Music royalty will soon be rockin' and rappin' on behalf of victims of Hurricane Sandy.
Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen and Kanye West are just some of the artists who are teaming up on Dec. 12 for the aptly titled "12.12.12: The Concert for Sandy Relief" at New York City's Madison Square Garden to raise money for people affected by the superstorm, it was announced on Thursday.
Other artists who have signed on to perform include Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, Alicia Keys, The Who and Roger Waters.
Paul McCartney will be among the several big names to headline “12-12-12 (A Concert for Sandy Relief)” Dec. 12 at Madison Square Garden, Clear Channel Media, the Weinstein Company and the Garden, who are sponsoring the show, announced today and reported by MTV.com.
Along with McCartney, the show will feature Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Alicia Keys, Roger Waters, Kanye West and the Who.
The lineup brings back memories of “The Concert for New York City” in 2011, which was organized by the same three sponsors after the attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11. The new show was originally announced a week ago, but the first headliners weren't released until today.
Concertgoers were in for quite the surprise when Bruce Springsteen brought Sir Paul McCartney on stage during his finale in London’s Hyde Park. The legendary rockers performed several Beatles hits together, but their performance was cut short when concert organizers suddenly pulled the plug.
What gives? Apparently Springsteen was three hours into his performance before McCartney joined him on stage. The pair was shut down when they exceeded the noise curfew previously set in place and after authorities received complaints from a neighboring community.
London mayor Boris Johnson commented on the situation, saying, "If they had called me, my answer would have been to jam on in the name of the Lord!"
Bruce Springsteen has opened his Dublin gig by mocking authorities in London who brought the curtain down early during his Hyde Park concert.
Coming on stage at 7.25pm, he stood with guitarist Steve Van Zandt in front of a huge power switch and told the crowd of 35,000 in the RDS: "Before we were so rudely interrupted . . ."
It was fitting that his opening tune was 'Twist And Shout', the same Beatles song which he was performing with Paul McCartney when the plug was pulled at Hyde Park by the UK authorities.
There was more fun made with the incident by his choice of second song, the Bobby Fuller Four track made famous by The Clash, 'I Fought The Law', whose thrashing by the E Street Band prompted Springsteen to remark: "That will teach them".
It wasn't long before Dublin City Council chiefs were the next target. Springsteen and his band were fined an estimated ?50,000 for breaching a curfew by 15 minutes at the RDS with their first concert and 19 minutes at their second gig in July 2009.
"We're not sure when the curfew is tonight. Do you really have curfews in Ireland?" he said of the 11pm cut-off point agreed between promoters and Dublin City Council Planning.
But curfews were forgotten as he began to hit his stride.
HOLLYWOOD’S finest turned up at the RDS last night to witness the first of the Boss’s two night stint in Dublin.
Oscar winners Steven Speilberg and his wife Kate Capshaw and family were joined by Daniel Day Lewis, his wife Rebecca Miller and their son Ronan for the three and a half hour gig.
The VIPs emerged from the Four Seasons hotel nearby and joined the 37,000 strong crowd walking into the RDS before taking their seats with members of the public in the stands.
Bruce Springsteen, Sir Paul McCartney and Justin Timberlake are all set to appear on the new album from US chat show host Jimmy Fallon.
The comic often has musical interludes on his show and has made a name for himself with his famous impressions of Neil Young and David Bowie. A number of A-list musical guests have joined him for these performances and the best are to be released in June.
I really have to get some sleep. But then you start poking around Youtube and you come up with the impossible. George, Ringo, Mick, Bruce, Billy Joel and Dylan walk into a bar...
