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Darius Rucker Talks 'Bromance' With Dierks Bentley

It didn't take much for Darius Rucker to convince Dierks Bentley to perform with him at the upcoming Homegrown Concert in his hometown of Charleston, S.C.

"He's one of my best friends in country music and one of the nicest people in the world ... We text all the time," Darius told Charleston's WEZL radio of buddy Dierks. "I asked him about this concert and he said, without hesitation, yes. We even changed the date on him and he said he didn't care. He's just the best."

The morning show guys at WEZL poked fun at Darius for gushing so much about his Capitol Records labelmate. And it turns out, they're not the only ones laughing at the singers' friendship.

"It's funny -- my wife and his wife were together in Nashville last week," Darius recalls with a laugh. "And his wife came up to my wife and said, 'I'm a little tired of this bromance that my husband is having with your husband."

The Homegrown concert takes place August 13 in Charleston. All proceeds go to help disadvantaged schools in South Carolina. The show will be a detour for Darius from the Rascal Flatts tour, which he's on all summer. So does he have a fancy new set of wheels yet? Because the Flatts are rumored to give their opening act a Porsche as a tour gift.

"No! I didn't even bring it up, but they were telling stories -- so I know it's actually true. And you know how nice I got at that point," Darius recalls. "They said, 'Yeah, we bought Taylor [Swift] a Porsche.' And I was like, 'How y'all doing? Can I get you a beer?"



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TierraStudios

That is hilarious, a "bromance" between 2 country artists. They both sound like very down to Earth artists, that would be one exciting concert to go watch.

I just recently went to the Unstoppable Tour with Rascal Flatts and Darius Rucker and it was needless to say, AMAZING.

July 10 2009 at 4:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
dirrtyracegirl9

I guess I don't get why people come on here, read these articles, and then take the time to post negative comments. If you don't like the artist(s), DON'T READ ABOUT THEM! Go read about someone you ARE interested in. If you've nothing better to do than surf comment pages and post negative comments, then you have a sad life. If it's a political view or a current news event opinion I can see heated discussions, but entertainers? Come on now........

July 08 2009 at 7:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Linda

Dierks Bentley just gave a free concert to the troops at Ft. Hood in Killeen, TX on the 4th of July! My daughter was there and said he was great! HE IS A PATRIOT!

July 07 2009 at 4:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
fortgary43

I've always liked his music! Even when he was in Hootie and the Blowfish! Man ,he's the best!!

July 03 2009 at 10:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Melinda

i've met darius. he's kind of a douche bag.
dierks is nice though. i've gotten to talk to him before.
everybody else from hootie and the blowfish is nice, too.

July 01 2009 at 8:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
hookmrl

both of these clowns can not sing get a job in walmart

July 01 2009 at 8:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
DANI

i love love lov e darius rucker.. he has such a sexy voice..

July 01 2009 at 5:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jbjg24m

DON'T REALLY CARE FOR EITHER ONE OF THEM AS A SINGER !

July 01 2009 at 5:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Darren

Bentley is a HASBEEN

July 01 2009 at 4:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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snd716

How is Dierks a has been when he just received his 7th number one single and just made Forbes top ten list of up and coming artists? I don't really call that a "has been" in my book..

July 01 2009 at 7:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
maddog5689

i worked for him... he sucks

July 01 2009 at 4:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply