Crow, Dixie Chicks among Katrina benefit acts
Wed Sep 7, 2005 3:19 AM ET
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Sheryl Crow, the Dixie Chicks, Randy
Newman, Neil Young, Rod Stewart, Alicia Keys and Paul Simon will perform
during Friday's Hurricane Katrina benefit organized by the major broadcast
networks.

"Shelter From the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast," a live, hourlong
telecast, will be carried commercial-free by more than two dozen other cable
outlets. In addition to raising money for victims of Hurricane Katrina, the
event will pay tribute to the rescue and recovery workers who have an
arduous task ahead in cleaning up the devastated regions in Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama.

Cable networks confirmed to participate in the roadblock telecast include
ABC Family, Bravo, E!, TBS, USA Network, FX and Oxygen.

Jennifer Aniston, Ellen DeGeneres, Ray Romano, Jack Nicholson, Cameron Diaz,
Sela Ward and Chris Rock are among the celebrities slated to appear on the
telecast, to be executive produced by Joel Gallen, who directed many of the
same artists four years ago when he executive produced the post-September 11
"America: A Tribute to Heroes" telethon, which was also "roadblocked" across
dozens of media outlets.

The "Shelter" special also will be carried widely in more than 95 countries,
including most of Europe, the U.K. and Asia. The Big Four networks have yet
to specify where the donations raised through the telethon will be sent.

The special will originate from Sony studio facilities in Los Angeles and
New York. It will air at 8 p.m. (on tape delay in the Pacific and Mountain
time zones).

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

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