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LADY A RAISE OVER $285,000 FOR TORNADO-RAVAGED HENRYVILLE! (AUDIO & VIDEO)

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Nashville, TN – May 16, 2012 – Seven-time GRAMMY winning trio Lady Antebellum and thousands of generous fans joined together at Louisville, KY’s KFC Yum! Center tonight to raise more than $285,000 for the Henryville, IN community. All proceeds will be distributed through the New Hope/Indiana Bankers Association for the Disaster Relief Fund.

The group hosted a private prom event with Henryville High School’s Juniors and Seniors where they surprised the students a with an acoustic performance, which was followed by an arena concert open to the public.

This event started as an idea we had in the studio last year to crash someone’s prom,” explains Lady A’s Hillary Scott. “We had no idea at the time it would fill such a need. We are amazed by the support we’ve gotten from our fans, sponsors and the press. This is one of the proudest moments in our career!”

Lady A and ABC’s JuJu Chang visited Henryville High School earlier today where they toured the devastated school that is currently under construction and planning to reopen this fall. The community’s inspiring story and highlights from the day will air tomorrow on Good Morning America, World News Tonight with Diane Sawyer, Nightline, ABC Radio and on ABC affiliates across the country. Additional national and local media supporters will air special content from the event throughout the week. For more information, visit www.thegreenroompr.com.

In March, Lady Antebellum began a contest offering fans a chance to OWN THE NIGHT with a private concert at their prom. The trio unanimously chose the community of Henryville, IN for their story, resilience and unity following devastating tornados. Lipton also came on board to help with the event in the spirit of their “Drink Positive” and “Live Positive” message, a campaign that Lady A already supports. Fans who weren’t able to attend the concert, but would still like to contribute towards the cause can make a donation here: http://bit.ly/ladyaprom.

Watch ABC News’ Juju Chang’s interview with Lady Antebellum TONIGHT (May 17th) on “World News with Diane Sawyer” at 6:30 p.m. ET/PT and on “Nightline” at 11:35 p.m. ET/PT.

AUDIO: Lady A’s Hillary Scott says being part of this amazing night with Henryville High School will be one of the best moments of her career.

Lady A (1 of best moments-prom) OC: …through so much. :43

AUDIO: Lady A’s Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott talk about the progress they’ve seen take place at the tornado-ravaged Henryville High School.

Lady A (Henryville school) OC: (Hillary) …inspiring to see. :59

AUDIO: Lady A’s Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood joke about the music played at their own proms.

Lady A (music at prom) OC: …going on here. (Hillary laughs) :24

LITTLE BIG TOWN RETURN TO HOST THEIR 6TH ANNUAL RIDE FOR A CURE. (AUDIO)

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CAPITOL NASHVILLE act LITTLE BIG TOWN are hopping off their “Pontoon” for a couple of minutes to climb on their motorcycles for their annual RIDE FOR A CURE benefit ride and concert on Sunday, June 10th in Nashville, with proceeds benefiting the T.J. MARTELL FOUNDATION. This will be the group’s 6th consecutive year hosting the ride.

The ride will start at MICKEY ROO’S in the KROGER INDEPENDENCE SQUARE parking lot on Hillsboro Pike in Franklin, Tennessee (located south of Nashville). Registration begins at 8a (CT). Post-ride festivities will begin at 12p (CT) and includes performances by LAUREN ALAINA, DEAN ALEXANDER, LOVE AND THEFT and LITTLE BIG TOWN as well as a live auction for all attendees.

To date over $260,000 has been raised for the T.J. Martell Foundation since the beginning of Ride For a Cure. There have been over 2,500 motorcycle riders to participate in the ride, and an additional 2,000 people have joined us over the last three years at the Harley-Davidson Columbia Superstore for the post-ride All Star Jam concert. Past performers and supporters include Martina McBride, Jamey Johnson, The Band Perry and Luke Bryan among others.

Little Big Town is currently scaling the country charts with their latest single, “Pontoon,” the perfect summertime song! The single will be available on iTunes beginning May 22nd.

Link to purchase tickets:

www.nashvillerideforacure.com

Directions to new starting location, Mickey Roo’s:

http://tinyurl.com/84elsn4

About Little Big Town

Critically acclaimed group Little Big Town—consisting of members Karen Fairchild, Phillip Sweet, Kimberly Schlapman, and Jimi Westbrook—first entered the music scene over 14 years ago with hits such as “Boondocks,” “Bring It On Home,” and “Good As Gone.” The group recently finished recording their fifth studio album with producer Jay Joyce and released the albums first single “Pontoon” to radio in April. Collectively, the group has earned over 25 award show nominations and has taken home the award for ACM Top New Vocal Group. The foursome has played in front of over 4 million people and is currently on tour nationwide. In early 2011 Little Big Town created an online video series called “Scattered, Smothered & Covered” where they tackle the challenge to make any song country. Presently their videos have had over 2 million views. For more information on Little Big Town and the release of their upcoming fifth studio album please visit www.littlebigtown.com.

