Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi to perform at benefit concert for Sandy victims

Bruce Springsteen performs at Fenway Park in Boston on Aug. 14, 2012. / AP Photo/Michael Dwyer

NBC is doing a benefit concert for victims of superstorm Sandy, featuring some artists who hail from the areas hardest hit.

New Jersey natives Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi are scheduled to appear at the concert Friday, along with Billy Joel of Long Island.

The telecast will benefit the American Red Cross and be shown on NBC and its cable stations including Bravo, CNBC, USA, MSNBC and E! Other networks are invited to join in.

The concert, hosted by Matt Lauer, will air at 8 p.m. ET and will be taped-delayed in the West.

Other performers taking part include Christina Aguilera, Sting and Jimmy Fallon.

The telethon will be broadcast from NBC facilities in New York's Rockefeller Center.

[grannydebby]

It is a shame that all the attention in on BIG cities. What happened to coverage for Crisfield, MD, Saxis, VA, Smith Island, MD and other small towns here on the Eastern Shore of Maryland/Virginia? These people work the land, water or for low pay jobs but are not getting the assistance or public attention as they are start to rebuild their lifes.

[LAR54]

Thanks guys and ladies! Just one thing, give us the songs and the material, that made us make you what you are, and not the low key,heart wrenching and sympathetic lyrics that would make all of us think of tragedy and despair. We all need a lift and my hat is off to you, all, for doing this. One thought I have, and I don't know if it could be done, is to show this on big screens, such as in Times Square and places like that, so that the people that don't have power to watch TV can get out of their home and get some fresh air and some uplifting entertainment at the same time. Again, thanks!

[Bryce365]

Did I miss something of did they not say what day this was happening? The event isn't event mentioned on NBC.com.

[dronemonk]

Springsteen AND Bon Jovi? Haven't the storm's victims suffered enough?