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The superstar country trio Lady Antebellum is now going by the name Lady A. The band made up of Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood announced the change Thursday, saying they hadn't ...
The members of Lady Antebellum announced that they changed the name of their country group to Lady A due to the word antebellum’s association with slavery. “As a band, we have strived for our ...
Making amends. Lady Antebellum (now Lady A) and blues singer Lady A (real name Anita White) have made progress following drama surrounding the country group’s name change. “Today, we connected ...
Lady A was formed in 2006 [5] by Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood, and Hillary Scott in Nashville, Tennessee.Scott, a Nashville native, is the daughter of country music singer Linda Davis, best known for collaborating with Reba McEntire on her 1993 single "Does He Love You", [6] and Charles Kelley is the brother of pop and country artist Josh Kelley. [7]
On June 12, 2020, during the George Floyd protests, the pop country music group Lady Antebellum shortened its name to its nickname "Lady A" [6] in an attempt to blunt the name's association to the Antebellum South, including the glorification of the Civil War and slavery. The next day, it was widely reported that the name had already been in ...
On June 11, 2020, amid the George Floyd protests, the band announced they would rename themselves "Lady A" in order to avoid racist connotations with Civil War history, as the original name was based on the Antebellum South. The band stated on social media that they were "deeply sorry for the hurt this has caused and for anyone who has felt ...
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Speaking out. The Chicks, formerly known as The Dixie Chicks, opened up about the other band who changed their name amid the Black Lives Matter movement: Lady A, formerly known as Lady Antebellum ...