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    2012
    12:11pm, EDT

    Star-spangled reunion: Toby Keith reunites military wife with her husband onstage

    By Courtney Hazlett, TODAY

    For one Toby Keith fan in Houston, the singer's Sept. 8 concert wasn't just a night out, it was a huge homecoming surprise.

    A video just now making the rounds shows Keith pulling a woman onstage (she's managed to keep her name out of the press). Keith tells her he'll play his hit "American Soldier" as a tribute to her husband, Major Pete Cruz, who was stationed in Afghanistan.

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    As the song ends, Keith and his band segue to "The Star Spangled Banner," at which point a man in fatigues comes on stage to give Keith a different guitar.

    And surprise! The man giving Keith the guitar is the woman's husband back, and the entire audience gets to witness the couple's reunion.

    Watch the above video to see how it all plays out (spoiler: go to just under the 3:00 mark for the big reveal).

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    Jul
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    7:41am, EDT

    Toby Keith has gallbladder surgery, cancels concert

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    Toby Keith.

    By Natalie Finn, E! Online

    Toby Keith should be as good as he once was in no time. But first, the country-music superstar was forced to cancel Thursday's show in Sparta, Wis., while he recovers from surgery to have his gallbladder removed.

    His prognosis is apparently excellent, because he'll pick right back up on Friday at the WE Fest in Detroit Lakes, Minn., according to a message on his website.

    Pink, another star with no gallbladder anymore

    As for presumably disappointed ticketholders hoping to catch Keith's Live in Overdrive tour this week at Fort McCoy in Sparta, that show has been rescheduled for Aug. 30.

    Gretchen Wilson, who was previously scheduled, and other special guests will be performing in Keith's absence Thursday.

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    A rep for Keith says he's doing fine following today's outpatient procedure -- which he underwent less than 24 hours after rocking the audience at Darien Lake Performing Arts Center in western New York.


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