Lady Antebellum Extends Current Outing

Lady Antebellum’s “Take Me Downtown Tour” will extend well into 2014. Backstage pass requests for all their 2013 shows are already into double-digits. So here's your opportunity for a fresh chance.

Dates and venues:

Jan. 9 – Charleston, S.C., Charleston Civic Center
Jan. 10 – Raleigh, N.C., PNC Arena
Jan. 11 – Greenville, S.C., Bi-Lo Center
Jan. 14 – Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. Bank Arena
Jan. 18 – Wichita, Kan., Intrust Bank Arena
Jan. 19 – Lubbock, Texas, United Spirit Arena
Jan. 30 – Philadelphia, Pa., Wells Fargo Center
Feb. 7 – Tampa, Fla., Tampa Bay Times Forum
Feb. 8 – Jacksonville, Fla., Jacksonville Veterans Mem. Arena
Feb. 14 – Bossier City, La., CenturyLink Center
Feb. 15 – Birmingham, Ala., BJCC Arena
Feb. 16 – Lafayette, La., Cajundome
Feb. 20 – Washington, D.C., Verizon Center
Feb. 21 – New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden Arena
Feb. 22 – Uncasville, Conn., Mohegan Sun Arena
March 12 – Boise, Idaho, Taco Bell Arena
March 14 – Reno, Nev., Lawlor Events Center
March 15 – Ontario, Calif., Citizens Business Bank Arena
March 16 – Fresno, Calif., Save Mart Center
March 18 – Los Angeles, Calif., Staples Center
March 21 – Las Vegas, Nev., Mandalay Bay Events Center
March 22 – San Diego, Calif., Valley View Casino Center
March 24 – Phoenix, Ariz., US Airways Center
March 25 – Las Cruces, New Mexico, Pan American Center
March 27 – Oklahoma City, Okla., Chesapeake Energy Arena
March 28 – Tulsa, Okla., BOK Center
April 11 – Atlanta, Ga., Philips Arena
April 12 – New Orleans, La ., New Orleans Arena
April 26 – Charlotte, N.C., Time Warner Cable Arena
April 27 – Knoxville, Tenn., Thompson-Boling Arena

Several New Announcements

Officially tagged as the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, RodeoHouston is an annual multi-day event which always tries to mix up the genres, although leaning heavily towards country.

Here’s the lineup w/dates for 2013:

Feb. 25 – Toby Keith
Feb. 26 – Gary Allan
Feb. 27 – Alan Jackson
Feb. 28 – Zac Brown Band
March 1 – Mary J. Blige
March 2 – Brantley Gilbert
March 3 – Demi Lovato
March 3 – Austin Mahone
March 4 – Styx
March 5 – Lady Antebellum
March 6 – Dierks Bentley

Backstage passes are available for single-day only.

We also have confirmed four dates for the "tag team" of The Black Keys and The Flaming Lips.

Those dates are:

April 28 – Kansas City, Mo., Sprint Center    
April 30 – Pittsburgh, Pa., Consol Energy Center    
May 2 – Atlanta, Ga., Aaron’s Amphitheatre At Lakewood    
May 3 – Nashville, Tenn., Bridgestone Arena

Lastly, Green Day has re-set some dates that were supposed to begin this month but were postponed. Here are the new ones:

March 28 – Rosemont, Ill., Allstate Arena
March 29 – Moline, Ill., I Wireless Center
March 31 – Pittsburgh, Pa., Consol Energy Center
April 1 – Rochester, N.Y., Blue Cross Arena
April 3 – Philadelphia, Pa., The Liacouras Center
April 4 – Fairfax, Va., Patriot Center
April 6 – Uncasville, Conn., Mohegan Sun Arena
April 7 – Brooklyn, N.Y., Barclays Center
April 9 – Providence, R.I., Dunkin' Donuts Center

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Lady Antebellum Own The Night 2011 Tour

Lady Antebellum will launch the first leg of their Own The Night 2011 Tour on November 11 in Knoxville, TN. Both the tour name and the trio’s upcoming album, Own The Night, were inspired by the album’s second single, “We Owned the Night.”
The album will be in stores on September 13.

Here are the dates:

11/11 Knoxville, Tenn. Knoxville Coliseum*
11/12 Macon, Ga. Macon Centreplex*
11/13 Pikeville, Ky. East Kentucky Expo Center*
11/16 El Paso, Texas El Paso County Coliseum*
11/17 Phoenix, Ariz. Grand Canyon University*
11/18 Las Vegas, Nev. The Joint @ The Hard Rock*
11/25 Huntsville, Ala. Von Braun Civic Center**
11/26 Florence, S.C. Florence Civic Center**
11/27 Savannah, Ga. Savannah Civic Center**
12/1 Colorado Springs, Colo. Colorado Springs World Arena**
12/2 Lubbock, Texas City Bank Coliseum**
12/3 Wichita Falls, Texas Kay Yeager Coliseum**
12/4 Belton, Texas Bell County Expo Center**
12/8 La Crosse, Wis. La Crosse Center Arena**
12/9 Sioux City, Iowa Tyson Center**
12/10 Springfield, Mo. JQH Arena**
12/11 Murray, Ky. CFSB Center**
12/15 Amherst, Mass. The Mullins Center**
12/16 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Mohegan Sun Arena**
12/17 Roanoke, Va. Roanoke Civic Center**
12/18 Morgantown, W.Va. WVU Coliseum**

*Tour Dates with Randy Montana **Tour Dates with Eden’s Edge

CMA Update

Whether or not she collects all nine of the awards she was nominated for, Miranda Lambert will take the stage at the 44th Annual CMA Awards one way or another as one of the performers at Country Music’s Biggest Night.

In addition to the 2003 “Nashville Star” finalist, the first round of performers for the award show includes the singer’s fiancé Blake Shelton along with Dierks Bentley, Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum and the pairing of Zac Brown Band with Alan Jackson.

Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley will host the show for the third year in a row.

Lambert’s nine nominations earned her bragging rights for the most 2010 nominations as well as the distinction of making CMA history with the most nods for a female artist.

She’s competing for entertainer of the year, female vocalist of the year, album of the year (for Revolution) and musical event of the year (for “Bad Angel” by Bentley featuring Lambert and Jamey Johnson). Lambert is also up for single of the year (for both “The House That Built Me” and “White Liar”) and music video of the year (for both “The House That Built Me” and “White Liar”). Her songwriting talent was also recognized with a nod for song of the year (for “White Liar”).

Shelton has been nominated in the following categories: male vocalist of the year, single of the year (“Hillybilly Bone” featuring Trace Adkins), musical event of the year (“Hillybilly Bone”) and music video of the year (“Hillbilly Bone”).

Along with musical event of the year (for “Bad Angel”), Bentley was also nominated for male vocalist of the year and album of the year (for Up On The Ridge).

Chesney is nominated for musical event of the year for his performance of “I’m Alive” with Dave Matthews.

Lady Antebellum racked up five nominations this year including entertainer of the year, vocal group of the year, single of the year (for “Need You Now”), song of the year (for co-writing “Need You Now”) and music video of the year (for “Need You Now”).

Zac Brown Band is up for entertainer of the year, musical event of the year (for “Can’t You See” featuring Kid Rock), new artist of the year and vocal group of the year. Brown earned another nomination in the song of the year category for co-writing “Toes.”

Jackson earned a nod for musical event of the year for his collaboration with Lee Ann Womack on “Till The End.”

Although passes for this show are all gone, you can still see it on the small(er) screen Nov. 10, live on ABC