Fwd: Just one chance to tape The Concert For New York

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> >From the New York Daily News at:
>
http://www.mostnewyork.com/2001-10-16/New_York_Now/Television/a-128635.asp
> 
> VH1's All-Star Lineup May Not Do Encores
> By DONNA PETROZZELLO
> Daily News Staff Writer
> 
> Saturday night's all-star "Concert for New York" on VH1 may play only
> once.
> 
> "This will most likely be the one time viewers will have the chance
> to see
> this on television," said VH1 programming executive vice president
> Fred
> Graver.
> 
> Other VH1 celebrity events  such as the VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards on
> Oct.
> 23  often air several times a year in prime time.
> 
> Not so with Saturday's live, five-hour benefit show, which has a
> line-up
> including Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, The Who and
> Billy Joel.
> 
> "We thought that playing it once would keep it unique and make it
> more
> powerful," said Graver, who is executive producer of the event for
> the cable
> channel. "Our expectation for the concert is to create a moment where
> we
> celebrate this city's strength and resistance."
> 
> Proceeds from the five-hour, commercial-free, live show  airing from
> 7 p.m.
> to midnight  will be funneled through the Robin Hood Foundation to
> benefit
> the families of victims of last month's terrorist attack on the World
> Trade
> Center.
> 
> Cablevision, Miramax Films and America Online have teamed with VH1 to
> produce the event.
> 
> Graver said that dozens of artists contacted VH1 in the weeks after
> the
> tragic attack, eager to perform collectively to raise money for
> victims.
> 
> "But once McCartney signed on, the floodgates opened," he said.
> 
> Meanwhile, artists performing on the VH1 Fashion Awards will likely
> collaborate on an opening segment honoring New Yorkers' resolve.
> 
>         -Brian in Atlanta
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