Posted on 12/12/2012 5:28:29 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Paul McCartney, Bon Jovi, The Who, Roger Waters, Billy Joel, Eric Clapton, Kanye West and many other artists will perform at the benefit to the Robin Hood Relief Fund and victims of Hurricane Sandy. The broadcast will be accessible by an estimated 2 billion people worldwide, according to the concert's website http://www.121212concert.org.
U.S. television viewers will have a difficult time missing the event. The broadcast will be carried on 34 channels, from AMC to VH1 Classic. Even pay channels HBO and Showtime 2 and the newsy Bloomberg will carry the broadcast.
But not all networks will carry the event. Fox will air a two-hour semi-final of "The X-Factor." NBC, CBS and ABC will carry on with their normal Wednesday evening schedules. The benefit concert will air on the CBS station WLNY in-TV in New York and the CW station in Philadelphia, however. A handful of local PBS stations in New York and New Jersey will also carry the broadcast.
The live webcast will be carried by 30 different websites, including YouTube, MTV.com, MySpace, Yahoo, Yahoo, Vevo, AOL, Hulu, People.com and BMI.com.
In the U.S., free tickets to view the simulcast in movie theaters will be given away at select theaters in storm-affected areas. Simulcasts can be viewed around the country at Cinemark Theaters for the price of a regular Child admission. All of the proceeds will go toward the Robin Hood Relief Fund.
The broadcast will also be seen in countries around the world. MTV and VH1 will carry the telecast in Canada, Latin America, the U.K., France, Australia and dozens of other countries. Numerous channels will carry the concert in Japan, Korea, Tawain, India and Africa
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Truly an all-star roster of rich liberals.
I bet every one of them has their accountant prepare their taxes WITHOUT the “Bush” tax rates
/s/s/s/s/s
“.. I lost what little respect I had for Governor Christie..”
Long ago...If you feel you must donate to help the ‘victims’ of Hurricane Sandy, give it to the Salvation Army. They take minimal for operation and give a BIG BUNCH to help victims in any disaster. These concerts...forget it...American Red Cross talks big, and takes big from what is donated. Or know some victim(s) personally and help them to your ability to help, as God gives you the wisdom to do so.
You got that right
Chair of the Organization is hedge fund manager worth a billion.
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_Lee-Ainslie-III_AWXC.html
Isn’t it Obama’s job now?
Why would anyone but sheeple watch that stuff?
Baraq trashes these guys in public and kisses their @sses in private. While the MSM cheers every word.
It is actually a pretty goodconcert. Not an ERic Clapton fan but the guy rocked.
Live stream:
http://www.mediaite.com/online/live-stream-the-12-12-12-concert-for-hurricane-sandy-relief/
About 1 billion people just tuned out now that “Pink Floyd” and “The Rolling Stones” and “Bruuuse” are finished.
Fans on The Two and Beatle still have it on but have skipped to the loo.
Took my dog to doggie day care at Petsmart the other day and as I was running my card or the payment I was asked if I wanted to donate $ for hurricane Sandy.
Sheesh! I said no.
I do feel for these people, even though most of them voted for Obama, but there’s no way to know where the money really goes. 6 months from now O’Reilly will be on TV investigating where the money from this concert went.
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Watch, just don’t donate.
Lib morons all. Will they hold a concert and sing their hearts out when the country finally goes belly up because of the politicians and policies they stupidly support?
I came in the room to find it on VH1 Classic and watched some stuff I had DVRed instead.
Did anybody rant that Obeyme wasn’t doing anything fast enough?
They’re getting tax breaks for donating performances, instead.
Heart warming, isn’t it?
That’s because they have to suck in all the commie crap to try to appeal to the 53%....it’s a real display of ultimate b*lls....
To all the naysayers on this thread. The Who (as usual) put together a kick-ass set. See Me Feel Me, in the context of disaster pics, was extremely moving. And in Baba O’Reilly, Pete sang of “Sandy Wasteland”. Some bands are more iconic than others.
A guy I take the bus with to NYC had 4ft of water in his main floor. My donation went directly to him. No percentage from a charity that pays hundreds of thousands to their higher ups.
There is a reason why The Who were given the most time in this concert.
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