Lovett will join country stars Brooks & Dunn, Willie Nelson, Vince Gill and Toby Keith at the annual Texas Stampede. The four-day rodeo/music event takes over the American Airlines Center in Dallas, October 24-27.

Rodeo stars risking life and limb for glory and cash, will compete in bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping, saddle bronc riding, calf roping, barrel racing and bull riding as the Texas Stampede hosts the 2002 summer Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Finale of the PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association). The PRCA is the richest regular-season event, with a purse of $750,000.

Tickets go on sale September 21 and range from $15 to $149. Those with a few barrels of loose change can check out www.texasstampede.com for a break down of the VIP ticket packages on offer. A mere $16,000 will buy you and your 9 friends VIP front row seats to all five rodeo and concert performances, as well as premium parking passes, access to the elite Old No. 7 Club and pre-rodeo VIP party.

The Stampede is a charity event benefitting the Children’s Medical Center of Dallas and the pediatric programs of the University Of Texas Southwestern Medical Center of Dallas.