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Lady Antebellum have hit the airwaves with their latest single, “Compass,” which they found over the summer. The trio is always writing, listening to songs and thinking about their next project, and really had quite a bit of time to do so during their hiatus while Lady A member Hillary Scott gave birth to daughter Eisele. So, they worked up “Compass” and a few others in the studio, even though they had already put together their album, Golden.

The Golden Deluxe version, featuring “Compass,” will be available November 12th.

Golden Deluxe Bonus Tracks:
“Compass”
“And The Radio Played”
“Life As We Know It”
“Need You Now” (an iTunes Live Session Performance)
“Just A Kiss” (backstage acoustic session)
“I Run To You” (an iTunes Live Session Performance)

In other news, Lady A will perform “Compass” when they appear on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Tuesday (October 22nd).

Lady A (Compass) 1 OC: …towards it. :31
CHARLES: “The song kind of came in to us over the summer, and obviously, we’d had some time off and just been writing a lot in our time off and thinking about our next record. So, we kinda started putting our heads together, you know, ‘Why not – since we’ve had so much time off – why not kind of repackage the record?’ Just right off the bat, I mean we love the energy of the song. We love the lyrics. I think…it kind of represents kind of where we are too (HILLARY: “Absolutely.”) in our lives.” HILLARY: “It feels good, but it has a really powerful message, and I think that’s what really gravitated us towards it.”

Luke Bryan’s “That’s My Kind of Night” climbs to the top of the Country Aircheck/Mediabase chart this week. The new No. 1 single is from his platinum album, Crash My Party, and is his eighth chart-topping hit. The song didn’t find itself in its final form until much later in the studio process. “I had to take some direction on that song. My approach on it was a little weird. Me and Jeff [Stevens] and I went around and around about it,” says Luke. “I gave up a little bit and he gave up a little bit, and that’s just making a record. Once we got out of there, we were smiling and high-fiving and happy.”

The reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year is getting ready to wrap his Dirt Road Diaries Tour on Saturday (October 26th) in West Palm Beach.

Luke Bryan (That’s My Kind of Night) 2 OC: …and happy. :16
“I had to take some direction on that song. My approach on it was a little weird. Me and Jeff [Stevens] and I went around and around about it. I gave up a little bit and he gave up a little bit, and that’s just making a record. Once we got out of there, we were smiling and high-fiving and happy.”

Kacey Musgraves is hitting the airwaves with her new single, “Follow Your Arrow,” from her CMA-nominated album, Same Trailer, Different Park. The song has already received a lot of support from folks who have either seen her in concert and/or bought her album. It seems to be especially affecting parents of young teenage girls, who find the positive message in the song. “I’m just really, really happy that people everywhere are seeming to really love it,” says Kacey. “I have parents coming up to me all the time saying, ‘Thank you so much for writing this song. My 13-year-old daughter is singing it, and I couldn’t be more proud of her accepting everyone.’”

The Texas singer-songwriter is nominated for six CMA Awards, which will be broadcast live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena November 6th at 8pm ET on ABC.

Kacey Musgraves (FYA-parents) OC: …anthem. :24
“I’m just really, really happy that people everywhere are seeming to really love it. I mean, I have parents coming up to me all the time saying, ‘Thank you so much for writing this song. My 13-year-old daughter is singing it, and I couldn’t be more proud of her accepting everyone.’ And with, unfortunately, all the bullying that happens these days, I think it’s just, maybe it could be an anti-bullying anthem.”

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Nashville, TN – Mercury Nashville singer/songwriter Kacey Musgraves released her new single “Follow Your Arrow” to country radio today. “Follow Your Arrow” written by Kacey, Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally is the third single off the Texas native’s critically- acclaimed major label debut album Same Trailer Different Park, which was released this past March.

“Follow Your Arrow,” a song about living your life without fear of judgment, continues to be listed as one of the special moments off Same Trailer Different Park.  About “Follow Your Arrow” Billboard touts “…the song represents a bold statement from one of the top new voices in the format.”  

USA Today admits it’s “the highlight of this major-label debut,” while The New York Times says it’s “a jaunty anthem about doing what you want and loving whom you love no matter what judgmental moralists or your own inhibitions might say.” 

“I couldn’t be more proud of creating ‘Follow Your Arrow,’” said Musgraves. “Sonically and musically it’s where my head’s at right now, and I’m really enjoying connecting with people all over the world that agree. It’s a positive anthem for all of us and I’m so excited to be sharing it with everyone.” 

Two days after “Follow Your Arrow” hits the radio airwaves, Kacey will join Katy Perry, Sarah Bareilles, Ellie Goulding and Tegan & Sara on Katy Perry’s We Can Survive Hollywood Bowl Charity Show on October 23. Proceeds from the benefit will go towards the Young Survival Coalition, an organization that helps young women with breast cancer. 

On November 6^th, Kacey will vie for SIX awards at this year’s 47^th Annual CMA Awards, which will air live on the ABC Television Network (8:00-11:00 PM/ET). Kacey, a first-time CMA Awards nominee, garnered nominations for Album of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year, New Artist of the Year, Single of the Year and two Song of the Year nominations; making her the first new female artist in history to top CMA nominations.

NASHVILLE – Wake up and then celebrate into the night with three-time CMA Awards nominee Luke Bryan when he performs on ABC News’ “Good Morning America” Wednesday, Nov. 6 (7:00-9:00 AM/ET), and then opens “The 47^th Annual CMA Awards” (8:00-11:00 PM/ET), live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on the ABC Television Network.  

