Tucker Carlson is expected to appear at a fundraiser in Alabama this week, a little more than a week after Fox News dropped him.

Scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday, the event is being held by Rainbow Omega, a group that says it is dedicated to providing care to adults with developmental disabilities.

Tim Hodge, the CEO of Rainbow Omega, told AL.com Carlson was booked for the event last fall. “He’ll be here Thursday,” he assured the news outlet, adding: “He’s honored what he said he would do.”

In a move that sent shockwaves through the media sphere, Fox News announced last week that the network and Carlson “agreed to part ways.” Carlson ended his last show on Friday, April 21, by telling viewers he would be back on Monday.

Amid rampant speculation about the reasoning for why Fox News would give its top-rated host the boot, Carlson was spotted in Florida driving with his wife Susan to dinner from their beach home. “Retirement is going great so far!” Carlson told The Daily Mail last Tuesday.

Carlson tweeted a video on Wednesday that has garnered millions of views in which he expressed the view that U.S. political parties, their donors, and the media are working to suppress opposing views.

Good evening pic.twitter.com/SPrsYKWKCE

— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) April 27, 2023

“Where can you still find Americans saying true things? There aren’t many places left, but there are some and that’s enough. As long as you can hear the words, there is hope,” he said before signing off with the message: “See you soon.”

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Hodge told AL.com there has been “renewed” interest in this week’s fundraiser.

“Anytime you have a featured speaker from the world of politics, with our country’s political divide, you can bet there’s a lot of interest,” he told the news outlet. “It was kind of an unusual situation.”

Tickets can be purchased on the Oxford Performing Arts Center website, which says proceeds are going to Rainbow Omega.

Rainbow Omega states that its mission is to “glorify God by ensuring that adults with developmental disabilities have a permanent and safe home where their abilities and potentials are respected and nurtured in a Christian environment.”

Legendary Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot, famous for songs including “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Sundown,” “Carefree Highway,” and  “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” has died at the age of 84.

Lightfoot’s career was studded with awards, including seventeen Juno awards, four ASCAP awards, and five Grammy nominations; in 1974  “Sundown” was named pop record of the year by the Music Operators of America. He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1986.

“If there was a Mt. Rushmore in Canada, Gordon would be on it,” musician Tom Cochrane said in the 2019 documentary “Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind.” Cochrane lauded Lightfoot at the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame gala in 2003, saying, “Gordon’s songs are works of art, every bit as relevant as classic poetry. But even more importantly, Gordon Lightfoot led the way and he showed us … that you can be true to your roots. You can draw on your influences at home and country and you can incorporate those inspirations into the fabric of your work and still be internationally successful.”

“He is our poet laureate, he is our iconic singer-songwriter,” Rush singer Geddy Lee stated.

Lightfoot was born in Orillia, Ontario, on November 17, 1938. He sang in his church choir, performed in local operettas and oratorios, and set high school records in the shot-put and pole vault, as well as playing the starting nose tackle on his school’s Georgian Bay championship-winning football team. He earned scholarships to McGill University’s School of Music and the University of Toronto.

In 1958, Lightfoot moved to California to study jazz composition and orchestration for two years at Hollywood’s Westlake College of Music. He returned to Canada in 1960 and started performing at coffee houses. In 1962, he released two singles produced by Chet Atkins: “(Remember Me) I’m the On” and “Negotiations”/”It’s Too Late, He Wins.” They became local hits in Toronto.

Peter, Paul and Mary recorded Lightfoot’s “Early Mornin’ Rain” and “For Lovin’ Me,” which were also recorded by a number of other famous performers. In 1966, Lightfoot’s debut album “Lightfoot” was released, but it wasn’t until 1970, with the release of “If You Could Read My Mind,” that Lightfoot became a star.

Lightfoot followed that hit with a string of others.

“Sometimes I wonder why I’m being called an icon, because I really don’t think of myself that way,” he told The Globe and Mail. “I’m a professional musician, and I work with very professional people. It’s how we get through life.”