Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors will headline an April 10 concert in Austin, Texas, to benefit the Gridiron Heroes Spinal Cord Injury Organization. A summer amphitheater tour will follow.
Also on the bill for the Austin show is Billy Bob Thornton, with whom McGraw is filming the high-school football movie “Friday Night Lights,” along with other special guest performers.
The event is being organized by “Friday Night Lights” director Peter Berg, who, while filming a game last fall, witnessed a San Antonio football player suffer a spinal-cord injury while making a tackle, paralyzing him from the neck down. As a result, Berg organized the concert to benefit this player and others like him through the non-profit Gridiron Heroes organization.
The concert will be held at Auditorium Shores, and tickets go on sale March 6 for $20, $15 for high school students.
Though McGraw’s touring plans for 2004 have yet to be announced, sources say he will play a run of outdoor amphitheaters from mid-June through August, approximately 40-45 dates in total. Last year, McGraw grossed $33 million from 53 shows, 14th among all acts.
McGraw is managed by RPM Management, and booked by Rod Essig at Creative Artists Agency.
