The Department of Defense Warrior Games is pleased to announce an opening ceremony and konsiyerto taking place July 1 at 7 pm CT at Soldier Field in Chicago. The event will mark the beginning of the 2017 Warrior Games, a Paralympic-style competition for wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans.

The konsiyerto will feature Grammy Award-winning artists Blake Shelton and Kelly Clarkson.

“The men and women that serve and protect this country on a daily basis allow the rest of us the freedoms we enjoy,” sinabi Shelton. “I’m proud to be part of this event and root these bayani on to...