• LADY ANTEBELLUM RELEASE CINEMATIC HEART BREAK VIDEO.

    With the release of their sixth studio album HEART BREAK (Capitol Records Nashville), multi-PLATINUM trio Lady Antebellum has woven the album’s 13 tracks into a cinematic video experience for fans. Lady A enlisted director Hodges Usry to visually share the album, where behind each door at the Madonna Inn on California’s Central Coast, a different story unfolds. To watch HEART BREAK come to life, in each different and unique room of the hotel, watch below or click here: http://bit.ly/2rwC60T
    With a new sense of history and possibilities, Lady Antebellum’s sixth studio album HEART BREAK that “bursts with refreshed energy” (Entertainment Weekly) had the group on a new mission — setting aside time to put themselves in new surroundings, and concentrate on writing and exploring musical endeavors with no distractions. With busbee in the producer’s chair, the trio had a hand in writing eleven songs on HEART BREAK, resulting in their most intimate and heartfelt work to date. HEART BREAK follows more than 18 million units, nine No. One hits, ACM and CMA “Vocal Group of the Year” trophies three years in a row, and countless other honors including Billboard Music Awards, People’s Choice Awards and Teen Choice Awards.

    With “big production and sound” (OC Register) along with “a fresh twist with the addition of a live horn section” (CMT) the seven-time Grammy award winning trio is in the midst of their YOU LOOK GOOD WORLD TOUR, featuring special guests Kelsea Ballerini and Brett Young. For more information about new music and upcoming tour dates, visit www.ladyantebellum.com.

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  • LADY ANTEBELLUM PERFORM ON THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON.

    Lady Antebellum performed the title track of their new album, Heart Break, on NBC’s Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon this week.

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  • DARIUS RUCKER HITS THE TOP OF THE CHARTS WITH ‘IF I TOLD YOU.’

    As Darius Rucker scores yet another No. 1 at Country radio with “If I Told You,” the first single from his forthcoming fifth studio album on Capitol Records Nashville, he looks back on a banner week. “If I Told You” is the eighth No. 1 single for Rucker since his debut in country music in 2008 and comes just a week after another milestone moment for the three-time GRAMMY Award winner, who reached the $1.2 million mark with his yearly kickoff to CMA Fest, the “Darius and Friends” concert and golf tournament to raise funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®. Friends including Brooks & Dunn, Luke Combs, Dan + Shay, John Oates of legendary pop duo Hall & Oates were among those who helped the event reach its record-breaking achievement.

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    On Wednesday morning Rucker visited TODAY’s Kathie Lee and Hoda at Honky Tonk Central in Nashville, presenting two worthy recipients of new homes through his partnership with Ply Gem and Habitat for Humanity’s Home Builders Blitz and serenading the crowd with a performance of “If I Told You.”

    “If I Told You” marks Rucker’s first collaboration with producer Ross Copperman. The song was written with Copperman’s co-writers Jon Nite and Shane McAnally.

     

    “I love this time in country music,” Rucker said. “It’s so wide in range and to have this song — a ballad and one I’ve loved and related to since first hearing the worktape — is pretty incredible.”

    On Wednesday evening the CMT Performance of the Year nominated star helped kick off the awards show as he joined Jason Aldean and Charles Kelley for a rendition of “Midnight Rider” in tribute to Gregg Allman, as well as reprising his role as CMT president for the second year in a skit airing at the top of the show. Acting as CMT president follows a long list of acting accolades Rucker has collected this year, including playing Johnny Bragg, lead singer of the Prisonaires on CMT’s Sun Records and a career criminal on Hawaii Five-0.

    Rucker closed out 2017’s CMA Music Fest with performances dedicated to the fans that make the week so special, performing at the HGTV Lodge on Sunday morning and Nissan Stadium Sunday evening. In celebration of the imminent No. 1 status of the first offering of his fall 2017 album, Rucker welcomed Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild for a compelling duet of “If I Told You,” expressing to the crowd, “Thank you for believing in this song!” The emotional rendition had the crowd on their feet and in tears as Rucker and Fairchild crooned “I’ll love you anyway” to each other from either side of the stadium stage.

    Rucker’s as-yet-untitled fifth Capitol Records Nashville album will be released later this year with Copperman at the helm. He’s never been busier while working on his new album with a slate of television appearances this spring and summer that show just how popular he is, including his own CMT Crossroads episode with John Mellencamp. He also appeared in Adam Sandler’s Netflix original, Sandy Wexler, and his own episode of Celebrity Undercover Boss on CBS.