The announcement was made on “Good Morning America” this morning. Additionally, “GMA” co-anchor Robin Roberts will report live from the Bridgestone Arena that morning and will present a CMA Award that night on the broadcast.

“We are going to kick-start the CMA Awards early in Nashville on Nov. 6 and I hope everyone comes to join us,” said Bryan. “We will be partying as the sun comes up! Can’t wait.”

“With Luke performing on ‘Good Morning America’ you can leave the caffeine in the coffee pot,” said Ed Hardy, President of the CMA Board of Directors. “What a great way to jump start the CMA Awards – morning and night!”

Bryan is nominated in three categories this year, including his first nomination for Entertainer of the Year. He is also nominated for Male Vocalist and Musical Event of the Year for “The Only Way I Know” with Jason Aldean and Eric Church. Bryan has seven career CMA nominations. He was first nominated in 2010 for New Artist of the Year and has been a presence at the CMA Awards every year since.

In addition to Bryan’s performance, winners in two CMA Awards categories will be announced live on “Good Morning America” and officiated by representatives from the international accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

The “Good Morning America” performance and announcement will take place on the plaza of the Bridgestone Arena (corner of Broadway and Fifth Avenue), site of “The 47^th Annual CMA Awards.” The event is part of the Countdown to the CMA Awards and is free and open to the public.

Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood return for the sixth time to host the CMA Awards live from Nashville on Wednesday, Nov. 6 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) on the ABC Television Network.

Previously announced performers for “The 47^th Annual CMA Awards” are Aldean, Church, Florida Georgia Line, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Tim McGraw, Kacey Musgraves, Paisley, Blake Shelton, Taylor Swift, Underwood, and Keith Urban. Alan Jackson and George Strait will perform together in a tribute to the legendary George Jones.

CMA Awards nominees and winners are determined by more than 7,000 professional members of CMA, which was the first trade organization formed to promote an individual genre of music in 1958. The final round of voting for the 2013 CMA Awards ends Monday, Oct. 28 (4:00 PM/ET).

On Saturday at his show in Oklahoma City, Keith Urban brought out Miranda Lambert to perform their smash, “We Were Us.” This was the first time the pair performed the Top 10 hit live, and Keith mentioned in his most recent Urban Chat that they were shooting a video for the song, as well.

George Strait is getting ready to hit the airwaves with his latest single, “I Got a Car,” from his latest album, Love is Everything. He actually was pitched the song by his son, Bubba. “It’s a song by Keith Gattis and Tom Douglas, and the way I found it was, my son, one of his rodeo buddies…had given Bubba a CD. So, I took it home and I laid it on the coffee table, and it sat there for two or three weeks,” says George. “He asked me about it one day, and I said, ‘Naw, I haven’t heard it yet, but I will when I get back home.’ So, I got it and stuck it in the player and started listening to it. This song was on there, along with a couple of others.”

George is up for Entertainer of the Year at this year’s CMA Awards, broadcasting live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena November 6th at 8pm ET on ABC.

George Strait (I Got a Car) OC: …on the Fence. :49
“It’s a song by Keith Gattis and Tom Douglas, and the way I found it was, my son, one of his rodeo buddies – I’m not sure how he’s kin to Keith; maybe brother or cousin or something – had given Bubba a CD. So, I took it home and I laid it on the coffee table, and it sat there for two or three weeks. He asked me about it one day, and I said, ‘Naw, I haven’t heard it yet, but I will when I get back home.’ So, I got it and stuck it in the player and started listening to it. This song was on there, along with a couple of others. ‘Sittin’ on the Fence’ was on there also, I believe. I said, ‘Hey man! This guy is a good writer. I want to hear more of his stuff.’ Bubba was emailing back and forth with him. He kept sending me more and more stuff. That’s how I got ‘Blue Melodies,’ ‘I Got a Car,’ ‘Blue Melodies’ and ‘Sittin’ on the Fence.’”

Get an exclusive look behind the scene so what started off as a dream for Luke Bryan, to what has now become a dream come true with Farm Tour 2013! The Georgia native — and reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year — played to more than 115,000 folks on this year’s Farm Tour.

Nashville – (October 19, 2013) –  Superstar and ACM Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan kept fans on their feet during two sold-out concerts this weekend at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.  The shows were a part of Luke’s “Dirt Road Diaries Tour,” which has sold-out all concerts in advance, including a five minute sell-out for both Nashville shows. Support acts this weekend included Florida Georgia Line and Thompson Square on Friday and Cole Swindell and Dierks Bentley tonight.

Special guests on Friday’s show included Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood of Lady Antebellum who performed with Luke on his No. 1 hit “Do I,” a song they co-wrote together.

Also, backstage tonight Luke’s record label Capitol Nashville presented him with a Platinum plaque celebrating sales of one million albums in just six weeks on his recent release Crash My Party.  The album debuted at No. 1 on both the Billboard 200 and Country sales charts with 527,783 units sold, making it the biggest sales debut for a Country male artist since 2004 and the fourth highest album to debut across all genres this year.

Luke’s “Dirt Road Diaries Tour” wraps next weekend, October 26 in West Palm Beach. He will launch a new tour in January 2014, “That’s My Kind of Night Tour.”