Toby Keith did his hometown proud at Saturday's Oklahoma
Twister Relief Concert at the University
of Oklahoma as a sold-out
crowd enjoyed an oppressively overheated show packed with country music
superstars and one Red Rocker.
The lineup at the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
featured Keith as headliner, plus Willie Nelson, Sammy Hagar, Ronnie Dunn,
Carrie Underwood and Wade Hayes, but the coup of the day was an appearance by Garth Brooks
and his wife, Trisha Yearwood.
According to USA Today, it was well after dark when Keith
was introduced to the record-breaking crowd of 60,000-plus by Oklahoma Gov.
Mary Fallin.
"We may have had setbacks here, but we will have a
really strong Oklahoma comeback," she told the raucous audience before
Keith strolled onto the stage wearing a guitar emblazoned with sponsor Ford 's
logo and began his show with Made in America.
Rather than an encore, the audience was treated to 10
minutes of fireworks.
The concert had the largest number of paid attendees in the
stadium's history, and all proceeds benefited the United Way of Central
Oklahoma 's May Tornadoes Relief Fund. Walmart and the Walmart
Foundation committed $1 million to the fund.
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Nearly 1,300 people were treated for heat-related problems Saturday at a benefit concert forOklahoma
tornado victims, a hospital spokesperson said.
Nearly 1,300 people were treated for heat-related problems Saturday at a benefit concert for
Most of the people received minor treatment at cooling
stations or a medical facility within the University
of Oklahoma stadium in Norman , but 170 required
more treatment and 21 were taken to hospitals, Kelly Wells, spokesperson for
Norman Regional Health System told NBC News.
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