COMMERCIAL-FREE AIRING OF ONE-HOUR SPECIAL TO PAY TRIBUTE TO FRONT LINE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WORKING TO TREAT PATIENTS, AND WILL SEEK DONATIONS FROM VIEWERS AND LISTENERS
25 MARCH 2020 (TORONTO, ON) – iHeartMedia and FOX
Entertainment announced today FOX PRESENTS THE IHEART LIVING ROOM
CONCERT FOR AMERICA, a music event to provide entertainment relief and
support for Americans to help fight the spread of the COVID-19 virus and
to celebrate the resilience and strength of the nation during this
pandemic. Hosted by Elton John, the event will feature performances by Alicia Keys, Backstreet Boys, Billie Eilish, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mariah Carey, Tim McGraw and
more, from their own homes, filmed with their personal cell phones,
cameras and audio equipment, to ensure the health and safety of all
involved. The concert will air in the iHeartRadio Music Awards’ original
broadcast timeslot – Sunday, March 29, from 9:00-10:00 PM
ET/6:00-7:00 PM PT on FOX – and on iHeartMedia radio stations
nationwide, as well as via the iHeartRadio app. The benefit special will
be broadcast commercial-free.
In addition to featuring music, the hour-long concert will pay
tribute to the front line health professionals, first responders and
local heroes who are putting their lives in harm’s way to help their
neighbors and fight the spread of the virus. It also will encourage
viewers to support two of the many charitable organizations helping
victims and first responders during the pandemic: Feeding America® and First Responders Children’s Foundation.
Additional details and performers to be announced soon. For more information, visit iHeart.com/LivingRoomConcert.
To extend the reach of the commercial-free special’s charitable
component, FOX will offer the event across all of its linear and digital
platforms.
Executive producers for FOX PRESENTS THE IHEART LIVING ROOM CONCERT FOR AMERICA are
John Sykes and Tom Poleman, for iHeartMedia and Joel Gallen, For Tenth
Planet Productions – who produced the multi-network telethons
immediately following 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the Haiti Earthquake.