Exclusive: 12-12-12 All Star Rock Concert Rundown of Musical Artists Tonight
The 12-12-12 show is going to big tonight. Like you, I will be watching it from a comfortable BarcaLounger, with Two Boots Pizza and cold Tecate beer. It’s a four hour show at least– Paul McCartney doesn’t start the closing set until 11:30pm. So a guide to what’s happening is helpful. Here’s what I’ve got so far. Keep checking later today as updates come in.
MUSICIANS IN ORDER (subject to change)
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band starts at 7:30pm
Roger Waters (with Eddie Vedder)
Bon Jovi
Eric Clapton and friends
The Rolling Stones
Alicia Keys
The Who
Kanye West
Chris Martin of Coldplay
Billy Joel
Paul McCartney (with special guest Dave Grohl)
So far, insiders tell me that McCartney has “Live and Let Die” with the fireworks, but there was no rehearsal for “Hey Jude.”
There are also a ton of celebrities who will speak, mostly in duos. Here’s some of it. They’ll be interspersed: Adam Sandler with Paul Shaffer (who’s the musical director), Seth Meyers and Bobby Moynihan, Blake Lively, Jake Gyllenhaal, Leonardo Di Caprio, Meryl Streep, Jimmy Fallon, Steve Buscemi, Susan Sarandon, Chelsea Clinton, Bill Crystal, John Stewart, Quentin Tarantino and Jamie Foxx, Jon Stewart, Brian Williams, Anderson Cooper, and Kristen Stewart.
Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News. Friedman previously wrote the Intelligencer column at New York Magazine, He writes for Parade magazine and has written for Details, Vogue, the New York Times, Post, and Daily News and many other publications. He is the writer and co-producer of a film about R&B Music called “Only the Strong Survive,” which was released by Miramax in 2003 and was a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals.
Richard S.
God bless them all for doing this concert, it’s a callibration of musical talent that will help all the victim’s of the hurricane Sandy or is it Sally. But if you really think about it are they performing just for themselves because they have the Ego’s to prove or they got nothing better else to do especially Sir Paul McCartney ha ha give me a break”