Luke Combs, Eric Church, Billy Strings and James Taylor to Hold North Carolina Concert for Hurricane Helene Relief

Mar. 15, 2025

Luke Combs in July 2024; Eric Church in April 2017; Billy Strings in September 2023; James Taylor in June 2023.Photo:Jason Kempin/Getty; Jason Davis/Getty; Erika Goldring/Getty; Jamie McCarthy/Getty

Jason Kempin/Getty; Jason Davis/Getty; Erika Goldring/Getty; Jamie McCarthy/Getty

A handful of massive music stars are coming together in the wake ofHurricane Helene.

The benefit concert will be especially meaningful for the four headlining performers, all of whom hail from North Carolina.

“I told y’all I had something big planned for Carolina,” wrote Combs, 34,on Instagramalongside the announcement. “This concert took so much planning, work, and coordination from so many people. I’m so thankful to everyone who helped make this a possibility on such short notice.”

Shortly afterreleasing his first single in three years to benefit the people of North Carolina, Church, 37, also shared a heartfelt messageto Instagramabout Concert for Carolina.

“This is my home. It’s in every fiber of who I am. Our family members, friends, neighbors and communities are in dire need,” he wrote. “I’m honored to share the stage with an incredible lineup in order to help meet those needs. Through the dark, light will shine.”

Luke Combs; Eric Church.Getty (2)

Concert for Carolina came together shortly after Hurricane Helene hit the Southeast, and David Tepper, owner of the Carolina Panthers, Charlotte FC and Bank of America Stadium, soon got involved with his wife, Nicole, following a call from Combs.

“When Luke first approached us with the idea for a concert benefitting relief efforts in the region, we felt compelled to open the doors of Bank of America Stadium for this special moment,” said the Teppers in a statement.

Luke Combs in July 2024.Jason Kempin/Getty

Jason Kempin/Getty

The event’s proceeds will be evenly distributed between Combs and Church’s Chief Cares Foundation. The “Forever After All” singer will donate his half toSamaritan’s Purse,Manna Food Bank,Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NCand a fourth, to-be-announced organization.

Anyone unable to attend the show can donate toThe North Carolina Community Foundation Disaster Relief Fund, whileConcert for Carolina’s websitelists several other organizations accepting donations to help with hurricane relief.

Tickets for the show go on sale Oct. 10 at 10 a.m. ET.

Late last week,Dolly Partonpledged a $1 million donation to help Hurricane Helene victims after her home state of Tennessee was one of the six states affected.

Dolly Parton.Nathan Congleton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

Nathan Congleton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

“I really, really wish that we were all together for another reason, but we all have seen the devastation,” said Parton during apress conference.

“I mean who knew in our little part of the country here, where I was born and raised just right down the road, that we would have this kind of devastation? And I look around, and I think: These are my mountains. These are my valleys,” the singer continued. “These are my rivers flowing like a stream. These are my people. These mountain colored rainbows. These are my people and this is my home.”

Find out how you can help the victims of Hurricane Helenehere.

source: people.com