Luke Combs: The Proudest Night Of His Career
âConcert For Carolina,â led by Luke Combs, Eric Church, Billy Strings, and James Taylor, has raised $24,513,185 and counting to date for Hurricane Helene relief efforts, according to a press release.
The show took place this past Saturday (10/26) at Charlotteâs Bank of America Stadium. The record-breaking event hosted 82,193 in-person attendees and is the largest concert ever for the venue. Additionally, the Veeps live stream garnered 7.1 million total views, which came from across all 50 U.S. states and 30 different countries.
Luke posted on his Instagram, along with many photos from the event, “My goodness, what a night! 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.”
He continued in the lengthy post, “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 canât thank them enough. The Panthers front office team, The Tepper family, AEG, SES, Livenation, the venue staff, all the sponsors, the state of North Carolina, all the performers, and their teams for donating their time and resources to this effort. The list is long and if I missed anyone I apologize but you know who you are. We were able to raise 24.5 MILLION DOLLARS for the people of Western North Carolina.”
He concluded, “Iâm so thankful and humbled to be able to be a part of that. There were countless friends, family, and neighbors there, and you could truly feel the love in that stadium last night.”
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Even after the show, the âConcert For Carolinaâ team is still working to raise as much money as possible for hurricane relief efforts, including a special silent auction, which is open now. Auction items include the signed guitar and shirt that Combs used during the show, a meet and greet with Church at an upcoming concert, signed NFL, NBA, NCAA, and NASCAR gear, signed instruments, a variety of concert and game tickets, a selection of artwork, Yeti coolers and much more. Full details can be found HERE.
All proceeds from the auction, benefit show and livestream will go to the organizations selected by Combs and Church: Samaritanâs Purse, Manna Food Bank, Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC, Eblen Charities, and the organizations supported by Chief Cares.
