Hang on, there's a concert for hurricane relief on TV TOMORROW NIGHT?

[Bouncy Ball]

They already put together a big name fundraising concert that's going to be on NBC TOMORROW FREAKING NIGHT and they can't do food and water drops, get enough people in there to maintain control and get those people out of there?

Does that seem crazy to anyone else? Don't misconstrue me: I'm glad they're doing a concert, but if it's possible to put something like that together that quickly, isn't it possible to do something more, something faster for these people?

[Catch22Dem]

1. You'd think, but I'm glad they're doing it anyway

Anything helps, and this ought to bring in some fat cash and even greater awareness.

[Stephanie]

2. I think it's narcissistic self-aggrandizing bullshit

Just send the fucking money - don't use it to promote your career.

[Bouncy Ball]

5. Again, I have NOTHING against the concert.

Nothing at all.

It's just wild to think one group of people can organize something THAT big THAT quickly, but there are still people dying in New Orleans!

I know two totally different people are responsible for these things, it's just such a stark contrast, you know?

[Cha]

3. Musicians are crazy beautiful

Organized People! I'm listening to Live 8 Toronto right now!

[givemebackmycountry]

4. You bet Bouncy!

Oh!
And did you hear?
MATT LAUER is the host!
How cool is that?
And, and, TIM MCGRAW is going to be there too!

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[Biased Liberal Media]

6. No, you're not alone

I think the whole thing is pretty fucked up.

Doesn't this remind you of the concert they held days after 9/11?? Only difference is people are still alive, but are dying due to lack of drinking water, food and medical attention.

[Synnical]

7. I agree, too

It's being billed as a "Telethon", not a concert.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9146525/


LOS ANGELES - Four Louisiana-born stars — Harry Connick Jr., Wynton Marsalis, Aaron Neville and Tim McGraw — will headline a televised charity concert to air live on Friday for victims of Hurricane Katrina, NBC said Wednesday. McGraw's wife, country star and Mississippi native Faith Hill, will also perform.

Plans for the one-hour, commercial-free show, called “A Concert for Hurricane Relief,” were announced as the Bush administration and Congress began working on legislation to assist in hurricane recovery efforts.

“I am heartbroken by the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in my home state,” said country star McGraw, born in Delhi, Louisiana, in a statement. “It’s at times like these that each of us must work together to provide life-saving aid to those in terrible need.”
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Joining McGraw are two New Orleans natives, trumpet player Marsalis and jazz singer Connick, whose hometown was left largely submerged in floodwaters.

In addition to music, the special will feature appearances by actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Mike Myers, John Goodman, Lindsay Lohan and Eriq La Salle, New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, who is a Louisiana native, along other celebrities.


Benefit show begins at 8 p.m. ET on Friday (re-broadcast for West Coast at 8 PT)

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NBC aired a similar star-studded charity concert in January that raised more than $18 million for survivors of the tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands of people and left millions more homeless in South Asia and East Africa. An estimated 19.5 million viewers tuned in to some part of that broadcast on NBC and its sibling cable TV outlets.