    For more information about new music, appearances and tour dates, please visit www.dariusrucker.com.

    Audio / Darius Rucker talks about "If I Told You" hitting the top of the country charts.

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    Darius Rucker (If I Told You No. 1) OC: …really awesome. :19
    “Oh, it’s always, that’s always awesome. It never gets old. Every time, you know, it gets late in the week and you realize you get in there, it’s an amazing feeling. This song has been out 46 [47] weeks, and for the label to stick with it that long and for it to finally catch on [at radio] and get to No. 1 feels really awesome.”

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  • COUNTRY ARTISTS SHOW UP FOR THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS.

    Dierks Bentley, Lady Antebellum, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Little Big Town and many other of your favorite country artists are huge Nashville Predators fans and have performed the National Anthem, along with Trisha Yearwood, Kelly Clarkson and Martina McBride  and Faith Hill (for Game 6). Not only is it exciting that the Preds are in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but that this run has really brought people together.

    “This is what we’ve all been hoping for as hockey fans in this town that we’d make it this far in the playoffs, ‘cause the further you go, the more people come in. I mean, making it to the playoffs like this is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for a lot of teams,” says long-time season ticket holder Dierks. “I’ve got some friends who work for the NHL, and they said they’ve never seen an atmosphere like the one here in Nashville. They said it’s like collegiate – the chants, the way everyone chants together and the volume is the loudest they’ve ever heard it anywhere in the country. It’s not so much about what the Stanley Cup means to Nashville, it’s more about what Nashville is doing for hockey. I mean we’re doing a lot more for the NHL is doing then what the NHL is doing for us. We’re showing really the NHL what a really great hockey town looks like.”

    “For the city of Nashville specially, and I think our entire state, there’s such an electricity about the Preds and what’s going on and how hard they have worked and how incredible they are doing,” says Lady A’s Hillary Scott.

    Luke performed a pre-show concert today (June 11th) prior to Game 6 of the Stanley Cup game, and his No. 1 single, “I Don’t Want This Night to End,” was shown live on NBC.

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    Audio / Dierks Bentley talks about excitement Nashville is feeling for their NHL Predators during the Stanley Cup playoff run.

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    Dierks Bentley (Preds Stanley Cup) OC: …hockey town looks like. 1:10
    “This is the time to get into it. This is what we’ve all been hoping for as hockey fans in this town that we’d make it this far in the playoffs, ‘cause the further you go, the more people come in. I mean, making it to the playoffs like this is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for a lot of teams. So, you’ve got some guys on the team like Vernon Fiddler, those guys were out  buying season tickets 10 years ago to keep the team here, so you have players that  actually invested [their] own money to keep the team in Nashville. There will never be another year like this one where there’s so much excitement, and it’s so raw. It’s one thing to watch the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but it’s not until your team gets there do you really realize how much it takes to get there, how much heart. We lost a lot of people to some serious injuries and these guys keep stepping up and going in. Just to see what’s going on here, it’s just weird. I’ve got some friends who work for the NHL, and they said they’ve never seen an atmosphere like the one here in Nashville. They said it’s like collegiate – the chants, the way everyone chants together and the volume is the loudest they’ve ever heard it anywhere in the country. It’s not so much about what the Stanley Cup means to Nashville, it’s more about what Nashville is doing for hockey. I mean we’re doing a lot more for the NHL is doing then what the NHL is doing for us. We’re showing really the NHL what a really great hockey town looks like.”

    Audio / Lady Antebellum, who performed the National Anthem during the Western Conference final, talk about the Nashville Predators and the excitement that the entire town is feeling during the playoffs.

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    Lady A (Nashville Predators) OC: …there, yeah. :41
    HILLARY: “For the city of Nashville specially, and I think our entire state, there’s such an electricity about the Preds and what’s going on and how hard they have worked and how incredible they are doing.” CHARLES: “It’s very unifying feeling that is happening, because after what I would consider a very divided political campaign and election year, it was nice to like feel all these people come together (HILLARY: “Our whole city”). It’s what we all hope for and wish for just in live to have that feeling. I’ve never felt anything like being in that arena during a Preds game. (HILLARY: “Our fans are loud.”) It’s the loudest I’ve ever heard. I think they broke a decibel level one of the nights that we were there, yeah.”

