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Here are the biggest concerts coming to Knoxville at the Thompson-Boling Arena, Bijou Theatre and the Knoxville Civic Coliseum.

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Hard on so many different levels, whether it be natural disaster on the scale of a hurricane like kakatrina, a flooding you all had this morning, et cetera, tad, fwif me an idea why this is so important to be a part of this gulf aid relief when i understand the foundation isn't quite clear how the monies will be distributed? what organizations will actually benefit? i know that you have for a long time been very passionate about the louisiana wildlife foundation. is your hope that a lot of this money will go toward helping to preserve wildlife? >> well, i don't know if it's about the money as ...

>> something autoout of our han >> i was talking to dr. john and tad benoit. i asked them what it's like this time around to perform with all the people you all are used to being in the company of as well at various festivals, but does it feel different this time? does everyone come to the table knowing that what they're doing today is directly impacting the industries or the wetlands, and so the mood, might it be a little different than other concerts or big festivals? >> yeah, it's a little different. i mean, like i said earlier, we've kind of gotten used to this, unfortunately, you know. bu...

Problems coming. and, you know, try to get ahead of the game and get people geared up for the disasters that were coming. and we've talked about all of this. none of this has been a shock or a surprise to us. the only surprise is that the rest of the nation doesn't see or hear about the problems that are ongoing here. on the coast of louisiana, we live in a state of emergency 24 hour das a day, 365 days a year. it's a fragile place. we're always waiting for the next hit. obviously you can see that we keep getting hit. but people here are strong, and they can handle it. we just have to be smart...