Keith Urban plays free pop-up concert outside Alabama Buc-ee’s

ATHENS, Ala. (AP) — Nation singer Keith City gave only a few hours’ discover earlier than performing a free live performance Friday evening within the car parking zone of a big comfort retailer and gasoline station in north Alabama.

A whole lot of individuals turned out for the present in Athens, about 100 miles (161 kilometers) south of Nashville. It was outdoors a Buc-ee’s, a sequence of roadside shops recognized for barbecue.

“I got here all the way down to this Buc-ee’s a couple of month in the past. And after I left, I went, ‘It’d be type of enjoyable to do a present there,’” City advised the gang through the live performance, in accordance with an Instagram video posted by WAFF-TV in Huntsville, Alabama.

City stated his “cave man mind” advised him it will be enjoyable to arrange a little bit stage for a small viewers.

“I swear to you, I assumed possibly 100, 200 folks,” City stated as a video confirmed a bigger crowd.

Folks began gathering hours earlier than the present, information retailers reported.

“I used to be at work and we heard it on the radio that there was going to be a shock live performance at Buc-ee’s in Athens,” Cindy Wilson advised FOX 54 WZDX-TV in Huntsville. “And I used to be like, ’Oh my God, it’s on my manner residence.’ And it’s quarter-hour from my home. So I couldn’t consider it.”

Whereas he was on the retailer, City additionally labored behind a meals counter. A video confirmed him carrying a Buc-ee’s T-shirt and apron as he poured barbecue sauce on some brisket and chopped the meat into smaller items.

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