Lady Antebellum change their name to Lady A

Nashville country trio Lady Antebellum have changed their name to Lady A, alluding in their letter to fans to recent weeks of Black Lives Matter protests across the United States and the world, New York Times reports. In the United States, the term antebellum, which comes from the Latin for “before war,” is generally used to refer to the antebellum South, pre-Civil War, and can be seen as a way of romanticizing plantation life while overlooking centuries of black slavery. The band said it took the name when it formed in 2006, as a reference to the “‘antebellum’ style home where we took our first photos”. There's different kind of name-trouble for them now - Seattle blues artist Anita White already goes by the name Lady A and claims she has done for 20 years. She told Rolling Stone: “This is my life. Lady A is my brand, I’ve used it for over 20 years, and I’m proud of what I’ve done".