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Florida Georgia Line, Maren Morris, Thomas Rhett to play Feeding Nashville benefit concert

Matthew Leimkuehler
Nashville Tennessean

The debut concert at FirstBank Amphitheater in rural Williamson County features no shortage of Nashville star power. 

The venue opens Aug. 3 for a one-night concert to benefit Feeding Nashville, a nonprofit combatting food insecurity launched in 2020 by Taylin Lewan, wife of Tennessee Titans tackle Taylor Lewan, and Hayley Hubbard, wife of Florida Georgia Line's Tyler Hubbard. 

Called "Come Together: Feeding Nashville," the lineup features a half-dozen hitmaking country acts:  

  • Florida Georgia Line 
  • Thomas Rhett
  • Maren Morris
  • Russell Dickerson 
  • Lauren Alaina 
  • Lily Rose

Tickets to the show go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. via livenation.com

Tayin Lewan and Hayley Hubbard launched Feeding Nashville last April to help supply meals to those in Middle Tennessee struggling from food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Feeding Nashville utilized local chefs impacted by shuttered dining rooms to cook healthy food options for the program. 

Hayley and Tyler Hubbard speak announcing a benefit concert for Feeding Nashville at the FirstBank Amphitheater Great Hall in Franklin, Tenn., Thursday, July 1, 2021.

Since inception, the program has delivered 70,858 meals, per a news release. Hayley Hubbard and Taylin Lewan launched Feeding Nashville with plans to run the program for about three months — but they "realized there was such a greater need after that," Hayley Hubbard said.  

"No matter the pandemic, no matter if there's a tornado, we want to feed people" Hayley Hubbard told the Tennessean. 

The need for meals remained high as pandemic restrictions began to ease, making a benefit concert a natural decision for the Nashville couples.

Pro Bowl lineman Taylor Lewan may not make an in-person appearence — Titans training camp kicks off later this month — but his Barstool Sports podcast "Bussin' With The Boys" sponsors the upcoming show. 

"We're utilizing the lifestyles that we have, with Taylor and his podcast," Taylin Lewan said. "Tyler and his friends stepped up and said, 'We'll sing in in.' Now we get to entertain people for the best cause that Hayley and I could come up with." 

Taylor and Taylin Lewan during an announcement for a benefit concert for Feeding Nashville at the FirstBank Amphitheater Great Hall in Franklin, Tenn., Thursday, July 1, 2021.

Taylor Lewan later added, "It's a very cool thing to watch, especially when you make friends with these people and go and celebrate them and their talent." 

Artists jumped at an opportunity to help, Tyler Hubbard said, and audience members may see a few surprise guests pop up during the concert. 

"All these artists that are in involved, and a lot of the artists in our community,  are great people with great hearts and jump at an opportunity to do what we love for a greater cause," Tyler Hubbard said. 

Up next? A celebrity football game, they joked. 

"Country musicians against athletes," Taylin Lewan jested, "let's see how this goes." 

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Concertgoers can find FirstBank Amphitheater, the latest Nashville-area expansion from concert giant Live Nation, at Graystone Quarry in Thompson's Station, roughly 30 miles south of Nashville. Located on a 138-acre event property, the venue seats an estimated 7,500 attendees. 

It marks the second open-air venue launched by Live Nation in Middle Tennessee, joining the 6,800-capacity Ascend Amphitheater in downtown Nashville.