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Last week, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY for November 2 had s short article on
the various benefit concerts, with the following mention of The Who. 
Was this really a "boomer-heavy" audience?  Why do you suppose they
assumed so?

LB

Hear & Now: This week on the music beat

Stars and Stripes:  Remember when the notion of rockers like The Who,
Mick Jagger, and Keith Richards publicly supporting the police was
unthinkable?  On October 20, Paul McCartney, Eric Calpton, Elton John,
Billy Joel, and a host of other A-list musicians gathered at Madison
Square Garden for a six-hour bash dubbed "The Concert for New York
City."  The event, which McCartney helped organize, raised $14 million
from ticket sales (plus a still-undetermined amount from TV viewers'
pledges) for the Robin Hood Relief Fund, which aids victims of the
September 11 attacks.  It was also a tribute to New York's cops,
firefighters, and rescue workers, 5000 of whom were admitted gratis. 
Despite ticket prices ranging from $250 to $5000, the 18,000-seat venue
was sold out.

The pro-US feeling was palpable, from Jon Bon Jovi's American-flag
shirt to the Goo Goo Dolls covering Tom Petty's "American Girl."  And
while the stars were clearly the Big Apple's civil servants, the
British acts were ereceived like royalty.  The Who's rousing four-song
set galvanized the boomer-heavy audiences.  Jaggger and Richards
transformed their 1968 "Salt of the Earth" from a bemused commentary on
class to a blue-collar anthem.  McCartney capped it off with the
Beatles' "I'm Down" a new tune called "Freedom," and his upcoming
single, "From a Lover to a Friend" (proceeds of which will go to relief
efforts.)



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