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NEWS AND NOTES: Lady A, Darius, LBT, David, Dierks

NEWS AND NOTES: Lady A, Darius, LBT, David, Dierks

Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley has teamed up with his brothers, musician Josh Kelley (“Georgia Clay,” “Amazing”) and construction worker John Kelley, for the first annual Kelley Brothers & Friends Celebrity Golf Tournament and Concert. The event will take place October 27th near their hometown of Augusta, Georgia, beginning with a golf tournament at Champions Retreat Golf Club, followed by a Lady Antebellum & Friends concert that night at the Lady Antebellum Pavilion. Proceeds will benefit St Jude Children’s Hospital, The John W. Kelley M.D. Cardiovascular Endowment (in honor of their father) and other Augusta-based charities. For more information, go to TheKelleyBrothers.com.

Darius Rucker‘s rock band, Hootie & The Blowfish teamed up with Rock Brothers Brewing to launch a new beer, Hootie’s Homegrown Ale. Five percent of sales will go to the Hootie & the Blowfish Foundation to help education in their native South Carolina.

Football fans Darius Rucker, Little Big Town‘s Jimi Westbrook, Florida Georgia Line and Chris Young are among the stars heading up fantasy football leagues this fall, and ACM Lifting Lives is giving you a chance to get in on the action. The Academy of Country Music has partnered with CBSSports.com for a new celebrity fantasy football sweepstakes. One $5 donation to ACM Lifting Lives is good for one entry into the sweepstakes. A few lucky winners will then be invited to join the games with country stars serving as league commissioners.

David Nail will be featured on CMT Hot 20 Countdown Saturday (July 26th) at 11am ET for their Summer Concert Series. Dierks Bentley will close out the series with a performance at the Bristol Motor Speedway September 6th. Kip Moore kicked off the series last Saturday.