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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Luke Combs and Eric Church led the star-studded Concert for Carolina connected Saturday, which raised implicit $24.5 cardinal for alleviation efforts successful the Carolina portion pursuing the devastation of Hurricane Helene.
Attended by implicit 82,000 concert-goers, the lawsuit featured performances by James Taylor, Keith Urban, Sheryl Crow, Bailey Zimmerman, Scotty McCreery, Chase Rice, The Avett Brothers and Parmalee arsenic good arsenic astonishment appearances by Nicole Kidman and Randy Travis.
Hosted by ESPN’s Marty Smith and Barstool Sports’ Caleb Pressley, the payment amusement – organized by Combs and Church successful little than a period – took spot astatine Bank of America Stadium successful Charlotte, North Carolina.
Luke Combs and Eric Church's Concert for Carolina raised implicit $24.5 cardinal for alleviation efforts successful the Carolina portion aft Hurricane Helene. ( John Shearer/Getty Images for Concert For Carolina)
Here are immoderate of the apical highlights from the star-studded event.
Eric Church announces that his enactment volition physique 100 homes for hurricane victims
Church announced that his enactment volition physique 100 homes for radical displaced by Helene. (John Shearer/Getty Images for Concert For Carolina)
Eric Church performed galore times passim the night, and besides made a large announcement successful a video that was played connected the stadium's screen. The state star, who hails from Granite Falls, N.C., revealed that Chief Cares has a program to physique 100 houses for North Carolinians whose homes person been devastated by the hurricane.
"I travel from the mountains of North Carolina," Church said successful the video message. "It's what made me. It's my home. I wouldn't beryllium who I americium contiguous if it weren't for the radical determination and the power they had connected me. I wouldn't marque the euphony that I marque if it weren't for the radical determination and the power they had connected me."
He continued, "When Hurricane Helene happened, it devastated those communities. These are hard-working, mediocre communities that trust connected each other. And immoderate clip a assemblage needs help, it's ever the assemblage adjacent doorway that comes moving successful to help. And determination are nary communities adjacent door. They've each been devastated."
Over 82,000 concert-goers attended the star-studded lineup. (John Shearer/Getty Images for Concert For Carolina)
"So we made it our ngo astatine Chief Cares that we're going to beryllium the assemblage adjacent door," Church explained. "We've travel up with a program called Blueprint for the Blue Ridge. We're going to enactment 100 families successful homes that person mislaid their homes successful Avery County and the surrounding areas — 1 of the worst deed areas. In an country that I spent fractional of my years, an country I've had a batch of inspiration and gained a batch of inspiration, successful an country I've made 5 records in. And we're going to spell and support those radical successful their community, enactment a extortion implicit their heads, fto them interact with their community, fto them beryllium a portion of their community, and fto them assistance rebuild the community."
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Church went connected to accidental that Chief Cares had plans for a 2nd portion of the archetypal signifier which volition transcend the extremity of gathering 100 homes.
"I anticipation it's a batch of homes," helium said. "A batch much than 100 homes. I anticipation it's astir gathering the businesses and gathering the assemblage back. That's what we're committing to astatine Chief Cares and we would emotion your help."
Church asked fans to sojourn his organization's website ChiefCares.com to find ways to assistance and lend to Blueprint for the Blue Ridge.
"And we volition rebuild occidental North Carolina," helium declared.
Nicole Kidman makes astonishment onstage quality to observe Keith Urban's birthday
Nicole Kidman made a astonishment quality to observe her hubby Keith Urban's birthday. (John Shearer/Getty Images for Concert For Carolina)
During the concert, Church introduced Keith Urban, noting that the Australian vocalist was "one of the guys that I've ever been capable to telephone and number on"
"Even earlier I tin inquire the question, helium conscionable says, ‘Yes, and whose car are we taking?’" Church said. "He's 1 of my favourite musicians. We did a batch of worldly together. You guys are successful for a treat."
After Urban performed his hits "Blue Ain't Your Favorite Color" and "Wasted Time," helium announced that helium wanted to bring "somebody" up to the signifier to assistance him reintroduce Church.
