Urban, Gill Raise 500K with "We're All for the Hall"

Posted by Lisa Ann Schleipfer on 10/23/2009
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On Oct. 13, Country Music artists and fans came together for a special fundraiser concert in Nashville co-hosted by Keith Urban and Vince Gill. The "We're All for the Hall" event raked in more than $500,000, according to a report released yesterday from the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

Proceeds from "We're All for the Hall" will benefit the All for the Hall initiative, a program spearheaded by Gill, which helps preserve and finance the Museum's collection and programs.

Urban and Gill were joined by Country Music superstars Faith Hill, Brad Paisley, Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town and Taylor Swift, playing to a crowd of 14,000 at the Sommet Center. Urban dubbed the show, "one of the greatest open-mike nights ever seen in Nashville."

The $25 ticket prices were augmented by more than 70 corporate sponsors, and more monies have yet to be tallied, including the auction of a Taylor Swift guitar.

"This was my hope," said Gill. "I can't really believe it happened. This is a big, big payday, and times are tough. It makes so much sense to me for the artists, musicians and fans of Country Music to help out the place that documents and preserves our music and keeps all its great stories for our benefit and for discovery by future generations."

Museum Director Kyle Young said fans traveled to Music City from across the United States and Canada to help support All for the Hall.

"To those on the stage and behind the stage, to all of the corporate partners who gave so generously, and to all of the fans who made the night what it became," said Urban. "Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I've never been so moved by the power that music has to bring people together, not only to share an experience, but to do such good in the process."