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NEWS AND NOTES: Little Big Town, David Nail, Eric Church, Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum

NEWS AND NOTES: Little Big Town, David Nail, Eric Church, Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum

Little Big Town performed at the annual Fourth of July MWR (Morale, Welfare, Recreation) concert at Fort Sill for more than 7,000 fans on Saturday night.

David Nail will play in the Taco Bell Celebrity Softball game during the MLB All-Star Weekend in Minneapolis. The game takes place July 13th, and will also feature rapper Nelly, TV personality Andy Cohen; comedian Chris Distefano, actors Charlie McDermott (The Middle), James Denton (Desperate Housewives), Olympic Softball gold medalist Jennie Finch, Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals and Adrian Peterson of the Vikings. The game will air on ESPN July 14th at 10:30pm ET.

Eric Church and Luke Bryan are among the artists topping the 2014 mid-year album and single sales figures, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Eric‘s The Outsiders is country’s highest-selling album so far this year with 642,000 copies sold this year, while Luke’s Crash My Party is second, with 455,000 copies. Luke’s “Play It Again” is at No. 2 on the list with just under 1.3 million downloads, while Luke and Florida Georgia Line’s duet “This Is How We Roll” tops the list with more than 1.5 million copies sold.

Lady Antebellum are featured in a new ad campaign “Put Your Spin on It” for Samsung’s Milk Music streaming service. It launched over the holiday weekend, and it features Lady A, along with John Legend, Iggy Azalea, Chromea, Cold War Kids and more, taking over a life-sized dial of different musical genres. As the dial lands on each genre, a section lights up and the featured artist is shown performing one of their songs.

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