Brooks & Dunn , who shocked country music fans by announcing their split after more than 20 years together, are continuing to speak out about the reasons they're calling it quits. And if recent comments are any indication, the end of country's most successful duo was a long time coming.
"Twenty years – that's a long time to go fishing in the same well," Kix Brooks tells USA Today. It's a sentiment echoed by his partner, Ronnie Dunn. "It has run its course," he says simply... Read Full Story
Brooks & Dunn tickets are now available for the country duo’s final tour together, the 2010 Last Rodeo tour, which gets underway next spring.
The trek will span 47 cities in the US and Canada through mid-August, as the pair makes one more run around the country for their fans.
“After 20 years of making music and riding this trail together, we have agreed as a duo that it’s time to call it a day,” Brooks and Dunn said in an August statement to their fans, which was posted at their... Read Full Story
Kix Brooks of the duo Brooks & Dunn has been named national broadcast personality of the year by the Country Music Association. Brooks, host of Citadel Media's "American Country Countdown," is the first country artist to win an annual broadcaster award given by the association. Other broadcast personality of the year winners, announced Tuesday: Major Market — Cornbread, Pat James, Annie Henson, Harry Schroeder, Mac "Captain Mac" Douglas, "The Cornbread Morning Show," WIL, St. Louis. Large... Read Full Story
The 43rd annual Country Music Association awards will offer fans one of the last chances to see Brooks & Dunn before they split next year. The popular duo joins a star-studded lineup, including all five entertainer of the year nominees, scheduled to perform during the Nov. 11 ceremony. CMA also announced Monday that Kenny Chesney, Taylor Swift, Reba McEntire, George Strait, Sugarland, Darius Rucker and Keith Urban will perform. Also scheduled to play songs are co-hosts Brad Paisley and... Read Full Story
Brooks & Dunn - The Greatest Hits Video Collection (1997) DVDR ISO [RS] & [MU] Brooks & Dunn: Kix Brooks - Acoustic, Steel Guitar & Vocals Ronnie Dunn - Acoustic, Steel Guitar & Vocals Backing Bands: Lou Toomey - Guitar Terry McBride - Bass Guitar (Former Member Of McBride & The Ride) Dwain Rowe - Keyboards, Background Vocals Tony King - Guitar, Background Vocals (Former Member Of Matthews, Wright & King) Jimmy Stewart - Fiddle, Acoustic Guitar, Banjo Gary Morse - Steel Guitar, Lap Steel... Read Full Story
I'm dreaming tonight of a place I love Even more than I usually do And although I know it's a long road back I promise you I'll be home for Christmas, You can plan on me Please have snow and mistletoe And presents on the tree Christmas Eve will find me Where the love-light gleams I'll be home for Christmas If only in my dreams I'll be home for Christmas, You can plan on me Please have snow and mistletoe And presents on the tree Christmas Eve will find me Where the love-light gleams I'll be... Read Full Story
Brooks & Dunn are done. The best-selling country duo posted a message on its Web site Monday saying they've agreed to "call it a day" after 20 years of making music together. "This ride has been everything and more than we could ever have dreamed ... We owe it all to you, the fans," Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn said in the message. "If you hear rumors, don't believe them, it's just time." Brooks & Dunn will release a greatest-hits album on Sept. 8 and tour one last time in 2010. The duo's many... Read Full Story
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Brooks & Dunn, the biggest-selling duo in country music history, are splitting up after 20 years together, the musicians said on Monday. Singer/guitarists Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn said in a statement that "it's just time," but that they would launch a farewell tour next year. "After 20 years of making music and riding this trail together, we have agreed as a duo that it's time call it a day," they said. "This ride has been everything and more than we could ever have... Read Full Story
Earlier I posted the tourdates for Brooks & Dunn's farewell tour 'The Last Rodeo'. Now, I can add that one of the openers for the tour will be Jason Aldean.
Jason will be joining 'The Last Rodeo Tour' on the following dates:
April 23: Sacramento, CA
April 24: Mountain View, CA
April 30: Spokane, WA
May 1: Tacoma, WA
May 2: Vancouver Read Full Story
Dierks Bentley and his band recently jetted to Australia to open six shows for Brooks & Dunn, playing to more than 10,000 people a night in the country's largest cities. And yet Bentley, a headlining act in the U.S. with a half dozen No. 1 hits, didn't plan to make a dime. "On this tour we don't expect to make any money, and we shouldn't," the 33-year-old singer explained in an interview. "This will be the first time we're playing there. We're trying to lay the foundation for future tours... Read Full Story
