McGraw opens Covelli show walking through packed house

YOUNGSTOWN

It was an upbeat night for upbeat performer Tim McGraw to visit the sold-out Covelli Center.

With warm weather and sunny skies, a happy crowd filled the 7,000-seat hall Friday to see and hear the man Jen Hoffman of West Middlesex, Pa., called “the best country music artist of all time.”

“This will be 12 times I’ve seen him,” Hoffman said as she and her large party emerged from a limousine to head into the arena.

“He appeals to the masses. He draws everyone in,” she said.

The concert began with McGraw entering the stage by walking through the crowd, which lit up the audience to an early fever pitch that continued for hours.

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