# Covid 19 benefit concert on April 18th **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 7, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-benefit-concert-on-april-18th/851267 "2020-04-07T13:04:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-benefit-concert-on-april-18th/851267/1 "2020-04-07T13:04:44Z")
Hosted by Fallon and Kimmel and Colbert On CBS, ABC, NBC networks plus streaming sites . Performers listed on the link. [Global Citizen announces One World: Together At Home benefit | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/06/entertainment/global-citizen-concert-2020-lineup-coronavirus-relief/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![cgg419](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cgg419/32/2847_2.png) [@cgg419](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cgg419)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-benefit-concert-on-april-18th/851267/2 "2020-04-07T13:43:25Z")
SARS-STOCK II!!! Doubt the lineup will be as good ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-benefit-concert-on-april-18th/851267/3 "2020-04-07T13:51:22Z")
Going to be on at 8 PM EDT don’t know the length but I read multi hour so probably 2 or 3 hours. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-benefit-concert-on-april-18th/851267/4 "2020-04-07T16:17:09Z")
> [@cgg419](#): > > SARS-STOCK II!!! > > Doubt the lineup will be as good I would have gone with Covipalooza but okay. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-benefit-concert-on-april-18th/851267/5 "2020-04-07T16:25:29Z")
Don’t see Fox listed as a network . They did a music benefit special a few weeks ago, it was only on Fox. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-benefit-concert-on-april-18th/851267/6 "2020-04-07T17:07:15Z")
Coronaid…for the failing beer company. ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-benefit-concert-on-april-18th/851267/7 "2020-04-07T20:28:33Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Hosted by Fallon and Kimmel and Colbert On CBS, ABC, NBC networks plus streaming sites . Performers listed on the link. > > [https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/06/entertainment/global-citizen-concert-2020-lineup-coronavirus-relief/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/06/entertainment/global-citizen-concert-2020-lineup-coronavirus-relief/index.html) There are three reasons to avoid it right there. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-benefit-concert-on-april-18th/851267/8 "2020-04-07T22:39:01Z")
OK, then, go ahead and avoid it. You don’t need to tell everyone that you’re avoiding it. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-benefit-concert-on-april-18th/851267/9 "2020-04-07T22:55:38Z")
3 hosts seems like overkill , I would rather see only music. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-benefit-concert-on-april-18th/851267/10 "2020-04-07T23:55:04Z")
Hey, it gives them something to do. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-benefit-concert-on-april-18th/851267/11 "2020-04-08T00:36:31Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Hosted by Fallon and Kimmel and Colbert On CBS, ABC, NBC networks plus streaming sites … > [@Fleetwood](#): > > There are three reasons to avoid it right there. You don’t like CBS, ABC, _OR_ NBC?? mmm ---
**Author:** ![cgg419](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cgg419/32/2847_2.png) [@cgg419](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cgg419)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-benefit-concert-on-april-18th/851267/12 "2020-04-08T12:08:35Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I would have gone with Covipalooza but okay. > [@Wikipedia](#): > > Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto was a benefit rock concert that was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on July 30, 2003. It was also known as “Toronto Rocks”, “Stars 4 SARS”, “SARSStock”, “SARSfest”, “SARS-a-palooza”, the “SARS concert”, or, more descriptively, “The Rolling Stones SARS Benefit Concert”. > **[Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molson_Canadian_Rocks_for_Toronto)** > > Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto, also known as SARSStock, was a benefit rock concert that was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on July 30, 2003. An estimated 450,000 and 500,000 people attended the concert, making it is the largest outdoor ticketed event in Canadian history and one of the largest events in North American history. > The concert was organized in about a month, upon the suggestion of headliners the Rolling Stones, who wanted to help revive Toronto's economy after the SARS outbreaks... ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-benefit-concert-on-april-18th/851267/13 "2020-04-18T14:41:46Z")
The show is on tonight at 8 eastern time ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-benefit-concert-on-april-18th/851267/14 "2020-04-18T19:26:15Z")
Concert has started on Youtube with lesser known artists ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-benefit-concert-on-april-18th/851267/15 "2020-04-18T20:11:09Z")
Oh man, this is up against another Jorma Kaukonen live stream performance. This will be his third one in 3 weeks. If you can record the one on TV, Jorma’s is on Youtube, Fur Peace Ranch channel. It’s best to watch that one live, as he and his wife respond to comments from the peanut gallery. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-benefit-concert-on-april-18th/851267/16 "2020-04-18T20:29:39Z")
The reason that there are three hosts is that the networks probably only agreed to this if the host of their main talk show was one of the hosts of this show. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-benefit-concert-on-april-18th/851267/17 "2020-04-19T03:28:41Z")
So did anybody else actually watch this? Aging pop star report: Mick Jagger can still sing. So can Stevie Wonder. Elton John didn’t seem quite right. Paul McCartney, I’m not sure about: the decision to perform a lounge-singer version of “Lady Madonna” was an… interesting choice. There were some other singers who aren’t my personal cup of tea, but who can really sing. And then there was Billie Eilish, who apparently can’t sing without a microphone. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-benefit-concert-on-april-18th/851267/18 "2020-04-19T03:35:35Z")
I watched. Lady Gaga was pretty good. Stevie Wonder and McCartney should have performed Ebony & Ivory. It’s certainly a topical song and fits the One World concept. I wanted to see the Stones do a couple more songs. It was cool seeing Mick play guitar. Elton got a piano. 😉 He didn’t have one at his home a few days ago on an earlier Virtual at home special. Elton hosted and let others sing. I hope the piano movers wore masks. LOL Overall it was an uplifting 2 hours and honored the world’s health workers. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-benefit-concert-on-april-18th/851267/19 "2020-04-19T03:56:07Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Elton John didn’t seem quite right. I was really disappointed with Sir Elton… I’m Still Standing doesn’t even seem like a song that should be stressing out his vocal cords! But at least he manged to set things up so he could use one of his actual pianos, this time. And, yeah…Sir Paul’s song was weird. I’ve seen fairly recent recordings of him, and he’s not showing his age near as much as Elton (though he’s not kept his instrument as well tuned as Mick, who still sounds almost like he did 50 years ago), but that arrangement doesn’t do him any justice at all. Unsurprisingly a good bit of overlap with the other livingroom concert mentioned above - Elton John, Billy Joe Armstrong (but not his dog, sadly), Lady Gaga…pretty sure Lizzo was in the other one, too. (Does John Legend have some sort of facial paralysis? I don’t think I’ve ever seen any part of his face above his lips move.) ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-benefit-concert-on-april-18th/851267/20 "2020-04-19T12:24:16Z")
I wonder how the Stones got their individual performances to synch up. Everything I’ve read indicates there isn’t really any software that does a good job of that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-benefit-concert-on-april-18th/851267.md?page=2)