AUDIO: Little Big Town’s Kimberly Schlapman talks about the band’s goal for this year’s Ride for a Cure.

LBT (Ride for a Cure) OC: …more money. :10

“I remember the first time we were planning it and getting excited about it, and every year it’s gotten bigger and bigger and more and more money has been raised. So, that’s our goal is just to raise a little bit more money.”

LADY A HEADS TO LOUISVILLE TO HOLD A PROM EVENT FOR HENRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. (AUDIO)

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Gowns and corsages have been purchased, tuxes been rented and now the excitement of the graduating class of 2012 at Henryville High School and the surrounding counties has built to a crescendo for Wednesday night’s (May 16th) concert “prom” event featuring Lady Antebellum.

(from Indiana’s FOX-TV affiliate)

Support has also poured in from across the country, and right next door, in the form of money, supplies and a chance for the teens to escape, even for a night. “We love you Lady Antebellum, but we love Henryville high school even more,” said one teen in a video submitted to the band.

Lady Antebellum held an “Own the Prom” contest where students could submit videos for the chance to win a free concert. Several schools submitted videos asking that the free concert go to Henryville instead of their schools. On Wednesday, that generosity will pay off in Louisville. The award-winning group will give the teens a second prom. The event is also a benefit concert where all proceeds will go towards the tornado relief effort in the small Indiana town. Henryville High teens will be given several other free tickets for their families who will join them at the concert that is open to the public. Juniors and Seniors at Silver Creek High, who helped with the campaign to get Henryville the free concert, will also get free tickets to the concert. The school had the winning video.

AUDIO: Lady A’s Charles Kelley says the band’s prom contest was actually Hillary Scott’s idea.

Lady A (prom event) OC: …her ideas. :32

“That was Hillary’s idea. I have to give her credit. She had this idea, you know, when we had ‘Dancin’ Away With My Heart,’ I think it definitely takes people back to that prom date or that first love. And she said, ‘It would be really cool if we went and crashed a prom or something.’ And so, it turned into this whole thing. When all that stuff happened at Henryville, it was really cool to see all these submissions coming in from other schools (HILLARY: “Telling us to choose them.”) on behalf of that school, and it really meant a lot to, I mean, it said a lot to us. So, we’re actually going to do a bigger event…but I, we, have to give Hillary all of the credit for that. That was one of her ideas.”

AUDIO: Lady A’s Hillary Scott explains how she came up with the idea for the band’s prom event.

Lady A (prom event) 2 OC: …their faces. :29

“It was one of those things where I was thinking about it, and thinking about the title of the album, Own the Night, and how that would be such a fun prom theme for this graduating class, because it wasn’t that long ago that I was there myself. And then to see it grow and grow and build into what it’s become. It all starts with a little bitty idea and to see what all has come of it and what it’s going to end up being. We just want to bring that community joy and hope and just do whatever we can to put smiles on their faces.”

LADY A ENJOY A LITTLE REFRESHMENT BEFORE HEADING ONSTAGE! (VIDEO)

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Lipton Iced Tea has partnered with Lady Antebellum to bring you inspiring music and refreshing tea. Check out Facebook.com/LiptonIcedTea to join the conversation and see the latest Lady A content.

LADY A AND LITTLE BIG TOWN WILL PERFORM AT THE CMT MUSIC AWARDS.

Lady Antebellum and Little Big Town are among the first announced performers for this year’s CMT Music Awards. They’re joined by Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney and Zac Brown Band.

The CMT 2012 Music Awards will be broadcast live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena June 6th.

Fans may vote for their favorite music videos at the CMT Awards website through June 4th.

LITTLE BIG TOWN BOARDS A ‘PONTOON’ FOR VIDEO SHOOT. (AUDIO)

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Little Big Town recently shot the video for their new single, “Pontoon,” on Nashville’s Percy Priest Lake. The foursome enjoyed a full day on a pontoon boat on the water during a beautiful, sunny day in Middle Tennessee. It was familiar territory for the members of the group, since most of them grew up near area lakes and spent their summers on the water. “I grew up on pontoon boats in the summer on the lakes, and just having a blast,” says LBT’s Phillip Sweet. He explains that the song truly represents the warmer months. “It’s just fun! It really is. It feels like summer, and it feels exactly what it sounds like.”

“Pontoon” is the first single from Little Big Town’s forthcoming album, due out later this year.
The video for “Pontoon” should hit video outlets in the coming weeks.

AUDIO: Little Big Town’s Phillip Sweet says the band’s latest single, “Pontoon,” is a great summer song.

LBT (Pontoon Summer fun) OC: (Phillip) …summertime fun. :13

“It’s just fun! [Jimi laughs] It really is. It feels like summer, and it feels exactly what it sounds like. I grew up on pontoon boats in the summer on the lakes, and just having a blast. So, it’s good ole clean summertime fun.”