MANY OTHERS WOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN COMMUTING INTO BOSTON. OR GIVING UP THEIR JOBS. COUNTRY SINGER TOBY KEITH…HAS DIED AT 62. HE WAS BATTLING STOMACH CANCER. ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT ON HIS WEBSITE– KEITH PASSED “PEACEFULLY” LAST NIGHT. HE WAS SURROUNDED BY LOVED ONES. KEITH WAS DIAGNOSED with CANCER IN 20-22… BUT STILL PERFORMED AT THE “PEOPLE’S CHOICE COUNTRY” AWARDS LAST YEAR. THE ARTIST…ALSO FOUND HIS WAY TO vermont THROUGH THE YEARS. HE PERFORMED AT THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY FAIR IN 2004..
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A look back: Toby Keith headlines sold-out show at Champlain Valley Fair in 2004
The sometimes polarizing Keith was a headliner at the Champlain Valley Fair in the summer of 2004, performing to a sold-out crowd on the night of Sunday, Sept. 5, 2004, before returning in 2008 and 2013.
Updated: 5:46 PM EST Feb 6, 2024
Twenty years ago, country star Toby Keith played to a packed house at the Champlain Valley Fair, in what was widely considered to be the peak of his popularity.Keith, a singer-songwriter known for hits like “Beer For My Horses” and “Red Solo Cup,” died on Monday after battling stomach cancer. He was diagnosed in 2022.The sometimes polarizing Keith was a headliner at the Champlain Valley Fair in the summer of 2004, performing to a sold-out crowd on the night of Sunday, Sept. 5, 2004.At the time, Keith had been a regular figure in celebrity news, following a feud with The Chicks (formerly called the Dixie Chicks) over political differences tied to some of Keith’s songs, such as his 2002 song, “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)” as well as singer Natalie Maines’ vocal disapproval of then-president George W. Bush.Keith had also won entertainer of the year at the ACM awards for the second year in a row the same year he played Vermont’s biggest concert venue.Following his performance in 2004 in Vermont, Keith returned to the Champlain Valley Fair in both 2008 and 2013 in years that also saw big acts like Ke$ha, Daughtry and Ted Nugent playing the “Ten Best Days of Summer.”Editor’s note: The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Twenty years ago, country star Toby Keith played to a packed house at the Champlain Valley Fair, in what was widely considered to be the peak of his popularity.
Keith, a singer-songwriter known for hits like “Beer For My Horses” and “Red Solo Cup,” died on Monday after battling stomach cancer. He was diagnosed in 2022.
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The sometimes polarizing Keith was a headliner at the Champlain Valley Fair in the summer of 2004, performing to a sold-out crowd on the night of Sunday, Sept. 5, 2004.
At the time, Keith had been a regular figure in celebrity news, following a feud with The Chicks (formerly called the Dixie Chicks) over political differences tied to some of Keith’s songs, such as his 2002 song, “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)” as well as singer Natalie Maines’ vocal disapproval of then-president George W. Bush.
Keith had also won entertainer of the year at the ACM awards for the second year in a row the same year he played Vermont’s biggest concert venue.
Following his performance in 2004 in Vermont, Keith returned to the Champlain Valley Fair in both 2008 and 2013 in years that also saw big acts like Ke$ha, Daughtry and Ted Nugent playing the “Ten Best Days of Summer.”
Editor’s note: The Associated Press contributed to this report.
