There's a lot going on this week! Get a behind the scenes look at what Luke Bryan and the band do during the day on the road.
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Alan Jackson heads to Mineral, Virginia this weekend to put on a show in the Louisa County High School parking lot. Last year, Mineral won an online contest to be the site of a free Jackson concert -- Mineral received more than 31,000 votes in the competition sponsored by eventful.com. Kansas City was in second place and Minot, N.D., was third. The town rallied to win the concert -- taking place Sunday (May 20th) -- following an August earthquake that did millions of dollars in damage to home and buildings in Louisa County. Funds raised for the Louisa Education Foundation (LEF) will be used to assist the county public schools in their rebuilding efforts as a result of an August 2011 earthquake. The fund will help in the rebuilding of the Louisa County High School and be earmarked for replacement of the school’s extensively-used auditorium. The Louisa County High School is currently condemned after earthquake damage. For more information on how you can help, go to musicformineral.com. Alan is currently making his way up the country charts with his latest smash, “So You Don’t Have to Love Me Anymore,” which is from his forthcoming album, Thirty Miles West, due in stores (and online) June 5th. AJ (Mineral) OC: …little story. :45 “That thing just kind of grew into this crazy show that it’s become, because we had this contest going, I guess, at radio where every town could vote and whoever got the most votes, I’d come and do a free show for or something, I guess is how it started. And then when this town had the earthquake and damaged the school as well as other buildings in town and didn’t get much attention for it. Somebody in that town, I believe a fan, got on that internet and rallied all this together and got everybody around the country to vote for this little town to win this contest to do the show; that’s how it all started. And so, it’s kind of interesting that that much passion went into that and came together. I don’t think they said there’s about 400 people that live there, so it’ll be a small show…we’re gonna try to raise a little money to help ‘em, and I think it’s a pretty cool little story.” AJ (Mineral) 2 OC: …show like that. :16 “You know, I’ve played so many shows now from everything you could imagine, and when you walk out on stage at arenas and all, and it gets to be kind of routine. This’ll be a little different. It’ll be more, I don’t know, it’ll just be more charming, I think, is what I’m trying to say, and every now and then, it’s good to do a show like that.”
AUDIO:AJ (Mineral)
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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
AUDIO:Lady A (1 of best moments-prom)
AUDIO:Lady A (Henryville school)
AUDIO:Lady A (music at prom)
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VIDEO:Lady A clip from Henryville Prom
The Warren Brothers came to hang with Lady A on the road in their hometown of Tampa, FL and came out on stage to surprise the crowd...with their own version of 'Red Solo Cup!' The Warren Brothers co-wrote the sensational hit for Toby Keith. 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. 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.”
AUDIO:Lady A (prom event)
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Dierks Bentley and his band and crew are celebrating Mother's Day in Episode 64 of DBTV. Here's a special message from the entire gang out on the road with Dierks. Happy Mother's Day to all of you!
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 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 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.”
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.”
AUDIO:LBT (Pontoon summer fun)
Meet Capitol/Nashville's newest addition, Jon Pardi, and his Pardi Posse (aka, the band) in his debut webisode: My Name is Jon, Episode 1: The Cinnamon Challenge. Also, check out Jon's debut single, "Missin' You Crazy," available on iTunes. |
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