Life 'Peaceful' in Nashville for the Urbans

Brooks & Dunn member Ronnie Dunn tells People magazine that life is, and will continue to be, peaceful in Nashville for the Urban clan.

Ronnie said that he received a text message from Keith Urban recently telling him of the craziness that's currently surrounding them. Of the text message, Ronnie says "He said she (Sunday Rose) thinks that every time they get in a car there's a rubber hailstorm from paparazzi cameras hitting the car. I offered to fly in a redneck SWAT team!"

The Urban's are currently in London where Nicole is shooting a film, but Ronnie predicts that things will quiet down once they return home to Nashville. He says "Nashville isn't oriented [toward celebrity.] It will be more peaceful for them here." We bet they can't wait to get back to Nashville to settle down for a while!

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A Country Christmas

• Julianne Hough is teaming up with Target to release a Christmas album on October 12th. The disc is part of a series through NBC called, Sounds of the Season.

• Faith Hill's "Joy to the World" debuts next Tuesday, but you can listen to the entire album online HERE!!

• George Strait's "Classic Christmas" will hit stores October 7th.

• Our friend over at Nashville Gab reported that Randy Travis is releasing Christmas on the Pecos, a holiday DVD, November 4th.

• Sony BMG is releasing "Elvis Presley: Christmas Duets" on October 14th.

• Brooks & Dunn will be hosting a radio event called "An American Country Christmas." (Dates and times aren't available yet, but we'll keep you posted!)

• Rodney Atikins, Montgomery Gentry, Heidi Newfield, Charlie Daniels, and Phil Vassar are all taking part in Christmas for Kids at the Ryman in Nashville. Click HERE for more information. Tickets are already on sale!

Stars For Second Harvest

Song-writer Craig Wiseman is holding the "Stars For Second Harvest" benefit show tonight at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. Wiseman, who has written such hits as "Live Like You Were Dying" (Tim McGraw,) "The Good Stuff" (Kenny Chesney,) "Something's Gotta Give" (LeAnn Rimes,) and "Hillbilly Deluxe" (Brooks & Dunn,) will be joined tonight with performances by Dierks Bentley, John Rich, Tony Mullins and Billy Dean.

If you're in the Nashville area, you can get tickets through Ticketmaster for $35...proceeds will benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank.

Reba McEntire ~ Greatest Hits Track Listing

Remember that last week we told you that Reba McEntire is releasing a box set of her 50 greatest hits? Well, if you remember that then you will also remember that we told you we'd get you the track listing as soon as it became available...well it is, and we did, so here you go...

Disc 1:

How Blue

Somebody Should Leave

Have I Got A Deal For You

Only In My Mind

Whoever's In New England

Little Rock

What Am I Gonna Do About You
Let The Music Lift You Up

One Promise Too Late

The Last One To Know

Love Will Find It's Way To You

Sunday Kind Of Love

I Know How He Feels

New Fool At An Old Game

Cathy's Clown

'Til Love Comes Again

Walk On

Disc 2:

You Lie

Rumor Has It

Fancy

Fallin' Out Of Love

For My Broken Heart

Is There Life Out There

The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia

The Greatest Man I Never Knew

Take It Back

The Heart Won't Lie (duet w/ Vince Gill)

It's Your Call

Does He Love You (duet w/ Linda Davis)

Why Haven't I Heard From You

She Thinks His Name Was John

Till You Love Me

The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter

And Still

Disc 3:

Ring On Her Finger, Time On Her Hands

Starting Over Again

Fear Of Being Alone

How Was I To Know

I'd Rather Ride Around With You

What If It's You

If You See Him, If You See Her (duet w/ Brooks & Dunn)

Forever Love

Wrong Night

One Honest Heart

What Do You Say

I'll Be

I'm A Survivor

Somebody

He Gets That From Me

Because Of You (duet w/ Kelly Clarkson)

Wow, after seeing it all in a list like this makes us really how much AMAZING music Reba has made!

