Blake Shelton and Alan Jackson are just two of the many artists donating their time and notoriety to help those in need, with the United Way Benefit For Hurricane Relief. The two country music superstars are joining Carly Pearce, Billy Bob Thornton, the Backstreet Boys, Chris Janson, Kelsea Ballerini, Stephen Colbert, Tyler Hubbard, Zac Brown Band and more in helping raise money for recovery efforts for those impacted by both Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton.
The United Way Benefit For Hurricane Relief will air on Saturday, November 2, at 8:00 PM ET/PT, on CBS and CMT, and will be available to stream the next day on Paramount+ with SHOWTIME. Spencer, Janson, Clay Aiken, Jonathan McReynolds and Hubbard will perform, while others will provide special messages and appearances.
The news comes shortly after the star-studded Concert for Carolina raised more than $24.5 million for those in North Carolina impacted by Hurricane Helene. Luke Combs organized the event alongside Eric Church, joined by James Taylor, Billy Strings, Keith Urban, Bailey Zimmerman, Sheryl Crow. Scotty McCreery, Chase Rice and Parmalee.
“My goodness, what a night!” Combs shared on social media after the event. “This will undoubtedly go down as the night I am most proud of in my career. Being able to give back to the place that gave me so much. There are so many people to thank for helping making this night possible on such short notice. My team, band and crew worked so hard to pull this off and I seriously can’t thank them enough.”
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Urban also praised Combs and Church for organizing the massive show, which was held at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.
“When Eric or Luke call I say yes!! A huge shoutout to Luke Combs, Eric Church, and everyone involved in making Concert For Carolina a phenomenal success. Over $24.5 million raised (and counting !!)” Urban said. “Nic and I also wanna thank all the crew/volunteers and everyone behind the scenes who worked so hard to bring of all of that to life last night – and of course all of you in attendance and everyone who watched the livestream!”
It was Combs who called Church, even as the news of the devastation in their home state was still being revealed.
“I was obviously at home watching the news the day after everything started coming out about the storm there,” Combs told Good Morning America. “This was the first guy I called. I know how much our state means to him and to myself, and I knew that he would be willing to do whatever it took to help out. I had this crazy idea to do a show at Bank of America [Stadium].”
Other artists appearing as part of the United Way Benefit for Hurrican Relief include Billy Burke, Brittney Spencer, Jackson Dean, Cody Alan, Cedric The Entertainer, Taye Diggs, Nate Burleson, Max Theiriot and more.
More information is available at UnitedWay.org.