Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood fight COVID-19 with amazing live concert

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Garth Brooks and his wife Trisha Yearwood aired a live concert on CBS Wednesday, with all the proceeds going to help medical personnel and first responders in their fight against COVID-19.

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GARTH BROOKS: But the cool thing about this is every penny that they're doing from this is going to go to fight the COVID-19 front-line, and help those people on the front-line that are putting their lives on the line, so the rest of us can survive this thing.

- Garth Brooks and his wife Trisha Yearwood aired a live concert on CBS Wednesday, with all the proceeds going to help medical personnel and first responders in their fight against COVID-19.

- April says thank you guys for lightening the load again.

GARTH BROOKS: Oh.

- And everybody is requesting "Standing Outside the Fire." Like I'm literally like--

GARTH BROOKS: Really?

- Yes, I--

GARTH BROOKS: Why?

Viewers sent in song requests through Facebook and Twitter, and the couple happily obliged.

[MUSIC - GARTH BROOKS, "STANDING OUTSIDE THE FIRE"]

GARTH BROOKS: (SINGING) Standing outside the fire. Life is not tried it is merely survived, if you're standing outside the fire.

- They even took requests for covers like Fleetwood Mac favorite, "Landslide" and the masterful Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper duet, "Shallow".

[MUSIC - LADY GAGA, BRADLEY COOPER, "SHALLOW"]

GARTH BROOKS: (SINGING) In the shallow, shallow. In the shallow, shallow. In the shallow, shallow. We're far from the shallow now.

- Fans loved the concert, and the fact that the proceeds were going to a good cause, with one fan tweeting, "Thank you Garth and Trisha and CBS for your donation for COVID-19." While another person wrote, "You are both special people. Thank you for sharing your talents, home studio, and time with us during this tough time in so many people's lives." While the concert was bittersweet, given the circumstances, it was still a magical night.

[MUSIC - GARTH BROOKS, "THE DANCE"]

GARTH BROOKS: (SINGING) Our lives are better left to chance, I could have missed the pain. But I'd have had to miss the dance.