Historic, star-stuffed rock concert returns
A star-stuffed concert will rerun on cable-TV Tuesday (Oct. 20), exactly 25 years after it debuted.
“The Concert for New York City” was held in Madison Square Garden on Oct. 20, 2001, six weeks after the World Trader Center attack. Now it will air from 7 p.m. ET Tuesday to midnight on MTV, MTV2, VH1 and Logo, again raising money for Robin Hood, a New York charity.
The original was organized by Paul McCartney (shown here), who quickly gathered other British acts to express a love for New York. David Bowie opened the night by combining “America” and his “Heroes”; McCartney closed it with six songs, sandwiching his new “Freedom” with “Yesterday” and “Let It Be.” The Who drew raucous approval; other British performers include Elton John, Eric Clapton and a duo of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Read more…