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Concert for tornado victims draws big names

?AP / Toby Keith

? AP / Toby Keith

Concert for tornado victims draws big names

July 6, 2013, 1:45 PM EST

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) ? Thousands of people have turned out for a concert benefiting Oklahoma tornado victims.

Oklahoma natives Toby Keith and Garth Brooks are part of the star-studded lineup Saturday at the Oklahoma Twister Relief Concert at the University of Oklahoma's Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

The Tulsa World says the event was sold out, with officials estimating a crowd of nearly 65,000.

The money raised from ticket sales benefits the United Way of Central Oklahoma. That organization has established a fund to aid victims of the tornadoes and violent storms that pummeled the state in May and killed dozens of people.

A separate benefit concert last month hosted by Oklahoma native country music star Blake Shelton raised more than $6 million in donations and pledges.

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Source: http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=816731

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