Amanda Berry went to the Nelly concert at the daylong RoverFest concert in Cleveland on Saturday night. Berry walked on stage with her family and waved at the cheering crowd as Nelly made a speech about Amanda's bravery.

Amanda Berry made her first public appearance since she was kidnapped for 10 years with two other women by Ariel Castro.

Berry and her family were on the stage at the Nelly concert and were overwhelmed by the crowd's love and support.

Shane French, the host of the syndicated talk radio show Rover's Morning Glory on WMMS in Cleveland, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Sunday that he was surprised when Berry showed up at the annual festival.

French, who goes by the name Rover on radio, said he had issued an invitation on his show a few weeks earlier but didn't know she was listening.

"I just said that she had 10 years of partying to make up for and she should come," French said.

He said he was surprised when security guards told him Berry had arrived.

French said Berry at first refused to go on stage but then agreed and asked if he would go with her.

"She didn't say why she decided to come, but some of her family members told me they listen to my show every day and had been to RoverFest in the past," French said.

He said a couple of the women with Berry cried, overcome by the crowd's cheers for Berry.

"I didn't see her cry, but I think she was pretty overwhelmed by the response that the crowd gave her," he said of Berry. "She just seemed to be having a great time."

French said he hasn't invited her to appear on his radio show.

"I figured that when she want to tell her story, she'll make the arrangements, and it would have been pointless to even ask," French said.