At Saturday night’s Concert for Carolina charity event, a variety of country music stars raised an incredible $24.5 million for Hurricane Helen relief.
Hurricane Helen hit North Carolina in late September as one of the deadliest storms in the state, killing dozens and destroying a seemingly endless stream of homes and businesses. A month later, a hurricane relief charity concert headlined by country legends Eric Church and Luke Combs drew more than 82,000 attendees to Bank of America Stadium, even with rain delays. It is said that it was completely filled. charlotte observer.
Concert for Carolina raised $24,513,185 for the people of Western North Carolina.
The energy of the artists, performances, crowd, and organization of the event was amazing. Goods are sold out.
Thank you very much to everyone who supported us.
Thank you very much.
📸: @TAFilms pic.twitter.com/zz9F2AdjTP— Marty Smith (@MartySmithESPN) October 27, 2024
Other notable performers include Billy Strings, Keith Urban, Sheryl Crow, James Taylor and the Avery Brothers, the newspaper reported.
According to the paper, the set list began with Church singing “Hallelujah” and ended with an encore of “Carolina.”
“Every dollar we make tonight in the building goes straight to those damn mountains and goes to the people who need it most,” Combs said during his set, a video of which was posted on the X show.
Luke Combs said while performing at Concert for Carolina. “Every dollar we make tonight in this building goes up that damn mountain and goes to the people who need it most.” pic.twitter.com/7K0t6L3FGc
— CLTure® (Culture) (@CLTure) October 27, 2024
The concert was originally scheduled to begin at 5 p.m., but was postponed until 7 p.m. The musicians played for nearly six hours, finishing around 1 a.m. Sunday. signboard Reported.
#ConcertforCarolina
Almost 6 hours of great music. It’s not a huge production, it’s just a great artist doing what he loves for everyone at WNC. A spectacular, once-in-a-lifetime event. pic.twitter.com/TwWIghyFEM— Orlando Cruz (@orlandocruz) October 27, 2024
Strings paid homage to his musical hero, North Carolina’s Doc Watson, by playing a cover of “Train That Carried My Girl from Town.” According to the newspaper, Church performed a 10-song medley of songs that influenced him from his childhood. (Related: Family of worker killed in hurricane sues boss for allegedly ‘ensnaring’ him)
According to the newspaper, Taylor’s performance included “Fire and Rain,” “You’ve Got a Friend” and “Carolina in My Mind.”
Singing with my son Henry #James Taylor #ConcertforCarolina
In my mind I went to the Carolinas pic.twitter.com/VdxKRbfrZg— Smurf Anna (@Elysian_Way) October 27, 2024
Some country stars have even performed duets, such as Church and Crowe performing Crowe’s 2001 hit “Picture” and Urban and Church performing their 2013 collaboration “Raise ‘Em Up.” The paper noted that some people even sang.
of #ConcertforCarolina Reportedly, 86,000 tickets were sold, with all proceeds going to Hurricane Helen relief efforts in the Carolinas. You do the math. Never in the history of Bank of America Stadium have we seen so many people here. Just wonderful. pic.twitter.com/7q5THzzM3z
— David Newton (@DNewtonespn) October 26, 2024
The stadium’s owners, David and Nicole Tepper, who also own the Panthers football team, donated the facility. According to Billboard, vendors donated all the money they raised from their concession stands, merchandise and parking, bringing the total amount raised to millions of dollars.