"My woman is implicit present tonight. Come on, babe girl." helium said arsenic the assemblage erupted into cheers. "We're present for everybody, baby."
The assemblage continued cheering arsenic Urban's wife Nicole Kidman took the stage. The A-list actress, who was clad successful a achromatic velvet and leather overgarment with acheronian bluish jeans, smiled arsenic she took the microphone from her husband.
Urban turned 57 connected Saturday. (John Shearer/Getty Images for Concert For Carolina)
"So blessed to beryllium present with everyone contiguous due to the fact that of Eric giving Keith a call," Kidman said.
"I bash privation to accidental it's his day tonight," she continued. "And helium went, ‘The 1 happening I tin do…'"
"And helium wanted to beryllium present with you," Kidman added portion the assemblage cheered adjacent louder. "So present we go. Eric Church called him and present we are."
"One much time, Eric Church, travel connected up here, brother!" Urban called retired arsenic helium enactment his limb astir Kidman. The mates shared a speedy buss earlier Church joined them connected the signifier and hugged Kidman.
The assemblage joined successful arsenic Church sang "Happy Birthday" to Urban, who turned 57 connected Saturday. The 2 musicians past performed a duet of "Raise Em' Up."
"I emotion you, Carolina!" Urban exclaimed astatine the extremity of the song. "God bless you!"
Dolly Parton donates $1 cardinal provided by Jeff Bezos to payment concert
Dolly Parton donated $1 cardinal to payment the concert. (Photo by BRIDGET BENNETT/AFP via Getty Images)
While co-hosting the show, Marty Smith shared a peculiar connection from Dolly Parton. Earlier this month, the state fable donated $1 cardinal of her ain wealth to The Mountain Ways Foundation to enactment Hurricane Helene alleviation efforts. Parton's Dollywood besides contributed an further $1 cardinal to the relief.
"She asked maine to work this connection for you guys," Smith told the assemblage arsenic helium began reading, "'It's truthful fantastic that Eric and Luke are doing this amusement to assistance their radical present successful North Carolina. Thank you each for being present tonight. You whitethorn person heard Jeff Bezos with Amazon dedicated wealth to Dolly to nonstop to causes that she cares about. So I privation you to cognize that I'm directing $1 cardinal connected his behalf to the Concert for Carolina Chief Cares to help my neighbors successful North Carolina with betterment efforts.'"
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Parton's connection continued, "I cognize wealth won't lick each the symptom and suffering these floods person caused, but possibly it volition assistance immoderate of our radical with recovery. It'll instrumentality each of america moving together, but we tin bash it.'"
"‘Love, Dolly.'" the connection concluded.
Sheryl Crow joins Eric Church connected signifier for a duet of ‘Picture’
Sheryl Crow performed a duet with Eric Church. ( John Shearer/Getty Images for Concert For Carolina)
During the concert, Church took the stage, telling the assemblage that helium was going to execute a opus that helium had "never done successful my life."
Church began singing Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow's 2001 collaboration "Picture." To cheers from the audience, Crow joined him connected signifier aft the archetypal verse and the 2 stars performed a duet.
"Wow, that was fun!" Crow said astatine the extremity of the song. "I conscionable got to sing ‘Picture’ with Eric Church. I conscionable person to sorb that for a minute."
Crow past performed 2 of her biggest hits, "Every Day Is a Winding Road," and "If It Makes You Happy."
"We're successful it with you," she told the assemblage earlier singing, "It's a joyousness and a pleasance and a blessing to beryllium here."
Randy Travis takes the signifier successful a astonishment appearance
Country fable Randy Travis made a astonishment appearance. ( John Shearer/Getty Images for Concert For Carolina)
Country euphony icon and North Carolina autochthonal Randy Travis made a astonishment quality alongside his woman Mary arsenic the brace took the signifier to thunderous cheers from the crowd.
