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    Luke Bryan Replaced by Lady A as ACM Performer After He Tested Positive for Covid-19

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    The ‘American Idol’ judge has been forced to pull out of his scheduled performance at the upcoming Academy of Country Music Awards due to coronavirus diagnosis.

    Apr 14, 2021

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    Luke Bryan has been forced to pull out of an appearance at the 2021 ACM Awards after testing positive for COVID-19.

    The country superstar sat out on Monday night’s (12Apr21) “American Idol” episode after he was diagnosed with the coronavirus, and now he’ll miss his performance at the awards show on Sunday night (18Apr21).

    Bryan is nominated for Entertainer of the Year and Album of the Year at the event.

    He will be replaced as a performer by Lady A.

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    Miranda Lambert and Elle King will open the ceremony with the live debut of their party song “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)”, and there will also be sets from Eric Church and Dan + Shay and country couple Ryan Hurd and Maren Morris, while Dierks Bentley will team up with The War and Treaty to perform U2’s “Pride (In the Name of Love)”.

    Lambert will also perform with Jack Ingram and Jon Randall; Kelsea Ballerini and Kenny Chesney will unite for “Half of My Hometown”; and Chris Young and Kane Brown will team up for “Famous Friends”, while Carrie Underwood will offer up a gospel medley from her “My Savior” album with Cece Winans.

    The performances will all take place at Nashville, Tennessee music meccas the Grand Ole Opry House, the Ryman Auditorium, and the Bluebird Cafe.

    Mickey Guyton and Keith Urban are lined up to co-host.

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      Lady A, Elle King, Lindsay Ell Tapped for Country Music Livestream Series

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      The new music performance series titled ‘Country Now Live’ has been launched with Brett Young’s performances last week and will continue for the next 24 weeks.

      Mar 21, 2021

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      Lady A, Elle King, and Lindsay Ell are among the stars set to perform on new livestream series “Country Now Live”.

      The series will air on CTRL_MUSIC_, a country music channel on Twitch, launched by the streaming service and Red Light Management.

      Gigs will take place every Wednesday at 8 pm CT for the next 24 weeks, with Brett Young kicking things off on Wednesday (17Mar21). The line-up also includes Chris Janson, Jordan Davis, and Riley Green.

      Performers will take to the stage at the Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville for the hour-long performances, while audiences are currently not allowed to attend in person due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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      Meanwhile, country star Brandi Carlile is planning to reward vaccinated fans by inviting them to join her for an upcoming livestreaming performance at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium.

      Fans who have either received their second dose of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine, or the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine, on or before 14 March (21), have been invited to enter a lottery for a limited number of tickets and the star will pick names at random.

      “We have found a way for a small number of people to attend this Covid-compliant, socially distanced show in person,” Carlile said in a video to fans.

      Devotees have to email [email protected] with their full name and proof of full vaccination for the chance to win a ticket to the Turpentine singer’s show on 28 March.

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      Lady Antebellum Named Latest Inductees of Grand Ole Opry

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      Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, and Dave Haywood, who now go by the moniker Lady A, are going to be inducted into Grand Ole Opry in an upcoming television special.

      Jan 24, 2021
      AceShowbiz – Lady A have become the Grand Ole Opry’s latest inductees.
      The “Need You Now” hitmakers were invited to become members of the Opry during a taping for an upcoming TV special celebrating the Tennessee venue’s 95th anniversary.
      Darius Rucker, who joined the Opry in 2012, officially asked the trio to join. The surprise invitation will air during “Grand Ole Opry: 95 Years of Country Music”, which premieres on 14 February (21).
      The group, then known as Lady Antebellum, made their Grand Ole Opry debut in 2007. The bandmates decided to shorten their Civil War-associated name to Lady A in response to the national conversation about racism last summer (20).

