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Dierks Bentley recently covered Adele‘s “Set Fire to the Rain” in his exclusive CMT: Unplugged performance.  Catch the full show, which airs Tuesday (May 29th) at 2pm ET on CMT.

NASHVILLE TN (MAY 24, 2012) – Platinum-selling country group Little Big Town will world premiere the music video for their hot new single “Pontoon” on People.com tomorrow (Friday, May 25th).  People.com is one of the most visited entertainment news websites in the United States and receives millions of views each day. Click here to check it out for yourself.

The video, directed by Declan Whitebloom (Sugarland, The Fray, Taylor Swift), was shot on Percy Priest Lake outside of Nashville, and features the foursome lounging on a pontoon in a remote cove (aka, “Party Cove”) offshore. Karen and Kimberly soaked up the sun and enjoyed lake drinks, while Jimi and Phillip played golf off of the top of the pontoon and grilled out on board. 

The summer track was released on iTunes for purchase this past Tuesday and quickly climbed into the top 10 of the Top Country Songs. 

“Pontoon” is the first single off of Little Big Town’s fifth studio album, due out this fall.

Tune in to see Little Big Town’s Kimberly and Karen help Sugarland‘s Jennifer Nettles mentor on the new talent competition, Duets, TONIGHT (May 24th) at 8pm Central on ABC!

LINER Darius (Memorial Day Weekend)

“Hey y’all, it’s Darius Rucker, hoping you have a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend.”

LINER Eric Church (Memorial Day)

“Hey everyone, this is Eric Church, hoping you have a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend.”

LINER Eric Paslay (Memorial Day Weekend)

“Hi! This is Eric Paslay. Hope you have a wonderful and safe Memorial Day Weekend.”

LINER Jon Pardi (Memorial Day Weekend)

“Hi! It’s Jon Pardi, hoping you have a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend!”

LINER Keith Urban (Memorial Day)

“Hi everyone, this is Keith Urban. Now please take time to remember all those who sacrificed their lives during this Memorial Day Weekend.”

LINER LBT (Memorial Day)

“Hi! This is Little Big Town. Take time to remember our fallen heroes during this Memorial Day Weekend.”

LINER Luke Bryan (Memorial Day)

“Hey! It’s Luke Bryan, hoping you have a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend.”

The 2012 CMT Music Awards are less than two weeks away, and that means fans will be able to see country superstars Lady Antebellum perform live on the show. Their performances are always a highlight of the CMT Music Awards, and it’s always a shame when they have to be archived — until now. Thanks to Lipton, CMT will open its vaults for the first time and allow fans to experience all of Lady A’s CMT Music Awards performances. But you need a key to unlock anything, and that’s where the fans come in. All you have to do is tweet the hashtag #UNLOCKLADYA from your Twitter account. Once we reach 5,000 tweets, we’ll add their performances to CMT.com, and you’ll get to relive those classic performances.

(from CMT.com)

LAKESIDE HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND SURPRISES LADY ANTEBELLUM IN CELEBRATION OF 200TH “WEBISODE WEDNESDAY” AT AUGUSTA, GA TOUR STOP

 
Nashville, TN – May 23, 2012 – Last night, on the eve of their 200th Webisode Wednesday, reigning CMA and ACM Vocal Group of the Year Lady Antebellum played the first of two hometown shows at James Brown Arena in Augusta, GA. Mid-set the group was surprised when Dave and Charles’ alma mater Lakeside High School’s marching band appeared behind them playing the trio’s No. one hit “We Owned The Night.”
 
“Our show is so dialed in after all these months of touring that it takes a lot to surprise us,” said Lady A’s Dave Haywood. “A full marching band did it though!  It was incredible…I’m sure we had a ‘deer in the headlights’ look.  I can’t believe we’re at 200 webisodes already.  We have so much fun making them with Adam Boatman, who puts them together for us each week.  He really deserves all the credit.”

Luke Bryan and Eric Church have been added to the growing list of performers at this year’s 2012 CMT Music Awards. They join Toby Keith and Pistol Annies, as well as previously announced performers Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood and the Zac Brown Band.

Toby and actress Kristen Bell (Couple’s Retreat, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Veronica Mars, Gossip Girl) have been tapped as co-hosts of the show, which will be broadcast live June 6th at 8pm ET on CMT.

Fans are able to vote at CMT.com through June 4th.

Both Luke and Eric are up for Male Video of the Year, along with Keith Urban and many more.

Luke Bryan was the guest of honor at a “tailgate” party to celebrate the platinum certification of tailgates & tanlines. The album, which has sold more than one-million copies, features the hits “Country Girl [Shake It For Me],” the two-week #1 “I Don’t Want This Night to End” and his Top 10 hit, “Drunk on You.” The party was held in the parking lot of LP Field, home to the Tennessee Titans, and featured food trucks serving bar-b-cue, pizza and ice cream. Luke and his band set up a stage and performed several of his hits, including “Rain is a Good Thing,” “Someone Else Calling You Baby” and “Drunk on You,” among others.

AUDIO: Luke Bryan talks about the party to celebrate tailgates & tanlines‘ platinum certification.

Luke Bryan (platinum album) OC: …very excited. :33

“Well, it’s just an amazing event, an amazing day to celebrate platinum, you know. It’s kind of like a college degree. When you get one, no one can take it from you, and when you get to say the rest of your life that you’ve got a platinum album, that really means something. And it’s a lot of hard work, a lot of effort, a lot of people that have worked hard and made this stuff happen; a lot of sacrifices. And today is the day that we all celebrate. I mean everybody here right now has seen it happen from the get-go, and it’s pretty amazing stuff. I’m very excited.”