“12-12-12” Concert To Benefit Victims of Hurricane Sandy

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Clear Channel Entertainment Enterprises is teaming up with Madison Square Garden and the Harvey Weinstein Company for a December concert to benefit Hurricane Sandy victims.

The line-up for the concert, called “12-12-12”, has not yet been released.  However, promoters are promising some of the biggest names in pop music and rock’n’roll.    Negotiations are said to be on-going.

According to the NYTimes “12-12-12” is being produced by James Dolan of Madison Square Garden, John Sykes of CC and Harvey Weinstain.  They also produced “Concert for New York City” after the 9/11 attacks.  That events drew 14,000 and raised more than $30M. 

Among the musicians who performed were Paul McCartney, Melissa Etheridge, John Mellencamp, Elton John, the Backstreet Boys, The Who, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Jay-Z, Billy Joel, Bon Jovi, and Destiny's Child. Notably both the Who and the Rolling Stones have concerts in the New York metropolitan area that week.

Tickets for the show — which are not available yet — will be sold to create a pool of money that will be administered by the Robin Hood Relief Fund, the active arm of the Robin Hood Foundation. Formed in 1988 by a team of corporate executives drawn mostly from the financial services industry, the Robin Hood Foundation has contributed to hundreds of New York City nonprofits over the past three decades. The foundation's Relief Fund was established in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, and has once again become active in the wake of the storm. The Fund promises that 100 per cent of the money raised by the concert will go directly to hurricane relief.