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      Their decision angered blues singer Anita White, who also performed as Lady A, and led to a number of angry lawsuits.
      In a recent interview, the trio explained why it took them so long to change their name. Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, and Dave Haywood admitted Black Lives Matter movement was the catalyst behind their decision.
      Charles said, “We came up with the name thinking about the antebellum home…I don’t know. It’s so naive now looking back, but I think, as we’ve grown up, we all have kids now.”
      “I mean, why now? Well, we’re a lot older, we look at the world a lot different. We’re trying to leave the world a little bit better, too, for our kids and the next generation. And we want to be a part of change.”
      Hillary concurred, “We realised, you know, over the summer I think not touring and watching just this movement happen that is so needed in this country and around the world, we started to see what our part was, what part of our first steps and making a difference could be. And so our name changing was the first step.”

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      Lady Antebellum Explain Why It Took Them So Long to Change Their Name

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      Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, and Dave Haywood open up about their name change, admitting Black Lives Matter movement was the catalyst behind their decision.

      Dec 23, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Lady A star Charles Kelley has revealed the country band changed their name to do their bit as part of the Black Lives Matter movement.
      The group was formerly known as Lady Antebellum, but announced their decision to adopt a new moniker back in June (20) as they explained that they wanted to distance themselves from the term “Antebellum”, which has ties to the slave-owners of the Confederate South.
      However, their decision angered blues singer Anita White, who performed as Lady A, and led to a number of angry lawsuits.

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      Appearing on “The Tamron Hall Show” on Monday (21Dec20), Charles and bandmates Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood opened up about why they’d waited so long to change their name as Charles explained it was the Black Lives Matter movement gaining traction earlier this year that prompted them to take the plunge.
      “I think the word to me that resonates the most this year has been ‘blind spot.’ And I think I am so guilty of…I didn’t think about it,” he mused. “You know, we came up with the name thinking about the antebellum home…I don’t know. It’s so naive now looking back, but I think, as we’ve grown up, we all have kids now.”
      “I mean, why now? Well, we’re a lot older, we look at the world a lot different. We’re trying to leave the world a little bit better, too, for our kids and the next generation. And we want to be a part of change.”
      Hillary concurred, “We realised, you know, over the summer I think not touring and watching just this movement happen that is so needed in this country and around the world, we started to see what our part was, what part of our first steps and making a difference could be. And so our name changing was the first step.”

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      CMA Awards 2020: Lady A Pulls Out at Last Minute Due to COVID-19 Exposure

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      The country music trio decides to cancel their performance at the live show after an immediate family member tested positive for coronavirus, though the three band members ‘continue to test negative.’

      Nov 12, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Lady A’s (previously Lady Antebellum) has been forced to drop out of the 2020 CMA Awards at last minute because of coronavirus. Close to one hour before the event was about to kick off, the country music group announced they would be pulling out of the live show after a family member tested positive for COVID-19.
      The band took to their official Instagram page to break the news to their fans. “Taking a look back at last year’s CMA Awards and all the fun that we have every year getting to hang out with our country music family!” they wrote along with photos from the 2019 show. “Sadly, one of our immediate family members has just tested positive for COVID-19 this week.”
      But Lady A’s fans don’t have to worry because the stars themselves didn’t catch the virus. “So far, the three of us continue to test negative,” they informed their fans, adding that they made the decision to “stay home from the awards tonight” “out of caution and love for everyone involved with the CMAs.”
      Lady A added, “We’re bummed that we won’t be able to perform with Darius Rucker and Thomas Rhett, but luckily Charles [Kelley] already taped his performance with Carly Pearce so you will still be seeing him take the stage!” The concluded, “We’ll be cheering on our friends at home like the rest of y’all! Stay safe out there.”

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      Lady A was tapped to fill in for Lee Brice after Brice had to bow out of the show because he tested positive for the coronavirus. Brice was supposed to perform his hit collaboration with Pearce, “I Hope You’re Happy Now”.
      The duo has been announced as among early winners that night, scoring the Musical Event of the Year title for their duet. Celebrating the news with her social media followers, Pearce shared a video clip of herself breaking down as she discovered she was a CMA Awards winner early on Wednesday. “@leebrice & I WON MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR,” she tweeted. “This was the moment I found out as I sobbed on the phone in my PJs.”
      Miranda Lambert has also landed an early win, nabbing Video of the Year for her “Bluebird” clip.
      The 2020 CMA Awards is currently underway at Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee with Reba McEntire and Darius Rucker as the hosts.

