"You guys are doing a great job over here," Nugent told the audience Saturday.
It was one of several stops in Iraq for the pair, who are visiting Iraq as part of a USO tour.
They had previously performed for U.S. service members in Kosovo, Germany and Italy.
Toby Keith voted songwriter/artist of the decade
Sep 16, 2009 1:00 am PDT
County music star Toby Keith has been voted songwriter/artist of the decade by the Nashville Songwriters Association International. Keith will be honored Oct. 18 for his hits "Courtesy of the Red, White And Blue (The Angry American)," "Wh...
Toby Keith puts "American Ride" in high gear
Jul 13, 2009 7:00 pm PDT
Toby Keith is "about half done" with his next album, "American Ride," which he plans to release this fall. But the album's title-track first single is already taking its ride onto country radio and up the charts. "I've only ever d...
Keith, Paisley, Swift to perform at CMT awards
Apr 24, 2009 10:00 am PDT
Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts and Taylor Swift will perform during the Country Music Television awards show June 17. The cable channel announced the first round of performers this week. More will be added late...
Keith livid about Rolling Stone story by Hawke
Apr 6, 2009 1:00 pm PDT
Ethan Hawke might want to avoid crossing paths with Toby Keith in the near future. The country star lit into the actor for an article Hawke wrote in the new issue of Rolling Stone about Kris Kristofferson. In it, Hawke refers to a blowup ...
Aug 19, 2008 12:00 pm PDT
Barack Obama is getting praise from Nashville, courtesy of one big, patriotic country star. Toby Keith, perhaps best known to non-country audiences for his post-Sept. 11 song "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue," says he's a Democrat, an...