Look To The Stars News: Dierks Bentley

Chimes Of Freedom: Stars Cover Bob Dylan For Charity

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:30:00 +0000

Two iconic forces that have impacted the past 50 years – the life-saving human rights activism of Nobel Peace Prize-winning Amnesty International and the incomparable artistry of Bob Dylan – are being saluted by 80 musicians who contributed new or previously unreleased recordings to Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International.

The collection is scheduled for physical (4 discs) and digital release in North America on January 24, 2012 through Fontana Distribution. It will be distributed internationally through Fontana International, a Universal Music company, on January 30.

Chimes of Freedom features a stellar and diverse group of artists across the generational and musical spectrum. The performers, including many of Amnesty International’s longtime supporters, range in age from teenage pop star Miley Cyrus, 19, to folk music legend Pete Seeger, who, at 92, records Dylan’s poignant “Forever Young,” with a children’s chorus.

Dolly Parton To Sing At Marty Stuart's Late Night Celebrity Charity Jam

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:00:00 +0000

On June 8, country music legend Marty Stuart’s Late Night Jam, the kick-off event for the CMA Music Festival, will celebrate its 10 year anniversary. Marty started the event as way to welcome fans to country music’s biggest festival, but the jam has also raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for MusiCares, which provides assistance for music people in times of need.

This year’s event will feature performances by Doug Kershaw, Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, Dolly Parton, the Quebe Sisters Band, Connie Smith and Mel Tillis. Past performers have included Dierks Bentley, Neko Case, Charlie Daniels, Vince Gill, Jerry Lee Lewis, Old Crow Medicine Show, Keith Urban and Porter Wagoner, among others.

“It’s hard to believe that the Late Night Jam is ten years old,” said Stuart. “I can’t help but think back on the first one. I was nervous; pacing and hoping that we’d have enough people show up. The show ended up being a sell-out and we’ve been going strong ever since. That first show was over 25,000 people ago, and it was also many good deeds ago from MusiCares, and a lot of really magical performances ago from some of my dearest musical friends. Every year I say, ‘How can I top that show?’ Somehow it happens and good things result from it. This year will be no different.”

Country Stars To Take Part In Celebrity Charity Softball Challenge

Thu, 12 May 2011 15:30:00 +0000

Vince Gill, Dierks Bentley and David Nail will join a star-studded roster of country music’s hottest performers, sports personalities and more to help strike out cancer and other life-threatening diseases at City of Hope’s 21st annual Celebrity Softball Challenge, on Saturday, June 11, at 9 a.m. at Greer Stadium in Nashville, Tenn.

For the first time in the game’s history, two City of Hope supporters will hang out in the dugout, and get into the game, with Nashville’s stars through the “Connected to Hope Celebrity Softball Challenge” contest. Visit www.cityofhope.org/connected to learn more and enter.

Country Music Stars Release Charity Album For Fisher House

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:30:00 +0000

Fisher House Foundation will be the beneficiary of proceeds from Stadium Entertainment’s release, My Country: Smash Hits, a compilation of songs from country music stars Trace Adkins, Rodney Atkins, Dierks Bentley, Big & Rich, Rascal Flatts, Randy Houser, Jypsi, Lady Antebellum, Reba McEntire, Montgomery Gentry, Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton and Keith Urban.

The album was released on August 24 and had already reached #133 in Music and #15 in Country Music on Amazon’s Bestsellers Rank as a result of album pre-orders.

Country Stars Hit The Stage For Nashville Flood Victims

Tue, 18 May 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Nicole Kidman joined her husband Keith Urban at a concert on Sunday to help raise money for victims of Nashville’s recent devastating floods.

Keith performed on stage at the Ryman Auditorium with Sheryl Crow, Brad Paisley and others while Nicole manned the phones with Kellie Pickler, Holly Williams and many more at the show, which raised over $1.7 million.

Co-hosted by James Denton and Kimberly Williams-Paisley, other performers at the show included Dierks Bentley, Sam Bush, Lady Antebellum, Keb’ Mo’, CeCe Winans, Martina McBride and Will Hoge. Kenny Chesney addressed the crowd via video.

Kenny Chesney Urges Fans To Help Nashville Flood Victims

Fri, 07 May 2010 12:30:00 +0000

Kenny Chesney is one of many country music stars calling on help from his fans around the world to aid Nashville after floods devastated the Country Music Capital.

“We need the world’s help right now and it’s just a really sad thing to see, especially people that you know and people that you love,” he told CNN. "I do feel the people in this town are a really tight community. It’s just sad to see it happen.

