Brooks & Dunn mix it up on the road
The country superstars will kick things off this month with their first tour of Australia, and then return stateside in time to perform at the Feb. 17 Daytona 500 pre-show extravaganza in Florida, which will air on FOX-TV.
Brooks & Dunn will launch North American tour dates with a March 22 set at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo. In April, they'll join Alan Jackson for a slate of Canadian shows before hooking up with Kenny Chesney for a few dates on his Poets & Pirates stadium tour. The duo will also stop by a few festivals and play several shows on the Live Nation Country Megaticket subscription series, which allows fans to reserve the same seat for several country music concerts at venues across the country. Details are listed below.
Brooks & Dunn are supporting their latest set, "Cowboy Town," which surfaced in October and landed at No. 4 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. The record, produced by the duo and Tony Brown, has been described by Ronnie Dunn as "kind of like cowboys meet the Rolling Stones." Lead single "Proud of the House We Built" and the album's latest offering, "God Must Be Busy," are streaming at Brooks & Dunn's MySpace page.
"Cowboy Town" follows 2005's platinum-selling "Hillbilly Deluxe," which spawned hits including the title track, "Play Something Country" and award-winning singles "Building Bridges" and "Believe."
Together, Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn have sold more than 30 million records, scored 23 No. 1 hits and are the most-awarded act in Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music history. They won the CMA's Vocal Duo of the Year award 14 times, and finally passed the trophy to Sugarland in November.
March 2008
22 - Houston, TX - Reliant Stadium/RodeoHouston
April 2008
16 - Calgary, Alberta - Pengrowth Saddledome*
17 - Edmonton, Alberta - Rexall Place*
18 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Credit Union Centre*
19 - Winnipeg, Manitoba - MTS Centre*
26 - Columbia, SC - Williams Brice Stadium**
May 2008
3 - Dallas, TX - Pizza Hut Park**
9 - Virginia Beach, VA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
10 - Baltimore, MD - M&T; Bank Stadium**
30 - Milwaukee, WI - Marcus Amphitheatre
31 - Maryland Heights, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
June 2008
8 - San Francisco, CA - AT&T; Park**
14 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
15 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Blossom Music Center
27 - Cadott, WI - Chippewa Valley Music Fest
28 - Oshkosh, WI - Country USA
July 2008
13 - Atlanta, GA - Turner Field**
19 - Saint Clairsville, OH - Jamboree in the Hills
20 - Noblesville, IN - Verizon Wireless Arena
25 - Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre
26 - West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheatre
August 2008
1 - Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion
2 - Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Pavilion
September 2008
5 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
6 - Raleigh, NC - Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
12 - Burgettstown, PA - Post Gazette Pavilion
13 - Chicago, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
*Dates with Alan Jackson
**Dates on Kenny Chesney's Poets & Pirates Tour
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