Thursday, January 21, 2010

Coldplay Performing in Global Haiti Earthquake Relief Telethon

“Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief,” today announced its lineup of musical performances for its global telethon on Friday, January 22.

It will feature 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 London location.

All musical performances will be available for purchase for through the Apple iTunes Store beginning Saturday, January 23, with all proceeds benefiting Haiti relief funds managed by “Hope for Haiti Now” charities.

“Hope for Haiti Now” will be the most widely distributed telethon in history, both internationally and across media platforms.
In the US, 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.

The event will also 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.

Facebook and Twitter have signed on as official social media partners to help drive donations and tune-in to the telethon.

http://www.coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=574

Donations:
You can donate to Oxfam's Haiti Earthquake Appeal at www.oxfam.org.uk

2 comments:

Mr. Delson said...

sorry joe, you cant do it, its been denied by miguel...

her majesty said...

you can't "no" the earthquake victems you bastard.

thank you for recognising the tragedy joe.