Brooks & Dunn ~ Only In America

There's been a lot in the news lately about certain music being played at each political party's events...some artists aren't happy when a political figure uses their music since they may not want to either be affiliated with that political party, or they may not want to get involved at all. Such was not the case when Brooks & Dunn's "Only In America" was played at the Democratic Convention this week. Kix Brooks' remained neutral in his affiliation while expressing gratitude for the power of their music. Kix released an official statement that read "Seems ironic that the same song Bush used at the Republican Convention last election would be used by Obama and the Democrats now. Very flattering to know our song crossed parties and potentially inspires all Americans."

It was nice to read that they can remain appreciative of the attention of their music while still keeping their political views private...way to go guys!

Country Stars Featured In Soundtrack

In early October, there will be a film released showcasing Reverend Billy Graham's life called Billy: The Early Years. To go along with that film, a soundtrack will be released that includes songs featuring Alan Jackson, Sara Evans, Brad Paisley, Brooks & Dunn, and Josh Turner. Josh Turner will also make his film debut as he plays Graham's musical partner, George Beverly Shea.

The soundtrack will be released on October 7th, with the film opening just a couple of days later on October 10th.

Cowboy Town Special

Don't forget! Tonight at 9pm, GAC will air the Brooks & Dunn special, "Cowboy Town". The 90 minute show will take you up close and personal with Kix & Ronnie!!

Brooks & Dunn: Cowboy Town

Tune in tomorrow, August 13th, at 9pm (Eastern time) to GAC to watch a Brooks & Dunn TV special! "Cowboy Town" will take you up close and personal with the duo. The show will include candid interviews and special performances! Don't miss out!

The show will also re-air throughout the week! Click HERE to see showtimes!

Brooks & Dunn Get Their Star

Like we told you about on Sunday, Brooks & Dunn were to recieve their star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame yesterday...well they did, and they were overwhelmed with pride! Kix said "I think people forget that Ronnie and I have dedicated our lives to music because originally we're such huge fans. To have your name on a star on Hollywood (Boulevard) seems so out of reach." We're big fans of Kix & Ronnie...Kix reminds us every single week on his ACC Top 40 Countdown that "there's no bigger fan of country music" than him...that's so humbling to hear that after all of their success, they still love the music as much as we do. We were lucky enough to meet Kix in Nashville back in June...so so SO nice and we were so excited to meet such a legend!

Brooks & Dunn Go To Hollywood

Following a concert appearance tonight in San Bernardino, CA, Kix & Ronnie will head to L.A. tomorrow to receive their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. If anyone is in the area, the ceremony takes place at 11:30am PT and the boys would love to have their fans there to support them! Brooks & Dunn will join other country greats on the Walk of Fame such as Reba McEntire, Randy Travis, Dwight Yokam, Hank Williams, Garth Brooks, Clint Black, Loretta Lynn, and Alabama.

New B&D Video!!!

We LOVE Brooks & Dunn's "Put a Girl" in it! The song totally rocks- a perfect summer anthem! Kix and Ronnie just put out their BRAND NEW video for the song today!!


They sure put a few girls in it!! Click HERE to watch it.


What do you think? It's something different for Brooks & Dunn- to have a bunch of hot chicks parading around in bikinis, but it works. It's a perfect summer song with a perfect summer video!

I See London, I See France...

I see Dierks Bentley's underpants!! Sigh. Just Kidding. It's a nice thought though! Anyways, so YES, this post does have a point!

Dierks Bentley is heading all around the globe before he winds down his tour this Fall in anticipation of the birth of his first baby. The tour will include many stops throughout the U.S. & Canada and then it will hop across the pond to Ireland, UK, Norway, France, and last but not least, JAPAN!!! We think this is a really cool thing for Dierks to do...we've heard from lots of International fans on many Country Music websites (wassup Germany, Turkey, UK...we see you checking out the blog and WE LOVE YOU - thanks for stopping by, leave us some comments!!) and the truth is, they're feeling left out. They hear the music, they love the music, but they want to FEEL THE MUSIC...there really is no better feeling than living the music at a live rockin' show and we're so excited that Dierks is spreading the love worldwide!!

Dierks isn't the only one touring the globe these days...our 2 favorite duo's, Sugarland and Brooks & Dunn, both recently performed shows for our friends down under in Australia!