Chris Jordan

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When you get a lemon, you make lemonade.

Country star Trace Adkins, who delivered a less than stellar performance at the Rockin' Country Thunder 106 Guys with Guitars Under the Stars concert Wednesday, July 13 in Seaside Heights, is donating his entire performance fee to the night's beneficiary, the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, announced Press Communications, the owners of Thunder 106.

“The solution we reached with Trace in donating his appearance fee to benefit the children of St. Jude’s should allow each of us to move on from this event and realize that criticizing and intolerance does not advance the public good," said Richard Morena, the general manager of the station, in a statement. "Taking a positive and affirmative action is what matters and that is what we have done in this instance.”

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Adkins appeared to be inebriated on stage, according to many fans at the show. He did not finish his set.

"The events from last night were unfortunate and upsetting to many," said AJ Colantoni, Thunder 106 station manager, in a statement. "Nonetheless, all members of the country music world and empathetic fans of Thunder Nation are united in sending our love, support and prayers to Trace!”

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Adkins has a history of alcohol problems. He checked himself into rehab in 2014 after getting into a fight on a cruise ship, according to People. He was headlining a country cruise to Jamaica when he got into an argument with a karaoke singing Trace Adkins impersonator.

Prior, Adkins also spent 28 days in rehab in 2001 after his wife Rhonda and his daughters staged an intervention.

The Seaside Heights concert, which also starred David Nail and Love and Theft, drew about 5,000 to the Grant Avenue beach. The sum of Adkins' performance fee was not disclosed.

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