Carrie Underwood, Eric Church, Darius Rucker and more to perform at the “Toby Keith: American Icon” show at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on July 29
Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood, Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson, and Eric Church are among the country stars that will pay tribute to Toby Keith at a Nashville benefit concert next month.
“Toby Keith: American Icon,” set for Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on July 29, will also feature performances by Darius Rucker, Ashley McBryde, Parker McCollum, the War and Treaty, and more guests to be announced.
The charity gig will raise funds for the Toby Keith Foundation’s OK Kids Korral, a cost-free home for families of children dealing with critical illnesses, as well as Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, one of the Southeast’s leading children’s hospitals.
Tickets for “Toby Keith: American Icon” will go on sale Friday, June 28, via Ticketmaster.
Jelly Roll, Wilson, and Rucker were among the many country singers to cover Keith classics following his death in February at the age of 62 after a battle with stomach cancer. Since then, both the 2024 CMT Awards and the 2024 ACM Awards have staged their own tributes to the polarizing “Should’ve Been a Cowboy” singer in the months following his death.
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“I had been covering ‘Should’ve Been a Cowboy’ for about a year now at most of my shows, just kind of honoring Toby as he was getting sick before he passed away. Then I really started chewing on, man, what better place to honor Toby than Stagecoach?” Jelly Roll previously told Variety.
“I’ve been covering the song and Toby’s son saw me at the CMTs and took me to the side and said, ‘Hey man, I want to let you know I’ve seen a video of you covering this song, and I think it’s one of the best versions of it ever. And I think you honor my father.’ And it just meant so much to me.”