Blake Shelton’s ‘Healing the Heartland’ Benefit Concert Set For May 29
Following Monday’s devastating tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, Blake Shelton revealed that he was putting together a benefit concert to help aid tornado relief efforts.
The Oklahoma native will host a televised concert that will take place at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City. The special, named “Healing in the Heartland,” will air on NBC this coming Wednesday, May 29 (according to NewsOK.com).
While the official lineup and ticket information is expected to be announced today, many believe that Shelton will perform alongside Miranda Lambert and the Pistol Annies. “The Voice” judge is also expected to get help from other mentors Adam Levine, Usher and Shakira.
Shelton isn’t the only member of the Country music community helping with relief efforts; Carrie Underwood recently donated $1 million dollars to the Red Cross and Toby Keith toured his devastated hometown and expressed interested in taking part in a benefit show.
If you would also like to help relief efforts, please visit redcross.org. You can also text “RedCross” to 90999 or call 1-800-Red-Cross.
Update:
The official press release was serviced this afternoon. See below for additional details.
Blake Shelton has organized and will headline the telethon “Healing in the Heartland: Relief Benefit Concert” on May 29, to take place at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City.
Grammy Award-winning artists Miranda Lambert, Reba and Vince Gill will also perform. Additional guests for the concert will be announced shortly.
The concert will be televised live at 9 p.m. ET/PT on NBC. It will also air on cable networks Style, G4, Bravo, E! and CMT on either a live or delayed basis.
“Everyone has their way to help, and mine as an entertainer is to perform to help raise money and awareness for this tragedy,” Shelton said. “This is why I want to do this special and especially hold it in Oklahoma City, which is near ground zero.”
The event will raise funds for the United Way of Central Oklahoma May Tornadoes Relief Fund. Working with their local community partners, United Way of Central Oklahoma will use the Fund for immediate, intermediate and long-term recovery and rebuilding efforts in Oklahoma following the tornadoes that devastated Moore earlier this week.
Born and raised in Oklahoma and currently residing in the city of Tishomingo, the recent tragedy that struck the state this week hit close to home for Shelton. The one way the country singer knew he could help immediately would be through the “Healing in the Heartland: Relief Benefit Concert” aiding the United Way of Central Oklahoma.
This isn’t the first time Shelton has reached out to those in the wake of tragedy in Oklahoma. In 2011, Shelton and long-time friend Reba went back home to Oklahoma to host the “Tornado Relief Concerts” for victims affected by the Atoka County tornadoes. The two-sold out concerts, which featured special guests and over two hours of entertainment, raised $500,000 for the Oklahoma victims.
Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. CT on May 25. Tickets are $25, with a limit of eight per person. Tickets can be purchased at the Chesapeake Energy Arena box office, all Ticketmaster locations, by phone at (800) 745-3000 and online at TicketMaster.com.
