A succession of all-star bands from Aerosmith to Jimmy
Buffet rocked a packed house at Boston 's
TD Garden on Thursday night in a mostly raucous fund-raiser for the victims of
last month's marathon bombing.
According to Reuters, tickets priced between $35 and $285
sold out fast at the 17,500-seat venue, with net proceeds to be donated to The
One Fund, a reserve established by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and Massachusetts
Governor Deval Patrick that has so far received more than $37 million in
donations to compensate victims of the April 15 bombing.
The music kicked off with a Jimi Hendrix-style distortion
guitar version of the U.S.
national anthem by rock band Boston that drew
cheering fans out of their seats before lead singer Tommy DeCarlo told the
crowd "Tonight we are all Boston ."
Another Massachusetts band, Extreme, transformed the energy
with a sing-along version of "More Than Words" - an acoustic love
song - before the homegrown J. Geils Band unleashed a torrent of fast-paced
R&B as lead man Peter Wolf strutted the stage in black leather and shades.
Other acts included country star Jason Aldean, who despite
not being from Massachusetts admitted to being
a fan of the Boston Red Sox baseball team, New Kids on the Block, James Taylor
and Aerosmith - which made a round-the-world detour from Singapore to
make the show.
Donnie Wahlberg from New Kids on the Block won the decibel
award when he took the microphone and yelled the word Boston repeatedly, drawing enthusiastic
shrieks from the audience.
Aerosmith closed the show with a bang with lead man Steven
Tyler sporting an ankle-length cape and leopard-pattern shirt dancing with his
microphone stand while singing rousing versions of "Sweet Emotion"
and "Living on the Edge."
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