Scotty McCreery, Chase Rice, Parmalee and The Avett Brothers have been added to the star-studded Concert for Carolina. The two singers join an already impressive list of artists, including Luke Combs and Eric Church, who organized the event, plus James Taylor, Billy Strings, Keith Urban, Bailey Zimmerman and Sheryl Crow.
The concert quickly sold out, but fans can still enjoy the event, via Veeps, for just $24.99. Concert for Carolina will be free for those directly impacted by Hurricane Helene. All of the proceeds will go to recovery efforts.
McCreery, who still calls North Carolina, spoke out soon after the impact of Hurricane Helene was revealed, vowing to do all he could to help those affected.
“It’s devastating,” McCreery told American Songwriter. “We’re trying to do what we can to help. We’re in talks with the other artists about doing some kind of thing … People used to go to the mountains to get away from the hurricanes. It feels like a once-in-a-thousand-year kind of thing for sure.”
The American Idol alum later offered three charities that he and his wife Gabi personally support, for fans who wanted to contribute to the recovery efforts.
“If you are able to help financially, here are three organizations that we love and have personally donated to,” McCreery wrote on social media, listing Samaritan’s Purse, Greater Good Music and Baptists on Mission. “They are doing amazing work to help those devastated communities.”
It was Combs who reached out to Church, even as Hurricane Helene was still leaving its mark on North Carolina..
“I was obviously at home watching the news the day after everything started coming out about the storm there,” Combs recalled to 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] … I think it’s gonna be a really special night.”
Church, who also donated all of the proceeds from his new song, , “Darkest Hour,” to the state of North Carolina, was eager to help Combs raise money.
“It’s very simply who I am, North Carolina-made,” Church reflects. “I wouldn’t be who I am today if not for the people there and the community there. To see this happen to them, to that community, to those people, is especially devastating. Luke and I are doing everything we can to try to help that out. For me, it’s in the very DNA of what made me, me.”
More information, including ways to donate to the recovery efforts, can be found at ConcertforCarolina.com.
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