Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi and Billy Joel — who all hail from states that were hard hit by Hurricane Sandy — will headline a benefit concert supporting victims of the massive storm.
NBC has announced plans for Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together, a televised concert special to benefit the American Red Cross.
Long Island’s Joel and New Jersey sons Springsteen and Bon Jovi will be joined on the lineup by music stars like Christina Aguilera and Sting, comedian Jimmy Fallon and Today Show anchor Matt Lauer, who will host the event.
The telecast will air from New York’s Rockefeller Center at 8 p.m. ET Friday on NBC and its cable stations, including Bravo, CNBC and E! It will be broadcast on tape delay to the West Coast.
NBC sprang into action to host an hour long telethon for Sandy victims tonight. The efforts will be lead by The Boss, Bruce Springsteen.
Washingtonpost.com:
NBC announced Thursday that it will air a one-hour celebrity-studded telethon at 8 p.m. Friday to raise money for the American Red Cross relief efforts for Sandy victims. The network also invited its commercial-broadcast brethren to lay down their November “sweep” plans that night and join in carrying “Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together.”
If I were a betting woman I would bet that the signature song of this event is going to be We Take Care of Our Own.
Springsteen is a Jersey boy by rights, having grown up in Freehold, New Jersey which is near the Jersey Shore. Jon Bon Jovi is from Perth Amboy.
Meanwhile, Springsteen and Bon Jovi–does it gret any better than this?
Ok, folks, let’s get those wallets out!!!
Great concert and some interesting shots of where the storm hit.
I hope a recording comes out of the music.
Channel 4. MSNBC.
From the New York Times:
U.S. Military to Truck Fuel to Region Hit by Hurricane Sandy
Under the Boardwalk-Steven Tlyer, Jimmy Fallon, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen,
Sounding good. Can’t tell who else.
Bon Jovi earlier.
Jon Stewart on saying Fallon is a brave man to take the lead vocal.
#sandyhelp
http://www.redcross.org
1-800-help now
1-800-435-7669
text red cross 90999 to donate $10
itunes.com/redcross
The Help Now number is busy. That is a good sign.