| America: A Tribute to Heroes | ||||
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| Live album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | December 4, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | September 21, 2001 | |||
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| Length | 91:18 | |||
| Label | Interscope | |||
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America: A Tribute to Heroes was abenefit concert created by the heads of the four major American broadcast networks;Fox,ABC,NBC andCBS.Joel Gallen was selected by them to produce and run the show. ActorGeorge Clooney organized celebrities to perform and to staff the telephone bank.
It was broadcast live by the four major American television networks and all of the cable networks in the aftermath of theSeptember 11 attacks on theWorld Trade Center andthe Pentagon in 2001. Done in the style of atelethon, it featured a number of national and international entertainers performing to raise money for the victims and their families, particularly theNew York City firefighters andNew York City police officers. It aired September 21, 2001, uninterrupted and commercial-free, for which it won aPeabody Award.[1] It was released on December 4, 2001, oncompact disc andDVD.
On a dark stage illuminated by hundreds of candles, twenty-one artists performed songs of mourning and hope, while various actors and other celebrities delivered short spoken messages. The musical performances took place at three studios inLos Angeles (CBS Television City),New York, andLondon, while the celebrity messages took place in Los Angeles.[citation needed] Some of the musicians, includingNeil Young andEddie Vedder, were heard working the phone banks taking pledges. Over $200 million was raised and given to theUnited Way's September 11 Telethon Fund.
In 2004,Rolling Stone magazine selected this concert, along withthe Concert for New York City, as one of the 50 moments that changed rock and roll. The show was also simulcast in Canada.
Over 35 network and cable outlets simultaneously broadcastAmerica: A Tribute to Heroes, including:ABC,CBS,Fox,NBC,A&E,BET,Country Music Television,Comedy Central,Court TV,Discovery Channel,E!,ESPN,Fox Family,Fox Sports Net,FX,Galavision,Hallmark Channel,HBO,Lifetime,MTV,Oxygen,PAX,PBS,Sci-Fi,Showtime,Sundance Channel,Telemundo,TLC,TNN,TNT,The WB,Turner South,Univision,UPN,USA Network, andVH1.
America: A Tribute to Heroes was simulcast on the Internet atwww.tributetoheroes.org and atAmerica Online, as well as on more than 8,000 radio outlets around the country, includingWestwood One,Clear Channel Communications andABC Radio affiliates in major markets.
Internationally,America: A Tribute to Heroes was distributed to broadcasters in more than 210 countries around the world includingBBC One in the United Kingdom. Further, theAmerican Forces Network carried the program live on radio and television to American soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines in over 175 countries around the world.
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