Lady Antebellum to tour the UK in the Summer

Country pop trio Lady Antebellum have announced they will be returning to the UK for a string of shows this summer as part of their “Own the Night World” tour.

The American ensemble will play headline gigs in London’s Hammersmith Apollo on July 16, Manchester Apollo on 15 and a day before in the Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow.

The band, which has just won ‘Best Group’ at the American Music Awards, is set to release the new single, Dancin’ Away with my Heart, on March. 

The song is taken from the band’s most recent album, “Own the Night” (Capitol Nashville, 2011), which entered the UK album charts at no. 4 in October and has sold nearly 100,000 copies in the UK to date, alongside its 1.2million US copies where it’s still in the Top 5 of the Billboard charts and featured in the Top 10 best-selling albums of 2011.

Lady Antebellum are competing against Fleet Foxes, Foo Fighters and Maroon 5 to get a Brit Award for Best International Group.

Tickets go on sale 9am on Friday priced at £27.50/£30.00 (London) and will be available from Live Nation’s website.