Brooks & Dunn Know "That's What It's All About"

Lead Single From Greatest Hits Drops July 5, After Its ACM Debut

Nashville: Ronnie Dunn and Kix Brooks have a way with a song. Whether they're rowdy with "You Can't Take The Honky Tonk Out of the Girl," a little tender with "That's What She Gets" or finding redemption in real life with "Red Dirt Road," the 4-time Entertainers of the Year know how to mine emotional veins from people's lives and strike a chord of recognition.  More!

Kix Brooks Reaction to the Passing of Ray Charles

"I was never fortunate enough to meet the man, but Ray Charles is a true icon of contemporary American music. No matter where you look, no matter what you listen to, Ray Charles touched that genre of music. Just look at the impact he had on country. From Modern Sounds of Country and Western Music to all those Willie Nelson duets, nobody did it like Ray Charles. He will be missed."

Hail To The Honky Tonk? Or Boot Scootin' Prezzie?

Pardon the confusion over what Brooks & Dunn's band needs to strike up when country music's longest reigning Duo of the Year takes the stage tonight.  More!

Brooks & Dunn Perform During CMA Music Festival

Brooks & Dunn will be performing Friday night at the CMA Music Festival's nightly concert at The Colliseum. The duo have invited new-comer, Gretchen Wilson, to join them on stage to perform her #1 single "Redneck Woman."

"You Just Don't Get It" High

Everybody who watched 39th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards witnessed the ongoing testimony of Dr. Phil and Robin McGraw that Brooks and Dunn was their ultimate favorite country music act of all time. Not only did the self help guru and wife introduce the hard chargin' duo debut a new song on the show, but the McGraws accompanied Brooks and Dunn to Joe Galante's always fabulous RCA Label Group post awards party. More!

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Harding Academy Rocks with Brooks & Dunn

Good times, Food, Music and Money for the School was the idea at this years Harding Academy Benefit held at Ronnie Dunn’s barn. With a live auction and ticket sales going to improve Harding Academy facilities, the down home shindig raised over $30,000. One of the big donations came from Ronnie himself when he bid over $4000 for a real sheriff’s badge to add to his collection. We thought Kix was the one who needed to keep from getting speeding tickets with his fast cars?

B&D 2004 ACM Duo of The Year!

Brooks and Dunn have taken home once again the ACM Duo of the Year award. They also performed a song for the first time on television, "That's What It's All About,".

Brooks & Dunn have won the most ACM awards in the history of ACM.

"That's What It's All About"

If they can pitch a tent and run a neon circus, you KNOW Ronnie Dunn & Kix Brooks aren't afraid of the unconventional -- and tonight on the Academy of Country Music Awards, the high-flying pair are performing a song that no one's ever heard before. Called "That's What It's All About," the song is something Brooks calls "the gooey center of what happens after the guy in 'Red Dirt Road' figures out to go home and go find Mary," and it's an incredible match for Dunn's muscular rafter scraping voice. More!

Kix Comes In 2nd At Colonial Pro-Am

No, it wasn't a case of who could rid the mechanical longer out on the Neon Circus & Wild West Show. But Kix Brooks -- up for 5 Academy of Country Music Awards -- did manage to help his Colonial Pro-Am Team, anchored by host PGA legend Hal Sutton, finish second at the annual event in Fort Worth.  More!

Glad Hatter... Brooks & Dunn's Go-Go Chapeau at the Kentucky Derby

Crowning Glory: File under "I Thought Kix Wore The Hat...

While Kix Brooks got his arms around something new by holding back the rain and holding down the outdoor stage at the grand opening of the Vanderbilt Medical Center's brand new Children's Hospital, Ronnie and Janine Dunn were in Louisville embracing something old in Louisville Kentucky. On hand to watch Smarty Jones win his 7th consecutive race -- and take him the first jewel in the much coveted Triple Crown -- the Dunns took home their own special distinction.  More!

Brooks & Dunn Exit Red Dirt Road Tour

Indiana Show Closes Out Concert Dates With Joe Nichols and Josh Turner

EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- After months of chasing state highways into small cities across America, Brooks & Dunn concluded its Red Dirt Road tour on Sunday night (April 26) in Evansville, Ind.  More!

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Loretta Gets Her Kix at Premier

Legendary Loretta Lynn, had a big Southern Ball at the Hermitage Hotel in Nashville recently. Loretta was tickled to see Kix and his wife Barbara attend. Loretta was able to spend a little time with them as well as let them hear some songs off her new album Van Lear Rose.

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Brooks & Dunn Present at Flameworthy Awards

Brooks & Dunn presented Reba McEntire with the first ever Johnny Cash Visionary Award at the CMT Flameworthy Awards show. The event was held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee on April 21st.

Brooks & Dunn Set Up a Red Dirt RoadHouse Tour For Late Summer

Nashville: Having given people the high-impact, full-frontal Neon Circus & Wild West Show, Ronnie Dunn and Kix Brooks are ready to kick it back into overdrive as they set their sites on the two-fisted, roof-raising Red Dirt Road House Tour -- set to hit the highway August 27 in Kansas City. Joining the always hardcore honky tonkers are rowdy roughnecks Montgomery Gentry, currently climbing the charts with "If You Ever Stop Loving Me" and the utterly explosive newcomer Gretchen Wilson, whose "Redneck Woman" is blazing.  More!

Brooks & Dunn to Present Reba McEntire the Johnny Cash Visionary Award

Country music's hottest celebrities will be joined by stars from across the entertainment world when they share the stage at the CMT 2004 Flame Worthy Video Music Awards live on Wednesday, April 21 at 8 p.m. ET on CMT. The incomparable Dolly Parton will host country music's only fan-voted awards show.   More!

Brooks & Dunn Take Five: Entertainer, Album, Song, Single AND Duo of the Year for 2004 ACMs

Los Angeles/Nashville: Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn dug deep to make Red Dirt Road, an album that celebrated the roots of their raising musically and personally -- and the title track harvested the wisdom learned through the osmosis and centrifugal force of growing up, only to be recognized later in life On the heels of three wildly successful Neon Circus & Wild West Shows, the return to the more organic, roots-driven -- yet still slamming -- Brooks & Dunn sound marked a deepening commitment to their music.  More!

Brooks & Dunn Say Goodbye to their Privacy

It’s every voyeuristic fan’s dream come true – a peek inside the homes of their favorite stars to see how the rich and famous really live. In the half-hour special Star Pads: Brooks & Dunn, superstars Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn open their homes to CMT for a wild and crazy tour that reveals the differences and similarities in their private lives. More!