Charity event will also feature appearances by Elvis Costello, Hozier, and Whoopi Goldberg, among others
Paul Simon, Mary J. Blige, Elvis Costello, and Hozier are among the performers who will appear at the Love Rocks NYC benefit concert next month. The event, in its 10th year, will benefit God’s Love We Deliver, a charity that helps people living with AIDS, which celebrated its 40th anniversary last year. The concert will take place at New York’s Beacon Theatre on March 5.
Whoopi Goldberg, Julianne Moore, J.B. Smoove, Jeff Ross, Paul Shaffer, and Zarna Garg will all make appearances at the event. Billy F. Gibbons, Goo Goo Dolls, Jon Batiste, Linda Perry, Nile Rodgers and Chic, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Susanna Hoffs, Trombone Shorty, and Warren Haynes will also perform. The event’s organizers are also promising surprise guests. The band leader will be Will Lee, who played with Shaffer in the CBS Orchestra on The Late Show With David Letterman.
Tickets will go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. ET on Friday via Ticketmaster and the Love Rocks NYC website. Presales, via God’s Love We Deliver, begin Wednesday.
“For the past 10 years, my co-executive producers Nicole Rechter, John Varvatos, and I have been on an incredible journey building and growing an unforgettable music experience — one that we are immensely proud of,” Greg Williamson, co-executive producer of Love Rocks NYC, said in a statement. “As a native New Yorker, it has been a privilege to create such a meaningful platform to raise both funds and awareness for an essential organization that supports our fellow New Yorkers.”
The event organizers report that they have raised $65 million for the charity since the first concert in 2017. They’ve been able to fund 6.5 million meals for New Yorkers living with AIDS.
