Brooks & Dunn, Travis Tritt added as Carolina Country Music Fest headliners

Legendary country music duo Brooks & Dunn will perform in Myrtle Beach this summer as part of the city’s annual Carolina Country Music Festival, rounding out a main bill that includes breakout stars Miranda Lambert and Morgan Wallen.

Also joining the lineup is multi-platinum artist Travis Tritt, event organizers announced Nov. 4.

Brooks & Dunn are Hall of Fame inductees

With 20 No. 1 hits stretching back to 1991 and a pair of Grammy awards, Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn were inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2019.

With 11 studio albums under the belt, the duo have also collaborated with Luke Combs, Sheryl Crow, Vince Gill and Reba McEntire.

Brooks & Dunn have sold more than 30 million albums on the strength of tracks including their 1992 smash “Boot Scootin’ Boogie.”

The pair are slated to take the festival’s main stage on June 8, according to a touring schedule on their website.

Travis Tritt is touring with his first new music in more than a decade

Tritt, 59, has more than 30 million career album sales since dropping his first record in 1987. He’s won two Grammys and three Country Music Association awards as well.

Tritt has performed at the 1996 Olympics, two Super Bowls, a World Series game and the NCAA men’s basketball championship game, among other arena-sized events.

In 2021, Tritt released “Set in Stone,” his first album of new material since 2007.

Morgan Wallen and Miranda Lambert were announced over the summer

Lambert, 38, is the first woman ever to headline the Carolina Country Music Festival. She became the first genre artist in the 47-year history of Billboard’s Top Country albums chart to have each of her first four records debut at No. 1.

Known for ballads including “The House That Built Me,” Lambert has sold out shows across the country, including Madison Square Garden.

Wallen, 29-year-old multi-platinum hitmaker from Tennessee rose to prominence in 2015 when he appeared on The Voice’s sixth season, but he also has courted controversy on his way to chart-topping success.

In February 2021, Wallen was caught on camera using the N-word and other expletives, leading to heavy criticism from fellow artists, a contract suspension from his label and a ban from that year’s Billboard Music Awards and ineligibility from American County Music Awards competition. Wallen publicly apologized and later donated $500,000 to Black-led organizations.

The 2023 Carolina Country Music Fest runs June 8-11 at Myrtle Beach’s downtown boardwalk. Last year’s show was headlined by Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and Keith Urban.