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Luke Bryan has addressed the name change of the country band Lady A — formerly known as Lady Antebellum. In June, the band reconsidered the moniker “after much personal reflection” and conversations with “closest Black friends” because the word “Antebellum” refers to a period of time, “which includes slavery,” they said. The change came during …
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A country music star moved into a new home only to get lost on his own property for seven hours before having to call the cops to be rescued. Singer Kane Brown posted of the incident, “I moved into a new house. I own 30 acres of 3,000 around me. I told my wife I …
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Garth Brooks has removed himself from the running for Entertainer of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards this year and it’s all because of a tweet. The country music superstar announced via a virtual press conference Wednesday that a tweet made him come to the magnanimous decision. “There’s one tweet in there that …
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In a long-distant era of discord suspiciously similar to our own, Natalie Maines, the singer for the group that was, until last month, known as the Dixie Chicks, lit a forest fire with an offhand insult about George W. Bush in 2003. Since then, she’s owned her political words more deliberately by laying into Donald …
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The artists formerly known as Lady Antebellum tested the court of public opinion this week when, after changing their name to Lady A in a gesture of support to the Black Lives Matter movement, news broke that they were suing a blues singer, Anita White, who has been using the stage name Lady A for years. …
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Goodbye, Dixie. Amid calls for the removal of Confederate symbols and nostalgia prompted by the Black Lives Matter movement, the notoriously liberal country-music trio formerly known as Dixie Chicks have finally decided that “Dixie” had to die. Now simply the Chicks, bandmates Natalie Maines, Emily Strayer and Martie Maguire, who have sold some 33 million …
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On the heels of a new Dolly Parton book, another classic country star, Willie Nelson, 87, and his sister, Bobbie Nelson, 89, announced that they’ve penned a memoir. The tome, “Me and Sister Bobbie: True Tales of the Family Band,” will detail their family bond playing music together, with alternating chapters by each sibling. It’s …
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Country singers Carly Pearce and Michael Ray are divorcing after less than a year of marriage, Page Six can confirm. “This was a hard decision [for Pearce],” People magazine quotes a source as saying of the split. “It wasn’t something she wanted to have to do. This hasn’t been a quarantine realization — it was …
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Live Nation announced a drive-in concert series for July as coronavirus lockdowns have canceled arena shows and music festivals nationwide this summer. The LA-based promoter said Monday it will launch “Live from the Drive-In,” a set of nine shows headlined by country singer Brad Paisley to take place July 10-12 in Nashville, Tenn.; Maryland Heights, …
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Country music singer Morgan Wallen apologized on Sunday following his weekend arrest on public intoxication and disorderly conduct charges. The “Whiskey Glasses” singer, 27, was arrested on Saturday night after he was kicked out of Kid Rock’s Honky Tonk bar in downtown Nashville, according to local media. His bond was $300 for the disorderly conduct …
Luke Bryan has addressed the name change of the country band Lady A — formerly known as Lady Antebellum. In June, the band reconsidered the moniker “after much personal reflection” and conversations with “closest Black friends” because the word “Antebellum” refers to a period of time, “which includes slavery,” they said. The change came during …
