Capitol Nashville recording artist and North Carolina native Eric Church was a participant
in the 2-day Bobby Labonte Celebrity Golf Classic, held every spring at the Ballantyne
Resort in Charlotte , NC . In addition to hitting the links, Church provided an acoustic
performance for the assembled guests; other celebrity attendees of the Golf classic
included NASCAR driver/host Bobby Labonte, rising NASCAR star Brian Vickers, the
legendary Richard Petty and several members of the Carolina Panthers.
Money raised by the Golf Classic benefit the Bobby Labonte Foundation, dedicated to
providing aid for a variety of charities throughout North Carolina , particularly the Victory
Junction Gang Camp. A year-round camp that enriches the lives of children with chronic
medical conditions or serious illnesses, the Victory Junction Gang Camp provides
life-changing camping experiences that are exciting, fun, and empowering, in a safe and
medically sound environment.
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LUKE BRYAN LANDS A CO-SPONSORSHIP
WITH LONGHORN STEAKHOUSE AND JACK DANIELS
NASHVILLE, TN – March 25, 2008 – Luke Bryan recently landed the perfect co-
sponsorship for a “Country Man” – Longhorn Steakhouse and Jack Daniels. In return for
the sponsorship, Bryan will make 24 appearances at Longhorn Steakhouses across the
country to meet and sign autographs for the fans.
In June, the Georgia native will host his fan club party at a local Nashville Longhorn
Steakhouse during the CMA Music Fest.
“I’m honored Longhorn Steakhouse and Jack Daniels have chosen to be partners with
me,” says Luke Bryan. “I’d say this is the perfect partnership – great steaks, Tennessee
whiskey, and an old country boy like me.”
Bryan’s current single “Country Man” just recently went for adds at country radio.
Luke Bryan heads in to 2008 with two major award nomination including the CMT
Breakthrough Video of the Year nomination and his first nomination from the Academy of
Country Music for “Best New Male Artist.” The Georgia native is coming off a #2 debuting
album I’LL STAY ME; a Top 5 debut single “All My Friends Say;” a multiple-week #1 single
he wrote for Billy Currington “Good Directions,” being chosen as Billboard’s 2007 country
artist to watch and landing on “Best of 2007” lists for: Chicago Tribune, Atlanta Journal
Constitution, Clear Channel Online Music & Radio to name a few. Bryan has been part of
three major tours of country music’s biggest artists this year. This summer he will be part
of some of Kenny Chesney’s “Poets & Pirates” stadium dates and earlier this year he
was on Trace Adkins’ “American Man” tour and Dierks Bentley’s “Throttle Wide Open” tour.
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LADY ANTEBELLUM RE-DESIGNS WEBSITE AND MYSPACE PAGE
New pages offer more fan interaction and footage of the trio
NASHVILLE, TN – March 27, 2008 - Lady Antebellum launches their newly re-designed
website and MySpace pages this week. The trio, made up of Dave Haywood, Charles
Kelley and Hillary Scott, have become known as a tech-savvy group and their new
pages prove it. The band has revved up their sites to include more fan interaction and
more exclusive footage.
Here is a list of new features that can be found at www.ladyantebellum.com
o New Lady A fan community, called Lady A Team. Members of the community will
receive access to pre-sale tour tickets, meet & greet opportunities with the band,
exclusive videos & more. A benefit of joining the Lady A Team includes getting a one
year free membership when you pre-order the bands album through the website. With
the membership also comes an exclusive free track and the ability to stream the full
album on the website now.
o A new "featured fan" section that will show a new fan on the site every month.
o New video series called "Webisode Wednesdays." Every Wednesday the band
will upload a new "behind-the-scenes" video to the website. The band even created a
special "theme song" for this series.
o New mobile features, including a "live mobile feed." People can send Lady A text
messages & images by texting @ladya to 66937 and then go to the mobile feed on
their website to see their text messages.
o Lyrics & Liner notes from the album will be available on the website
Here is a list of new features that can be found at www.myspace.com/ladyantebellum
o All videos now available for streaming.
o Tour dates & news items are featured in a widget that any fan can add to their
own website/myspace profile.
Lady Antebellum will release their self-titled debut album April 15th. Their debut single
“Love Don’t Live Here” has become a Top 15 hit on the Current Country Charts (#14 on
R&R and #15 on Mediabase). Their self-penned debut single has also been chosen by
iTunes to be their “Single of The Week” on the music giant’s home page this week.
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