    Audio / Prior to putting on a pre-game show on the roof of Tootsies in downtown Nashville, Luke Bryan talks about the energy and excitement Music City is enjoying because of the Nashville Predators NHL team.

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    Luke Bryan (Nashville Predators) OC: …so fun. :48
    “This atmosphere that we’ve had the whole playoffs in Bridgestone [Arena] has, I don’t know if you can mimic it anywhere. The only thing I could compare it to is the SEC Championship type moments and the National Championship type moments [in college football]. You see furniture stores around here selling Preds gear [laughs]. So, I mean, totally it’s that vibe, certainly that crazy, energetic vibe in Bridgestone. And I was at that game where they clinched the finals and I mean we had people in our suite, I mean, crying. It was really emotional and a lot of energy. It’s been an amazing ride, so fun.”

  • LADY ANTEBELLUM CELEBRATE THE RELEASE OF THEIR NEW ALBUM, ‘HEART BREAK,’ WITH MULTIPLE SURPRISE SHOWS IN NASHVILLE.

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    In the midst of Nashville’s CMA Fest, multi-PLATINUM trio Lady Antebellum celebrated the release of their sixth studio album HEART BREAK (Capitol Records Nashville) June 9th with three packed pop-up shows at the The Budweiser Dome presented by Rated Red. After details surrounding their surprise appearance rolled out through social media, fans began to overcrowd the streets hoping for access to their performance in the 360-degree visual experience. As fans packed the first set of the day full of new music, fan requests and their biggest hits, Lady A insisted to keep the party going as they made sure every fan in line was able to see the show. Ultimately, the trio added two additional sets for nearly three hours of music.
     
    With a new sense of history and possibilities, Lady Antebellum’s sixth studio album HEART BREAK had the group on a new mission — setting aside time to put themselves in new surroundings, and concentrate on writing and exploring musical endeavors with no distractions. With busbee in the producer’s chair, the trio had a hand in writing eleven songs on HEART BREAK, resulting in their most intimate and heartfelt work to date. HEART BREAK follows more than 18 million units, nine No. One hits, ACM and CMA “Vocal Group of the Year” trophies three years in a row, and countless other honors including Billboard Music Awards, People’s Choice Awards and Teen Choice Awards. With “big production and sound” (OC Register) along with “a fresh twist with the addition of a live horn section” (CMT) the seven-time Grammy award winning trio is in the midst of their YOU LOOK GOOD WORLD TOUR, featuring special guests Kelsea Ballerini and Brett Young. For more information about new music and upcoming tour dates, visit www.ladyantebellum.com.
     
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  • CARRIE UNDERWOOD AND BRAD PAISLEY RETURN AS HOSTS OF THE CMA AWARDS FOR THE 10TH YEAR.

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    Superstars Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley announced they will be returning for the 10th time to host Country Music’s Biggest Night™ in 2017. The 51st Annual CMA Awards airs live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville Wednesday, November 8th at 8pm ET on ABC.

    The return of the beloved CMA Awards hosts was announced at the Artist of the Day panel during this year’s CMA Music Festival.

    Brad and Carrie’s 10-year run as hosts is second only to Vince Gill’s 12-year run. To view Brad and Carrie’s greatest hosting moments, see below.

    Ticket information for the CMA Awards will be announced later with information available at CMAawards.com. Follow the conversation on Twitter at #CMAawards.

     

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  • LUKE BRYAN TO OPEN TV BROADCAST OF 2017 STANLEY CUP FINAL GAME 6 WITH SPECIAL PERFORMANCE FROM TOOTSIE’S ROOFTOP

    Luke Bryan will open the TV broadcast of Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final on Sunday (June 11th) at 8 pm ET with a special performance from the rooftop of Tootsie’s World Famous Orchid Lounge, the National Hockey League announced today. Bryan, a two-time Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year, will perform one song exclusively for the Nashville Predators-Pittsburgh Penguins game broadcast on NBC in the U.S. and CBC and TVA Sports in Canada.

    Earlier in the evening, Bryan will perform four songs at 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT, streamed live on NHL.com. This performance will be shown on large screens throughout Lower Broadway, outside Bridgestone Arena as part of the Predators viewing party and inside the arena for fans in attendance for Game 6. NHL Network will air portions as part of its live pregame coverage.