Travis, who survived a near-fatal changeable successful 2013 that has constricted his quality to talk oregon sing, smiled and waved astatine the assemblage portion Mary shared words of enactment for the victims of Hurricane Helene.
Mary noted that during the Country Music Hall of Famer's travels, Travis "always said it was North Carolina that helium missed the most."
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"We're blessed to beryllium back," she said. "Tonight, we conscionable inquire you to walk a small clip saying a supplication for those radical that mislaid truthful overmuch successful the storms of beingness connected that September the 30th. We asked God's grace, his astonishing grace. We inquire for their hope. We inquire for their patience. We inquire for their perseverance."
"We convey you truthful overmuch for being here," Mary told the crowd. "Thank you for loving Randy Travis each these years."
James Taylor performed ‘Carolina successful My Mind’
James Taylor performed immoderate of his biggest hits including "Carolina successful My Mind." ( John Shearer/Getty Images for Concert For Carolina)
At a property league up of the concert, Combs and Church shared the communicative of however they were capable to enlist the legendary James Taylor to execute astatine the show.
"I was like, ‘I person to get James Taylor,'" Church said astatine the conference. "Like I just, I person to perceive ‘Carolina successful my Mind’ successful this stadium. So I made it my mission, and I'm beauteous definite aft talking to James past night, I deliberation I stalked him."
Church and Combs' efforts paid disconnected and Taylor took the signifier connected Saturday, performing "Carolina successful my Mind" on with different hits including "Fire and Rain," "Copperline," and Carole King's "You've Got A Friend."
"I'd similar to convey Luke and Eric, peculiarly for making maine portion of this contiguous and inviting maine to articulation you each here," Taylor said.
Luke Combs shares heartfelt tribute to location authorities of North Carolina
Luke Combs closed retired the nighttime and paid tribute to his location state. ( John Shearer/Getty Images for Concert For Carolina)
Luke Combs was the last headliner to instrumentality the signifier connected Saturday night. In betwixt performances, Combs thanked everyone who had helped him and Church signifier the payment performance "from the bottommost of my heart."
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"It's been a monumental effort connected truthful galore people's lives to marque this amusement happen," helium said noting that "28 days ago, we enactment unneurotic this amusement that should person taken a twelvemonth and a fractional to enactment together."
The Asheville, N.C. autochthonal besides shared memories of increasing up successful his location authorities and reflected connected the devastation wrought by Helene.
"I wanted to person a bully clip tonight. I knew I wanted you each to person a bully clip tonight. But I knew besides that I couldn't disregard the gravity of the concern that we're each in," Combs said. "I haven't been up that upland yet myself. I person truthful galore friends and household who are present contiguous who unrecorded each time of their lives up that hill. And the things that I've seen, the things that I person heard are beyond words. And I deliberation that determination are a batch of you successful this assemblage who cognize that tonight."
All proceeds volition beryllium divided arsenic and distributed to Combs' and Church's organizations of their choosing successful enactment of alleviation efforts crossed the Carolinas and the Southeast. (Audrey Conklin/Fox News)
He continued, "I cognize my parents are astatine location watching, and I cognize that truthful galore of my friends and household are astatine location who aren't present with america tonight. And I don't cognize what other to accidental different than I emotion you guys. I emotion North Carolina. I emotion wherever I travel from."
After it was announced that the performance had raised implicit $24.5 million, Combs and Church closed retired the nighttime connected a precocious enactment with a show of their song. "Does To Me."
All proceeds volition beryllium divided arsenic and distributed to Combs' and Church's organizations of their choosing successful enactment of alleviation efforts crossed the Carolinas and the Southeast, according to a property release.
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Combs’ information volition beryllium distributed among Samaritan’s Purse, Manna Food Bank and Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC.
Church’s enactment Chief Cares is focused connected helping established charities and organizations that are well-managed, organized and tin expedite assistance straight to the families affected by Hurricane Helene.
Fox News Digital's Christina Dugan Ramirez contributed to this report.
Ashley Hume is an amusement writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips tin beryllium sent to [email protected] and connected Twitter: @ashleyhume
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