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Texas Stampede® Storms Into DallasAward Winning Country Music ArtistsChart-topping Line Up Includes Brooks & Dunn, Toby Keith, Lyle Lovett and Willie Nelson Texas Stampede®, a four-day entertainment experience featuring rodeo and country music, announced today the artist line-up that will follow each day’s rodeo competition.
The line-up for Texas Stampede includes Brooks & Dunn on Thursday evening, October 24; Willie Nelson on Friday evening, October 25; Vince Gill for the Saturday matinee, October 26; Lyle Lovett for Saturday evening, October 26; and Toby Keith at the Sunday matinee, October 27. Some of country music’s best-loved tunes will fill American Airlines Center as five award-winning musicians perform after the rodeo competition. Following are career highlights of the star-studded line-up for Texas Stampede Brooks & Dunn
Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn have sold 23 million albums, scored 20 #1 hits, heard their names called as Entertainer of the Year three times and become one of the most consistent country music headliners today. Willie Nelson
From the Central Texas beer joints of Waco and Hillsboro, Willie Nelson ascended to become one of Nashville’s most prestigious songwriters. In the past decades, he has become the sparkplug of the Texas country “outlaw” revolution of the mid-Seventies, a multi-platinum selling recording artist, an A-list concert draw and the possessor of more Grammys and CMA Awards than he can count. Vince Gill
Since 1990, Gill has walked away with 14 Grammys –- a total that ties him for the most Grammys won by a country artist. Gill is married to pop music singer Amy Grant, and his current album is Let’s Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye. Lyle Lovett
As a native Texan, Lyle Lovett grew up in Klein, Texas and attended Texas A&M University in the 70’s. Lovett’s resume includes nine albums, acclaim from the pickiest of critics, a fiercely loyal fan base, sales upwards of four million and even a second calling as a successful Hollywood actor. Lovett’s signature style draws from a variety of genres – country, folk, jazz, blues and western. Toby Keith
Toby Keith has put his broad shoulders to the wheel and toured incessantly, winning legions of fans while continuing to crank out hits. Keith has 13 Top 10 singles and five gold or platinum albums in a mere six years. His song, “Courtesy Of The Red, White and Blue (The Angry American),” though controversial, was Keith’s heartfelt reaction to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Show times for Texas Stampede, which includes both the rodeo and concert, are Thursday, October 24, 7 p.m.; Friday, October 25, 7 p.m.; Saturday, October 26, noon and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, October 27, 2 p.m. Individual tickets will be on sale through Ticketmaster beginning September 21. To order individual tickets by phone, the public can call (214) 373-8000 or metro (972) 647-5700, or on the Web at www.texasstampede.org. Ticket prices range from $15 to $149. Founding sponsors for Texas Stampede are The Dallas Morning News/WFAA-TV and TXU. Rodeo Replay sponsor is Wells Fargo. Concert sponsors are Bud Light, EDS, Interstate Batteries and Raytheon. Event sponsors are Bank of America, Centex Construction Company, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase. La Riata presenting sponsor is Deloitte & Touche. Billy Bob’s Texas On The Road is sponsored by Dodge.
Proceeds raised by Texas Stampede benefit Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, one of Child magazine’s top 10 U.S. pediatric hospitals, and the pediatric programs of UT Southwestern Medical Center of Dallas, an internationally recognized medical treatment and research center. Through the partnership of these two organizations, North Texas children, regardless of ability to pay, have access to highly experienced physicians with knowledge of cutting-edge pediatric treatments. For more information visit www.childrens.com or www.utsouthwestern.edu. Edited by Dave Shultz |
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Some
of the hottest names in country music will join the top rodeo competitors,
all to benefit Children’s Medical Center of Dallas and the pediatric
programs of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center of Dallas.
Texas Stampede will be held October 24 – 27 at American Airlines Center®.
Texas
Stampede is a 501(c)(3) organization that seeks to raise substantial funds
for Children’s Medical Center of Dallas and the pediatric programs at UT
Southwestern Medical Center of Dallas by organizing and conducting, in
conjunction with the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, a televised,
annual championship rodeo featuring PRCA’s top-ranked cowboys. Rodeo
competition is followed with performances by chart-topping country music
acts produced by Clear Channel Entertainment, the world’s largest producer
and marketer of live entertainment events. Texas Stampede was founded by
Roy Gene Evans, Rob Farrell, Gifford Touchstone and Joel Williams. During
its inaugural year, tens of thousands of people attended Texas Stampede and
the organization raised $500,000 for its beneficiaries. For more
information on events and tickets, visit