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Springsteen to Headline NBC Telethon for Sandy Victims
Elton John, Bill Joel, Christina Aguilera, Bon Jovi and Sting are also attached to the event, which will air from 8 to 9 p.m. Friday, live from 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York.
Popular musicians coming together for a good cause: It's been going on since George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh.
This Friday, NBCUniversal will broadcast “Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together," a one-hour concert to benefit the victims of Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy.
Christina Aguilera, Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, Sting and New Jersey native son Bruce Springsteen will headline the telethon, which airs from 8 to 9 p.m. The show will be hosted by NBC Today anchor Matt Lauer, and broadcast from the NBC studio at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
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The Huffington Post reports that money raised will go to the Red Cross to provide survivors with the basics.
You can catch the broadcast on NBC, Bravo, CNBC, E!, G4, MSNBC, Style, Syfy and USA, or watch the livestream on NBC.com.
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To donate, visit www.redcross.org, call 1-800-RED-CROSS, or text the word REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation.
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