12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief
12-12-12: Concerto for Sandy victims ( Original: 12-12-12: Concert for Sandy relief ) was a benefit concert that took place on 12 December 2012 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
The concert was in response to Hurricane Sandy, who had devastated parts of the Northeast of the United States, the Caribbean and the Middle Atlantic in late October 2012 and caused an estimated damage of 71 billion U.S. dollars, organized. The concert was broadcast live on television, radio, cinema and the Internet on six continents. Proceeds from the event was collected from the Robin Hood Foundation for the victims of the hurricane in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Many internationally renowned artists participated in the charity event, including The Who, Bruce Springsteen, Alicia Keys, Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel, The Rolling Stones, Roger Waters, Chris Martin, Michael Stipe, Kanye West, Eddie Vedder, and, for the first time in 18 years, the band members of Nirvana (Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear ) in collaboration with Paul McCartney.
Background
Mid- November 2012 was first announced that the completed producers John Skye, president of Clear Channel Entertainment Enterprises, film producer Harvey Weinstein and James L. Dolan, chairman of Madison Square Garden Company and David Saltzman as organizer after the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 concert for New York City and the 12-12-12: would produce concert for victims Sandy. This ensured that quickly came forward many big names in the music industry. The venue and the date for ticket sales were announced in early December 2012.
The Madison Square Garden was originally reserved for December 12 for a New York Rangers game against the Montreal Canadiens, which was canceled partly because of the 2012 NHL lockout. With ticket sales and sponsorship more than 32 million U.S. dollars were taken before the concert ready, went for the care of affected especially in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, with food, clothes and medicines to the Robin Hood Foundation. From the well-known electronics company Samsung all telephone services were taken over, the company established the call center, infusing it with the devices and also ensured that many famous people were sitting on the phones and the donation calls assumptions, including, inter alia Whoopi Goldberg, Ben Stiller, Chelsea Clinton, Tony Danza and Jesse Jackson.
Sponsors
Main sponsors of the event were, among others, Chase Bank, General Electric, Samsung ( presented among others, the equipment of the call center ), State Farm Insurance, Visa, Verizon Foundation, Hyundai, AXS TV, Optimum Lightpath, Poland Spring and Delta Airlines.
Tickets
Tickets for the event were offered at noon on 3 December 2012 via Ticketmaster. Customers of Chase Bank were allowed to purchase tickets already at 9.00 clock in the morning. The tickets were sold out within minutes. The nominal value of tickets ranged from U.S. $ 150 to $ 2,500, and the organizers promised that all proceeds would go to the Robin Hood Foundataion. As with most concerts with high demand for tickets, tickets were bought and within a few minutes after tickets sell at much higher prices on various sites, including StubHub! offered online. On 7 December 2012, the tickets for the first rows of the stage cost up to $ 48,000, while those offered in the upper levels for 525 U.S. $ to 3,000 U.S. $. The producers of the event called on to not buy from these sites because the money would not 'be charitable purposes benefit. U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer wrote a letter to StubHub! and three other major online ticket exchanges, urging them to not allow the seller to enrich themselves at the demand for tickets. A spokesman for StubHub! , Glenn Lehrman said that the company did not have the technology to ask the sellers can to spenden.StubHub their profits to charity! submitted his commissions totaling more than $ 500,000 to the charity on. Jacqueline Peterson, a spokeswoman for Ticketmaster, said her company had evidence that the speculators have used computer programs to gain as many tickets for resale. She said Ticketmaster would have thousands of sales that have been identified with these programs blocked. Among the recipients of the Schumer - letters were also Ticketmaster 's own resale provider TicketNow and Ticket Exchange; Peterson said the resale 12-12 -12- tickets were not allowed on these pages. Ticket Liquidator, another resale site, said that they had refused to act tickets for the concert. There were also some cases of counterfeit tickets.
Broadcast
During the concert, which live more than 39 U.S. television stations; including HBO, AMC, Showtime and AXS TV, and more than 20 international TV stations, more than 50 radio stations and internet was broadcast all over the world, took place for donations. In select theaters in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, the concert was also shown live. On the Internet, the concert was over 25 sites including YouTube streamed, SiriusXM, Hulu and Vevo. In addition, the concert was shown on the large screen display boards at Times Square in New York City, London and Paris. Through donations came after media reports together for at least another 20 million U.S. dollars.
Artists and program
The concert started 19.30 clock and went to 1.20 clock in the morning.
Reception
Mick Jagger said during the presentation of the Rolling Stones: This concert was one of the largest gatherings of British artists he had ever seen at Madison Square Garden.