Will the George Strait Benefit Be Aired Again

Tickets to state superstar George Strait's blockbuster hurricane relief concert Tuesday at the Majestic Theatre went on sale at 10 a.m. today. By x:thirty a.m., the concert was sold out.

A search for tickets at ticketmaster.com returned the following message: "Oh-no! These tickets went fast and nosotros're unable to find more right now."

Scattered single seats were all that was bachelor virtually five minutes later tickets went on sale, but they were speedily grabbed up.  A few seats popped upwardly for sale after 10:ten a.chiliad., possibly because people had reserved tickets, which were priced from $200 to $one,000, then declined to purchase them.

The Majestic Theatre's capacity is about 2,200.

Part of the concert volition be broadcast past ABC and other networks during the live "Hand in Paw" telethon that night.

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Joining Strait at the Majestic will be Miranda Lambert, Chris Stapleton, Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen.

Details of the benefit were first reported by Billboard magazine.

The musicians are donating their time, and the costs of the concert are beingness underwritten by the Cavender Auto Family, so 100 percent of ticket revenue will go to relief efforts.

Billy Cavender said the family unit's own vacation home in Port Aransas incurred some damage — "current of air and water" — but information technology's yet continuing, different many residences endemic by others at that place.

"Nosotros were trying to figure out what nosotros can do to assist," he said in a phone chat. "Nosotros got concord of George and he wants to practise everything he can equally he always does, wants to assist those people in South Texas — friends and neighbors.

"George shot a fiddling spot yesterday morning," Cavender added. "I'grand sure they'll sell out the Majestic for the effect, and there volition be online donations."

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The hourlong "Hand in Hand: A Benefit for Hurricane Harvey Relief" volition air live at 7 p.m. Tuesday on ABC, CBS, CMT, Pull a fast one on and NBC. It also will be available internationally via live stream on Facebook and Twitter.

It will be based in Los Angeles with stages in New York and Nashville likewise as San Antonio.

Celebrities scheduled to appear, perform and tape tributes for "Hand in Manus" include George Clooney, Jamie Foxx, Matt Lauer, Rob Lowe, Matthew McConaughey, Dennis Quaid, Julia Roberts, Kelly Rowland, Adam Sandler, Ryan Seacrest, Michael Strahan, Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon, with more to be appear. The projection was initiated past Houston rapper Bun B.

Musical artists will include Beyoncé, Barbra Streisand, Tori Kelly, Karlie Kloss, Blake Shelton and, of course, Strait.

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"Paw in Hand'due south" goal is to bring the country together to raise funds, spirits and help rebuild Texas in the wake of Harvey's unprecedented devastation, co-ordinate to a statement released by ABC.

Proceeds from the Strait concert volition go to the Rebuild Texas Fund, which was set up by the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation to support long-term recovery from the storm.

Telethon gain will benefit United Way of Greater Houston, Habitat for Humanity, Save the Children, Straight Relief, Feeding Texas and The Mayor's Fund for Hurricane Harvey Relief (administered by the Greater Houston Community Fund) through the Hand in Mitt Hurricane Relief Fund managed by Comic Relief Inc.

Phone lines, text messaging, and digital donations will be open at the beginning of the show and will conclude one-hour after the show ends. For more than data, updates and a link to donate, delight visit handinhand2017.com.

jjakle@express-news.net

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