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      Lady Antebellum Sued by Original Lady A Amid Row Over Name Change

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      Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood, and Hillary Scott have been slapped with a lawsuit by blues singer Anita White for trademark infringement amid debacle over their new moniker.
      Sep 17, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Blues singer Anita White is suing country band Lady Antebellum for trademark infringement after they changed their name.
      The “Need You Now” hitmakers decided to shorten the group name to Lady A earlier this summer (20), after acknowledging the ‘Antebellum’ of their former moniker was too closely linked to Southern U.S. culture, when slavery was legal.
      However, Washington-based musician White was left unimpressed with the switch as she has been performing as Lady A for decades, and the dispute then turned nasty, with bandmates Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood, and Hillary Scott taking the 62 year old to court for her “attempt to enforce purported trademarks rights.”
      White has now hit back with a lawsuit of her own, with the legal papers stating, “Lady Antebellum’s decision to replace the name Lady Antebellum with Lady A was undertaken with wilful disregard of Ms. White’s rights in her Lady A trademark, which she has used for nearly thirty years.”
      Adding that the trio has caused “tortious injury” to White with their name change, the documents continued to explain that while she and Lady A held a video conference to try and reach an agreement about the name, they were “unable to reach a resolution.”
      Representatives for Lady A have yet to respond to the latest lawsuit.

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      Lady Antebellum, Brad Paisley, Tim McGraw Tapped for Children's Hospital Livestream

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      Some of the biggest country music stars have been announced to take part in an upcoming online event alongside other singers to benefit a children’s hospital in California.
      Aug 9, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Lady Antebellum, Anthony Hamilton, and Brad Paisley are among the names helping to cheer up sick kids this summer by joining a livestream to benefit a California children’s hospital.
      Bosses at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which provides free care for the seriously ill, have also signed up Darius Rucker, Jason Mraz, Luis Fonsi, Seal, and Tim McGraw among others, for Music Gives: Together #forStJude, which will air on 13 August (20).
      The medical chiefs plan to turn the event into a real celebration, featuring not just music but contributions from top chefs.
      Montell Jordan will team up with former hospital patients Lindsey and Joel Alsup to co-host the bash, which will begin at 5pm ET. For more information, visit stjude.org.

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      Original Lady A Refuses to Be 'Token Person' to Make Lady Antebellum 'Look Woke'

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      The blues singer Anita White says sometimes all black people have is their name as she is fighting Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood, and Hillary Scott in moniker dispute.
      Jul 17, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Blues singer Anita White, known professionally as Lady A, is refusing to give up her name without a fight.
      The band formerly known as Lady Antebellum recently announced plans to adopt the moniker, acknowledging that the word ‘Antebellum’ has close ties with slavery, leading to objection from White, who has performed as Lady A for years.
      While they initially appeared to reach a mutual agreement, things turned nasty last week (ends12Jul20) when bandmates Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood, and Hillary Scott accused White of trying to cash in on the situation by demanding $10 million (£8 million) to stop performing as Lady A and filed a lawsuit against her.
      Speaking with ABC News Prime, White insisted she’s, “built this name for decades before they were born, and I’ve been building it,” as she compared the “grind” of independent musicians to the struggles Black, Indigenous people of colour (BIPOC) face.
      “Sometimes all we have is our name,” she stated. “We don’t want to have that taken from us. Our culture gets taken, our music gets taken. This is more important for those that come behind me.”
      The musician went on to say she felt “disregarded” and ignored when she asked the country act’s lawyers what exactly it meant to co-exist on three separate occasions, insisting, “I’ve put out five CDs under Lady A. They have not put one CD under Lady A. That’s their nickname. This is my professional name.”
      Despite admitting she was initially excited about the prospect of working with the “Need You Now” trio, she concluded that she didn’t believe their intentions were sincere and conceded she wasn’t willing to check the box to be the “token person so that you look woke.”

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