A number of the largest stars in nation music teamed up on a Saturday evening to see how a lot cash they might elevate for hurricane aid.
Headlined by Luke Combs and Eric Church, the Live performance for Carolina generated $24 million to assist North and South Carolina communities get better from the double whammy of hurricanes Helene and Milton, with names like Sheryl Crowe, James Taylor, and Keith City making visitor appearances.
Greater than 80,000 folks packed the Financial institution of America Area in Charlottesville—the usage of which was supplied professional bono by Carolina Panther’s proprietor David Tepper, whose basis donated $3 million to aid efforts instantly following the consequences of Milton—smashing because it did cities a whole lot of miles from the coast.
“This may undoubtedly go down because the evening I’m most pleased with in my profession,” Combs wrote on Instagram. “With the ability to give again to the place that gave me a lot.”
Different visitor performers included Billy Strings, Bailey Zimmerman, The Avett Brothers, Scotty McCreery, Chase Rice, and Parmalee.
Born in Huntersville, NC, Combs advised 104.3 KCY Nation that he vividly remembered watching the devastation at his dwelling in Nashville, unable to listen to from family and friends who had misplaced cell reception.
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Questioning “how I may be of service,” Combs known as his fellow nation star, good friend, and North Carolina native Eric Church to pitch the concept of a profit. The reply was by no means unsure.
“North Carolina is each of our houses. The small communities that particularly make up western North Carolina are these robust, impartial, proud communities,” Church mentioned throughout a press convention prematurely of the Saturday present.
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“[T]hey’re the precise neighborhood that when the neighborhood subsequent door is in bother, out can rely on that neighborhood to come back make it easier to. And on this state of affairs, there is no such thing as a neighborhood subsequent door. It’s all been destroyed. So, what you’re seeing tonight, is we’re the neighborhood subsequent door. The folks which can be on this stadium are the neighborhood subsequent door.”
Combs, who was additionally on the press convention, added that “a present like this normally takes a yr, or a yr and a half, to plan, and we have been in a position to get it carried out in three weeks.”
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