Music's Biggest Names Come Together for Sandy
Relief
Wednesday's 12-12-12
concert at Madison Square
Garden features musical acts such
as Bruce Springsteen and the Rolling Stones, among many others.
One of the most prestigious pop music lineups ever assembled
is slated to perform for a Hurricane Sandy benefit concert Wednesday at Madison
Square Garden
in New York City .
Called the 12-12-12
Concert for Sandy Relief, the long-sold out benefit show features a lineup that
includes Jersey Shore
rock stalwarts Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi. Proceeds from ticket sales
and donations will benefit the Robin Hood Relief Fund, which has distributed
approximately $10.5 million in grants to more than 100 different Hurricane
Sandy-related groups.
Springsteen and Bon Jovi are being joined by Eric Clapton,
Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters, Billy Joel, Alicia Keys, Chris Martin of
Coldplay, Eddie Vedder, Roger Waters, Kanye West, the Who, Paul McCartney, and,
as of just a few days ago, the Rolling Stones, who are in the midst of their
abridged last-ever world tour.
Many of the participating musicians have recorded video
testimonies, which can be viewed on the 12-12-12 website. Bon Jovi, who returned to New
Jersey following Hurricane Sandy, shared his reaction
to seeing the devastation first hand.
“There have been hurricanes. There have been storms. But
I’ve never seen anything remotely close to what Hurricane Sandy was,” he said
in the short benefit video. “When you see National Guard on Ocean
Avenue in Sea Bright, your jaw drops.”
Springsteen’s testimonial describes the personality of the
shore and its people. His conversation is made somber, unintentionally, perhaps,
by his use of past tense to describe a shore and shore culture that may not
return.
“To see it washed away was just very painful. The size of
the destruction was shocking, and it took days and days to even understand the
level of destruction that occurred along the Jersey
Shore ,” he said. “What makes a
place that place is a fragile thing very often.”
The 12-12-12
benefit, presented by Chase, comes on the heels of a recent Sandy Relief
telethon where Springsteen and Bon Jovi also performed that raised more than
$20 million for the Red Cross.
According to
the 12-12-12 website, Wednesday's concert at 7:30
p.m. will be accessible by 2 billion people throughout the world.
In all, there will be 34 U.S.
network and television feeds providing coverage in North and South
America , Asia , Europe ,
Africa and Australia .
The show also will be aired on the radio and streamed live online by multiple
web outlets, including AOL .
For a full list of websites, television stations, movie
theaters and radio stations, click here.
Donations are being solicited online
here. Cell phone users can also donated $10 to Sandy Relief by texting
“ROBINHOOD” to 50555.
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