“Just give whatever you can, you know – people have lost everything. We all saw what happened in Haiti and we’ve all saw (sic) what happened across the world. I mean, these people just need bare essentials here in Nashville. It’s crazy to think that but they really do…

Celebrities Pose With Pets For Charity

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:30:00 +0000

The annual Animal Rescue Foundation Celebrity Pet Calendar is out now, featuring some of your favorite stars and their best friends.

ARF was created in 1991 by Tony and Elaine La Russa to address the needs of companion animals. ARF saves dogs and cats who have run out of time at public shelters and brings people and animals together to enrich each others lives. ARF strives to create a world where every loving dog and cat has a home, where every lonely person has a companion animal, and where children learn to care.

This year’s calendar features famous faces such as Jenna Fischer, Celebrity Dog Trainer Victoria Stilwell, Iron Chef Cat Cora, Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh, Holly Madison, Warren Buffett, Chairman of Starbucks Coffee Howard Schultz and FOX News Anchor Greta Van Susteren, country singer Dierks Bentley, comedian Paul Rodriguez and many more.

Dierks Bentley To Ride Twice For Charity

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:30:00 +0000

Country singer Dierks Bentley will host two Music and Miles charity motorcycle rides this year, in Nashville and Phoenix.

The Nashville ride will take place on October 11, and Bentley has enlisted the help of his country music friends Darius Rucker, Eric Church, Wynonna, Heidi Newfield and Michelle Branch for the all-day event that will also feature live music and lots of fun for the whole family.

The ride departs Cool Springs Harley Davidson at 1:00pm CT and will travel through Williamson County and downtown Nashville, finishing at Riverfront Park.

Country Stars Thrilled By Volunteers

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:44:00 +0000

Tim McGraw, Dierks Bentley and Keith Anderson helped to raise over $200,000 at Halfway to Hazard’s 2nd Annual Charity Trail Ride in Tennessee last week.

Nearly 25,000 fans flocked to Eastern Kentucky for the event, held on August 22-23. The weekend saw families enjoying music, family activities and ATV rides while supporting Buckhorn Children’s and Family Center, which cares for suffering children in the area.

Halfway to Hazard’s Chad Warrix said, “We were hoping to just double last year’s attendance of 7,500 and raise more than the $110,000. The fact we more than tripled attendance and doubled money raised this year is staggering! We applaud all the volunteers and artists for helping us in accomplishing and surpassing our goals.”

Dierks Bentley To Ride Again For Music And Miles

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:30:00 +0000

Country singer Dierks Bentley has enlisted the help of Darius Rucker and Eric Church for a concert to follow his fourth annual Miles and Music for Kids celebrity motorcycle ride on October 11 in Nashville.

Bentley raised over $275,000 for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt during his third annual Music & Miles for Kids celebrity motorcycle ride last year, which also included a concert featuring Tim McGraw.

The 34-year-old singer is also working with the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and CMT One Country to extend the Miles and Music for Kids event to six cities in 2009 and 2010, with all proceeds benefiting Children’s Miracle Network hospitals in those areas.

Country Stars To Perform At Charity Trail Ride

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:30:00 +0000

Country stars Tim McGraw and Dierks Bentley will headline the 2nd Annual Halfway to Hazard Charity Trail Ride to raise money for Buckhorn Children’s and Family Center in Crockettsville, Kentucky.

The show will be part of a weekend of ATV trail rides on August 22 and 23, and will also feature performances by country duo Halfway To Hazard, Danielle Peck, Gabe Garcia, Bomshell, and Whiskey Falls.

Over 1,000 ATVs are expected to descend on the hills of Southern Kentucky for the event, and appearances will be made by NASCAR legend Kyle Petty, Motorcross great Ricky Carmichael, and music artists Randy Houser, James Otto, Keith Anderson, and Jeremy Popoff.

Country Stars Decorate Guitars For Charity Auction

Wed, 27 May 2009 14:00:00 +0000

Guitars decorated by some of country music’s biggest stars will be auctioned for charity next month.

Dierks Bentley, Charlie Daniels, Vince Gill, Jamey Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Craig Morgan, Dolly Parton, Kellie Pickler, Sugarland, Pam Tillis, Steve Wariner, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban have contributed guitars to the auction, which will raise money for the Grand Ole Opry Trust Fund, an organization that aids people in the country music community with financial and health related issues.

The Guitars of the Stars Benefit Auction will take place on Friday, June 12, at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. More info can be found here.

Nashville To Rock For Africa

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:00:00 +0000

Some of country music’s biggest stars will appear at a concert in Nashville tomorrow, April 22, to raise funds for education in Africa.

