Industry Ink: The Agency Group, CMHoF, Young Country, Amped, Live Nation, GAC

The Agency Group has signed Average Joes band THE LACS.

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The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum‘s Troubadour Society will host the third annual Nightfall at the Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 14 from 7 p.m.-10 p.m. The evening will feature music, complimentary beer, wine and hors doeuvres, as well as after-hours access to the museum’s galleries. RSVPs should be sent by Oct. 10 to kwilliams@countrymusichalloffame.org.

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Country music video show Young Country will debut on its new home on BlueHighways TV tomorrow (Oct. 9) at 6:30 p.m. CT with special guests The Roys. The Tyler, Texas based show is produced by Jeff Miller, and Ruth Ann Wood serves as Dir. of Marketing and Syndication.

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Amped is a new independent distribution company under the Alliance umbrella. Big & Rich and Kobalt Music worked with Amped on the duo’s latest release. Among others using the distributor are Compass Records, Lenny Kravitz and Band Of Horses. In a recent week, Amped was working with six releases on Billboard‘s Top 200 chart. Amped is led by Dean Tabaac, with Pip Smith as VP of Sales, Jocelynn Pryor as Dir. of Marketing, and Tony Timpano handling Business and Legal Affairs/General Counsel.

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Live Nation Entertainment is looking to buy a 51 percent stake in C3 Presents, the promoter behind Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits, reports the New York Times. The deal values Austin-based C3 at around $250 million. In recent years, Live Nation also acquired EDM promoters Cream, Hard and Insomniac.

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Rising band Chasin’ Crazy will debut a new series, Chasin’ Crazy, on Great American Country on Saturday, Oct. 11 at 1 p.m. CST. The preview is available on YouTube.