    “We wanted to come up with a way to cap off the Predators’ last home game of the 2017 Stanley Cup Final in the most unique and memorable way,” said Steve Mayer, NHL Content Officer and Executive Vice President. “To have Preds fan Luke Bryan in one of Nashville’s renowned locations will mark an incredible and unforgettable start to Game 6.”

     

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  • KACEY MUSGRAVES JOINS SUPERSTAR HARRY STYLES ON 2018 WORLD TOUR.

    Grammy-award winning artist Kacey Musgraves today announced that she will be joining global entertainer Harry Styles on tour as direct support starting next Summer.
    “We are gonna light up the road next summer and I couldn’t be more excited! It will be a unique and fun blend of two ‘styles’ coming together,” said Musgraves.
    Earlier today Harry Styles announced the addition of 56 new show dates in 2018 to his sold-out world tour. The new dates will be supported by directly by Musgraves in the U.S. and Canada, including stops at Madison Square Garden in New York, The Forum in Los Angeles, and Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. All tickets go on sale on Friday, June 16 via local ticket agents. Visit www.kaceymusgraves.com for more information.
    Texas-native and Nashville-based singer/songwriter, Kacey Musgraves released her Mercury Records Nashville debut album, Same Trailer Different Park, in the Spring of 2013 to massive critical acclaim.  The album debuted at No.1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, making her the first solo female in five years to open at No.1 with a debut release, and the seventh to in the 22-year Nielson SoundScanera.  The gold-certified album took home awards for “New Artist of the Year” at 2013’s CMA Awards and also won two Grammy Awards for Best Country Song (“Merry Go ‘Round”) and Best Country Album (Same Trailer Different Park), an ACM Award for Album of the Year (Same Trailer Different Park), and a CMA Award for Song of the Year (“Follow Your Arrow.” Her follow up album, Pageant Material, debuted #1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.  Musgraves has toured previously with Kenny Chesney, Katy Perry, and has sold-out famous venues including London’s Famed Royal Albert Hall.
    Harry Styles’ self-titled debut album was released May 12th and soared to the top of the charts around the world, topping the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart. His U.S. record debut comes hot on the heels of Harry’s massive international success where the album hit #1 in over 55 countries, including the U.S., U.K., Ireland, Canada, Australia, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, Holland, Belgium, Poland and across Latin America, South East Asia and the Middle East.
  • LADY ANTEBELLUM ARE EVERYWHERE WITH THE RELEASE OF THEIR NEW ALBUM, ‘HEART BREAK.’

    Lady Antebellum “cement their place as legends of country” (Vulture) with the global release of their sixth studio album HEART BREAK (Capitol Records Nashville), available today, June 9th. Between CMA Music Festival activities, national television appearances and an intimate radio set, Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott put their fans at the forefront. Beginning today (6/09) they will take over The Budweiser Dome presented by Rated Red in Nashville (8th Ave. S/McGavock St @ 3:45P) for an impromptu set accompanied by a massive 360-degree visual experience.
     
    Following Saturday’s (6/10) performance at CMA Music Festival‘s Nissan Stadium, Lady A will trek to New York City where they will kick off next week with a performance of their Top 15 hit single “You Look Good” on Good Morning America (6/12 at 8:30A ET on ABC), before a performance and Q&A live from the iHeartRadio Theater NY (iHeartRadio stations broadcast 8P local time on 6/12). On Tuesday (6/13), the trio brings a “burst with refreshed energy” (Entertainment Weekly) with the new album’s title track on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (6/13 at 11:35P ET on NBC). Additionally, fans can tune-in to CBS This Morning (6/15 on CBS at 8:00A ET) to go behind the scenes of HEART BREAK’s album launch, as host Gayle King sits down with the band in Nashville.
     
    Fans and media alike immediately applauded the album’s lead single for mixing a “dazzling horn section with a swaggering bass riff” (Associated Press) and “snappy funk drums” (LA Times). As HEART BREAK’s “growth is both welcome and worth celebrating now more than ever” (Billboard), critics continue to rave about the 13-tracks, before the albums official release.
     
