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Lady A sets record

Friday, February 3, 2012 – Lady Antebellum capped off the opening weekend of their Own the Night 2012 World Tour on Sunday by setting an all-time venue attendance record at Bloomington, Ill.'s U.S. Cellular Coliseum. With more than 32,000 fans packed arenas this weekend for the first three dates of the tour, Lady A broke Kenny Chesney's record.

"Opening weekend was more than we ever could have dreamed," said Lady A's Charles Kelley. "There's been so much anticipation and nervous excitement leading up to our first big arena tour. So much work and preparation goes into putting it together, and then you have to let go and just hope the fans show up. They didn't let us down. We're honestly blown away."

The tour sold more than half a million tickets in advance of its first stop last Friday in Tulsa, Okla. The tour continues this Friday in Huntington, West Va. and runs through June with Darius Rucker and special guest Thompson Square.


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