George Strait’s Texas Flood Relief Benefit Concert Sells Out
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George Strait’s Benefit Concert Helping Texas Flood Victims Has Sold Out
Country music icon George Strait’s benefit concert and dinner helping the victims of the Texas Hill Country flood has officially sold out!
Just days after the concert was initially advertised, the singer took to his personal Instagram to announce the show was sold out as of Tuesday (July 15).
“𝘜𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘛𝘰 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 7/15 𝘢𝘵 10 𝘢𝘮 𝘊𝘚𝘛: 𝘞𝘌 𝘈𝘙𝘌 𝘚𝘖𝘓𝘋 𝘖𝘜𝘛 — 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘪𝘰. — 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘎𝘚.”
George Announces ‘Strait To The Heart’ Concert
On Friday (July 11), the country legend announced he was putting together the benefit concert, which is set to take place on July 27.
According to a press release, Strait partnered with businessman and Vaqueros del Mar partner of 15-years, Tom Cusick, to organize a “special benefit dinner and concert in Boerne, Texas, ‘Strait To The Heart,’ at Estancia at Thunder Valley indoor arena.”
“The destruction and loss in our community from the recent flood is hard to wrap your head around. Our hearts and prayers are with you all. The goal with this event is to raise meaningful, immediate support that can be put directly into the hands of flood victims without delay, while also honoring the first responders that work tirelessly to save lives,” George said in the release.
Cusick added, “The road ahead will be a long one, however the immediate need is so great that we didn’t want to wait. Together, we can show our neighbors that when hardship strikes, Texas and our Country stand strong, and we stand together.”
George, together with William Beckman, Ray Benson, Wade Bowen, Dean Dillon, Riley Green, Randy Houser, Jamey Johnson, Kyle Park, Hudson Westbrook and members of Strait’s Ace in the Hole Band, will all perform.
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Various Country Artists Helping Texas Flood Victims
In addition to Strait, many other country artists are coming together to raise money for those impacted by the devastating floods.
Country artist Josh Weathers hosted a virtual benefit concert just days after the tragedy that helped raise over $430K for relief efforts.
Chris and Morgane Stapleton also donated $1 million toward flood relief efforts through their charitable fund, Outlaw State of Kind. They donated to various local and national organizations, including Miranda Lambert’s MuttNation Foundation.
On July 5, Lambert said that MuttNation was working with Kerrville Pets Alive to learn more about their needs and help animals affected by the floods. She’s continued to update her followers on MuttNation’s efforts and knowledge of the situation in Texas.
