ZinePak, which includes his 13 song CD, a 64-page collectible magazine and a commemorative set list from George’s The Cowboy Rides Away Tour.

Lady Antebellum have been tapped to perform as part of JetBlue Airways Live from T5 concert series. Normally held inside Terminal 5 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in NYC, the show will take place May 2nd on the roof of JetBlue’s New York support center. Lady A is set to release their new album, Golden, May 7th.

Kacey Musgraves will perform as part of the Zac Brown Band’s Southern Ground Music & Food Festival in Nashville, September 27th-28th. She’ll be joined by Kenny Chesney, Willie Nelson, John Fogerty, Jason Mraz and Grace Potter & the Nocturnals for the two-day festival. Tickets go on sale at all Ticketmaster locations beginning Saturday (April 27th).