BROOKS & DUNN TRIBUTE SPECIAL TO BENEFIT LIFTING LIVESCountry's beloved duo, Brooks & Dunn, are calling it quits after 20 hit-filled years together. The Academy of Country Music will help them go out in style with an all-star concert tribute special.
ACM Presents: Brooks & Dunn - The Last Rodeo will tape on Monday, April 19th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Ticket sales from the show will benefit ACM Lifting Lives, the charitable arm of the Academy of Country Music, which works to improve lives through the power of music. Artists already scheduled to perform include superstars
Kenny Chesney, Reba McEntire, Rascal Flatts, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban, with many others to be announced soon.
Kix and Ronnie will receive the Academy's
Milestone Award for holding the record for the most wins of any
artist in the Academy's history with 26 awards in total, including three
Entertainer of the Year awards. They
will also be honored for holding the record for most Top Vocal Duo wins, with
15 awards, eight of which are consecutive from 2000-2007. Brooks
& Dunn have had 23 #1 hits, sold more than 30 million records, and won more
than 80 major industry awards during their career. In August 2009, they announced they will
retire as a duo in 2010 and embark on a final farewell tour this summer, called
"The Last Rodeo."
"Brooks
& Dunn have defined country music for twenty years," said Bob Romeo,
Executive Director of the Academy of Country Music. "With this all-star concert
tribute, the Academy is honored to recognize Kix and Ronnie for their contributions
to the country music industry, fans and to all the artists they have helped get
a break in this business."
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