That time a mortar attack interrupted Toby Keith’s Kandahar USO concert
SUMMARY
In 2008, Toby Keith was in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on one of his many USO tours when a mortar attack interrupted the show.
In 2008, Toby Keith was in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on one of his many USO tours when a mortar attack interrupted the show.
The singer and the crowd of 2,500 service members, took cover in a nearby shelter for about an hour where Keith posed for photos and autographs. Pretty standard mortar attack pastime.
Once given the "all clear," Keith went right back up on stage and finished his concert — starting from the verse where he left off.
Here's video from the concert where he sang the "Taliban Song," just because he could:
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