Keith Urban, Faith Hill, Dierks Bentley, Brad Arnold from 3 Doors Down, and Big Kenny will join Damien Horne, Ashley Cleveland, Third Day, Jars Of Clay and many more at the Nashville4Africa concert, to be held at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center.

Proceeds from the event will go towards the building of two new schools in Africa and funding additional educational efforts.

Celebrities Send Messages Of Support For Earth Hour

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:30:00 +0000

This Saturday, March 28, will mark Earth Hour, an initiative of the WWF in which people around the world are being encouraged to switch their lights off between 8:30 and 9:30pm in a bid to reach the target of one billion people who are committed to fighting climate change.

Earth Hour has grown from a single event in Sydney, Australia, in March 2007 to a global phenomenon that will change the way the world sees climate change. On March 31, 2007, over 2.2 million people and 2,100 corporations in Sydney turned their lights off for an hour, creating an energy saving of 10.2% – that’s roughly the same as taking 48,000 cars off the road!

A number of celebrities have thrown their support behind the initiative and have spoken about its importance:

Kasey Kahne Helps Out Ronald McDonald House Charities

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +0000

NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne visited a McDonald’s in Yelm, Washington, yesterday to personally congratulate and thank the restaurant crew members for their outstanding efforts during World Children’s Day 2008 – selling the most paper Hands in the country through the “Give A Hand” fundraiser.

World Children’s Day at McDonald’s is the Company’s largest annual fundraiser to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities and other children’s charities worldwide. The 2008 campaign raised more than $8 million dollars to help support the Charity’s three core programs, including the Ronald McDonald House, Ronald McDonald Family Room and Ronald McDonald Care Mobile; since its inception in 2001, the campaign has raised more than $132 million for RMHC.

Scarlett Johansson And Michael Caine Promote Peace Through Mediation

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:30:00 +0000

At the Nobel Peace Concert that Scarlett Johansson and Michael Caine hosted in Oslo, Norway, earlier this month, former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari’s ‘mediation as a means to ending conflict and solving world problems’ was celebrated.

Ahtisaari, who received the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize at an award ceremony the day before, was honored for his many accomplishments in conflict areas across the globe. These include his work towards achieving independence for Namibia and for his peace-making efforts in Kosovo, Indonesia, Northern Ireland, Central Asia, the Horn of Africa and, most recently, Iraq.

Pleased to have won the prize, Ahtisaari hopes that it will help his Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) organization to promote peace and security around the world.

Nobel Peace Concert To Rock Oslo

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:30:00 +0000

Michael Caine and Scarlett Johansson will co-host the 2008 Nobel Peace Concert honoring this year’s laureate, former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari.

The show – which will take place in Oslo, Norway, on December 11 – will feature performances by Diana Ross, Feist, Dierks Bentley, Jason Mraz, Julieta Venegas and Seun Kuti, and will be televised in over 100 countries.

The Nobel Concert is an annual event, and has in the past been hosted by Kevin Spacey, Uma Thurman, Sharon Stone, Salma Hayek and many others.

Singers Make Paper Dolls For Charity Auction

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:00:00 +0000

Some of the biggest country stars on the planet have decorated paper dolls in an exciting new charity initiative.

Carrie Underwood, Alan Jackson Trace Adkins, Tim McGraw, Dierks Bentley, Clint Black, Tracy Byrd, LeAnn Rimes, Willie Nelson, Jewel, Wynonna, Rascal Flatts, Faith Hill, Keith Urban, and Reba McEntire – as well as Kid Rock, Kelly Clarkson, Jessica Simpson and Jordin Sparks – are among the 50 singers who have put pen to paper and let their artistic skills out of the closet to design paper dolls, which will benefit Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

Through Project Paper Doll, the Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt “reminds us that tomorrow can be a better day – every day – when we all work together to combine inspiration, innovation and knowledge to Make Something Happen.”

Dierks Bentley Makes Music And Miles For Children's Hospital

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:00:00 +0000

Not only did country superstar Dierks Bentley become a dad for the first time last weekend, he also led a group of celebrities on a motorcycle rally to raise money for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

The 32-year-old singer raised over $275,000 for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt during his third annual Music & Miles for Kids celebrity motorcycle ride and concert on Sunday, just a day after his wife, Cassidy, gave birth to their baby daughter.

Bentley was joined by fans and motorcycle enthusiasts on the rally, which went from Vanderbilt to downtown Nashville and culminated in a concert featuring Tim McGraw and John Rich. Also performing at the concert – a huge surprise for the crowd of 5000 – was NASCAR driver Kyle Petty, who organizes an annual charity motorbike ride of his own.