Keith Urban Serves Up Lynyrd Skynyrd + Brisket at Buc-ee's

Keith Urban gave fans more than just his hits at a surprise pop-up show at Buc-ee's in Athens, Ala., on Friday night (Aug. 16). The country superstar donned a Buc-ee's T-shirt and waited on customers ahead of his gig, serving up some of the chain's beloved brisket.

In the fan-captured video below, Urban sports the T-shirt and a cowboy hat as he learns to add the sauce and cut the meat for the chain's signature sandwiches:

Urban turned to social media on Friday afternoon to give fans just a few hours' advance notice about the show, which took place in the parking lot on a stage set up for the occasion.

"8PM TONIGHT. ATHENS, AL @bucees. We’ll see ya outside in the parking lot - it’s gonna be a blast!" he wrote.

Various pictures on social media show the parking lot jammed with fans enjoying the free show, with some estimating a crowd of more than 5,000 people.

Urban also gave the hometown fans a special treat by performing the Lynyrd Skynyrd classic "Sweet Home Alabama" at the surprise show.

Urban is set to release his next studio album, High, on Sept. 20. Fans have already heard several songs from the album, including “Straight Line,” “Go Home W U” (with Lainey Wilson) and “Messed Up as Me.”

Sterling Whitaker is a Senior Writer and Senior Editor for Taste of Country. He focuses on celebrity real estate, as well as coverage of Yellowstone and related shows like 1883 and 1923. He's interviewed cast members including Cole Hauser, Kelly Reilly, Sam Elliott and Harrison Ford, and Whitaker is also known for his in-depth interviews with country legends including Don Henley, Rodney Crowell, Trace Adkins, Ronnie Milsap, Ricky Skaggs and more.