Brooks & Dunn closed out their farewell Last Rodeo tour with a sold-out show at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on Thursday night. The iconic duo capped off their 20-year partnership by offering up a performance to benefit the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Before the show, Kix Brooks explained that the duo planned to enjoy their last show and celebrate their long successful career together.
"We're going to have all our friends backstage," Brooks told The Boot. "There'll be more people backstage than there will be out front probably, and that's fine with us. We'll just go out with a big party and have a cab take us home."
According to Brooks, he and Ronnie Dunn never dreamed that they'd make the long-lasting impact on country music that they did.
"The thought of having a 20-year career with this guy was impossible," he said. "I mean there was no chance that was going to happen. The chance that we might get a record deal, and might get to go record some songs, and possibly have some success, that's kind of what I was thinking of as best-case scenario."
He added, "It has been a big part of our lives, but at the same time, we're not dead. And we both got lots of stuff going on, and we'll both be making music down the road."
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