    “In this batch of songs, Lady A embraces the contrast between the outlook on age that’s often defined country music in the past (acknowledging the struggles, pleasures and sacrifices of settled adulthood) and one that’s risen to prominence in recent years (celebrating youthful freedom).” – NPR
     
    “The new set’s 13 tracks burst with refreshed energy.” – Entertainment Weekly
     
    “HEART BREAK doesn’t look likely to be a rehashing of old successes, as funky new single “You Look Good” sounds unlike anything they’ve done before” – Rolling Stone
     
    “The approach the group took in making HEART BREAK achieved the goal of bringing freshness to the project. The R&B groove of ‘You Look Good,’ the soulful sound of ‘Good Time to be Alive’ and the sing-along ‘oh-oh-we-oh’ vocal hook that gives ‘This City’ a contemporary pop dimension are among the new twists. But there are also songs like the ballads ‘Somebody Else’s Heart’ and ‘Big Love In A Small Town’ that will be like musical comfort food for fans familiar with Lady Antebellum’s back catalog.” – The Sacramento Bee
     
    “HEART BREAK represents both an evolution and return to form for the group, whose gift for modern country torch songs is on display in ‘Somebody Else’s Heart.’ The bouncy ‘This City’ brightens things up, showing off the band’s sprightly side.” – The Californian
     
    “The title track is hands down my favorite; it’s not about a ruined romance, but rather putting your heart on pause” – O! Magazine
     
    “From ‘Good Time to Be Alive’ to ‘Home,’ the trio’s latest set of songs returns to their roots.” – Huffington Post
     
    HEART BREAK follows more than 18 million units, seven GRAMMY awards, nine No. One hits, ACM and CMA “Vocal Group of the Year” trophies three years in a row, and countless other honors including Billboard Music Awards, People’s Choice Awards and Teen Choice Awards. For more information about new music and upcoming tour dates, visit www.ladyantebellum.com.

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  • LADY ANTEBELLUM RELEASE THEIR NEW ALBUM, ‘HEART BREAK.’

    Lady Antebellum will release their brand-new album on Friday (June 9th). The band took a lot of time off last year to pursue solo projects, but also to concentrate on writing and exploring musical endeavors with no distractions. They rented a house in Florida, living and working under the same roof, and when the creative process proved successful, the trio set up a second retreat in southern California.

    “We were just thinking about how to get back to that spot, you know how we wrote and started for the first two records. It’s ‘cause we didn’t have any responsibilities. You could write a hundred songs a year, and we haven’t been able to do that since then,” says Lady A’s Charles Kelley. “So, Dave had the idea, he goes, ‘Let’s just get out of Nashville, man.’ We went down to Florida early in the fall and took a bunch of writers with us, and then we had this idea to move out to L.A., and we rented a house out there for like a month and found like another house with a home studio and called up our buddy busbee and the songs just kinda poured out like really fast.”

    The band, who is making its way up the country charts with their single, “You Look Good,” will perform at Nissan Stadium

    Lady A will perform on NBC’s Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday (June 13th).

    HEART BREAK TRACK LIST:

    1. Heart Break

    (Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, Jesse Frasure, Nicolle Galyon)

    1. You Look Good

    (busbee, Ryan Hurd, Hillary Lindsey)

    1. Somebody Else’s Heart

    (Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, busbee, Shane McAnally)

    1. This City

    (Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, Sara Haze, Will Weatherly)

    1. Hurt

    (Jon Green, Melissa Peirce, Ben West)

    1. Army

    (Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, busbee, Nicolle Galyon)

    1. Think About You

    (Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, Sara Haze, Will Weatherly)

    1. Good Time To Be Alive

    (Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, busbee, Will Weatherly, Emily Weisband)

    1. Big Love in a Small Town

    (Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, Nicolle Galyon, Jordan Reynolds)

    1. Stars

    (Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, busbee)

    1. Teenage Heart

    (Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, Jon Green)

    1. Home

    (Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, busbee)

    1. Famous

    (Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, Eric Paslay)

    Audio / Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley talks about getting back to basics for their new album, Heart Break.

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    Lady A (Heart Break album) OC: …around it. :53
    “We were just thinking about how to get back to that spot, you know how we wrote and started for the first two records. It’s ‘cause we didn’t have any responsibilities. You could write a hundred songs a year, and we haven’t been able to do that since then. So, Dave had the idea, he goes, ‘Let’s just get out of Nashville, man.’ We went down to Florida early in the fall and took a bunch of writers with us, and then we had this idea to move out to L.A., and we rented a house out there for like a month and found like another house with a home studio and called up our buddy busbee and the songs just kinda poured out like really fast. I bet we wrote the majority of this record in like what, a span of a month really. I mean just all these songs kinda just came out and ‘Heart Break,’ specifically, the title track, was when we felt like, okay, now we have kinda the hero song, so to speak, of the record and we can base everything around it

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