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Charity event will also feature appearances by Elvis Costello, Hozier, and Whoopi Goldberg, among others<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n\tPaul Simon<\/a>, Mary J. Blige<\/a>, Elvis Costello, and Hozier are among the performers who will appear at the Love Rocks<\/a> NYC benefit concert next month. The event, in its 10th year, will benefit God\u2019s Love We Deliver<\/a>, a charity that helps people living with AIDS, which celebrated its 40th anniversary last year. The concert will take place at New York\u2019s Beacon Theatre on March 5.<\/p>\n \n\tWhoopi 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\u2019s 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<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tTickets will go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. ET on Friday via Ticketmaster and the Love Rocks NYC website<\/a>. Presales, via God\u2019s Love We Deliver, begin Wednesday.<\/p>\n