Chris Willman Music WriterA second round of performers has been announced for the upcoming Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, with Eric Church, Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Brothers Osborne, Kane Brown, Jordan Davis, Brittney Spencer, Mitchell Tenpenny, Jason Aldean and leading ACMs nominee Chris Young joining the lineup.More specific plans for some of the previously announced performers have also been revealed. Dolly Parton, who’ll be hosting the commercial-free Prime Video webcast from Allegiant Stadium, will be joined for a performance of her new album’s “Big Dreams and Faded Dreams” by Kelsea Ballerini.The two-hour show will kick off with a collaborative two-song set by Jimmie Allen and Gabby Barrett, who are up for male and female artist of the year.
Name dispute between singer Lady A and band formerly known as Lady Antebellum settled out of court
03.02.2022 - 09:01 / nme.com
Lady A) and the band formerly known as Lady Antebellum has reportedly been settled out of court.In June 2020, the country band who had performed as Lady Antebellum for 14 years, announced they were changing their name to Lady A due to the negative racial connotations associated with the term “antebellum”. It soon emerged after that White, a Black blues and soul singer, had been using the same stage name for more than 20 years.After attempts to persuade White to allow the band to share the name ‘Lady A’ were unsuccessful, the band sued the singer in July, asking the court “to affirm [their] right to continue to use the name Lady A.”At the time, they alleged that White had demanded $10million in order to use the name, and also claimed they had had the name trademarked “for years”.
White later confirmed she had asked for the sum from the band and had planned to split it – $5million for her own compensation, and $5million donated to relevant causes.White countersued the band in September 2020, citing “lost sales” and “diminished brand identity” since the trio began using the name Lady A. She sought unspecified damages along with royalties from income the band received while using the Lady A name.
Now, Billboard reports that in a motion filed on Monday (January 31) in Nashville federal court, both acts asked a federal judge for their separate lawsuits to be permanently dismissed.The terms of the agreement have not been made public, meaning it’s unclear at this stage whether either the singer or band will continue to use the name, or if any money was paid as part of the settlement. Both acts’ social media accounts continue to list them as Lady A.Back in 2020, White said that she would not allow the band “to obliterate me and
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