‘Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief’ Announces Lineup of Musical Performances
‘Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief’ Announces Lineup of Superstar Musical Performances
Wyclef Jean, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira, and Sting Will Appear in New York City;
Alicia
Keys, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews, John Legend, Justin
Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift, and a Group Performance by
Keith Urban, Kid Rock, and Sheryl Crow in Los Angeles;
Coldplay, and a Group Performance by Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z, and Rihanna in London
All Performances to be Available for Purchase from Apple(R) iTunes(R) Store with Proceeds Benefiting Select Haiti Relief Funds
More
than One Hundred of the Biggest Names in Film, Television, and Music to
Appear on “Hope for Haiti Now,” Along with Wyclef Jean in New York
City, George Clooney in Los Angeles, and CNN’s Anderson Cooper in Haiti
Additional
Television, Online, and Mobile Partners Make “Hope for Haiti Now” the
Most Widely Distributed Global Telethon in History
Keys, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews, John Legend, Justin
Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift, and a Group Performance by
Keith Urban, Kid Rock, and Sheryl Crow in Los Angeles;
than One Hundred of the Biggest Names in Film, Television, and Music to
Appear on “Hope for Haiti Now,” Along with Wyclef Jean in New York
City, George Clooney in Los Angeles, and CNN’s Anderson Cooper in Haiti
Television, Online, and Mobile Partners Make “Hope for Haiti Now” the
Most Widely Distributed Global Telethon in History
NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, and LONDON, Jan. 19
/PRNewswire/ — “Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake
Relief,” today announced its lineup of superstar musical performances.
The global telethon will feature performances by Wyclef Jean, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira, and Sting in New York City; Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews, John Legend, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift and a group performance by Keith Urban, Kid Rock, and Sheryl Crow in Los Angeles; and Coldplay, and a group performance by Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z, and Rihanna in a newly added London location. All musical performances will be available for purchase for $.99 per song through the Apple® iTunes® Store beginning Saturday, January 23, with all proceeds benefiting Haiti relief funds managed by “Hope for Haiti Now” charities.
In addition to musical performances, Wyclef Jean in New York City, George Clooney in Los Angeles, and CNN’s Anderson CooperHaiti,
“Hope for Haiti Now” will feature more than one hundred of the biggest
names in film, television, and music supporting the cause with
testimonials and by answering phones during the telethon. reporting from
The
Clinton Bush Haiti Fund and United Nations World Food Programme have
joined the list of relief organizations that will benefit from “Hope
for Haiti Now,” which also includes Oxfam America, Partners in Health,
the Red Cross, UNICEF, and Yele Haiti Foundation. Proceeds from “Hope
for Haiti Now” will be split evenly among each organization’s
individual funds for Haiti earthquake relief.
“Hope
for Haiti Now” will be the most widely distributed telethon in history,
both internationally and across media platforms. The two-hour telethon
will air on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1, and
CMT on Friday, January 22, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT and 7:00 p.m. CT.
“Hope for Haiti Now” will also air on newly added networks including
PBS, TNT, Showtime, COMEDY CENTRAL, Bravo, E! Entertainment, National
Geographic Channel, Oxygen, G4, CENTRIC, Current TV, Fuse, MLB Network,
EPIX, Palladia, SoapNet, Style, Discovery Health, Planet Green, and
Canadian networks including CBC Television, CTV, Global Television, and
MuchMusic. The event will be live streamed online globally across sites
including YouTube, Hulu, MySpace, Fancast, AOL, MSN.com, Yahoo,
Bing.com, BET.com, CNN.com, MTV.com, VH1.com, and Rhapsody and on
mobile via Alltel, AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and FloTV. “Hope for
Haiti Now” will also air internationally on BET International, CNN
International, National Geographic, and MTV Networks International,
which is available in 640 million homes worldwide. “Hope for Haiti
Now” will be the first U.S.-based telethon airing on MTV in China. Facebook and Twitter have signed on as official social media partners to help drive donations and tune-in to the telethon.
Based
on production needs and venue sizes, all “Hope for Haiti Now” studio
locations will be closed to the media. Photos, pool video footage and
talent interviews from “Hope for Haiti Now” will be serviced to news
outlets immediately following the event.
“Hope for Haiti Now” is produced by Joel Gallen and Tenth Planet Productions, in collaboration with Viacom’s MTV Networks and George Clooney.
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