Benefit Concert for Hurricane Sandy Victims

If you’ve been watching the coverage of Hurricane Sandy and wondering how to help, you’ll have a chance to pitch in on Friday.

Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together,” a benefit concert to aid victims of the storm that devastated the Northeast, will air at 8 p.m. ET on the networks of NBC Universal.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Jon Bon Jovi, Sting, Christina Aguilera and Billy Joel will perform in the show, which will be hosted by TODAY’s Matt Lauer. Brian Williams and Jimmy Fallon will make appearances, too.

Money collected will be donated to the American Red Cross relief efforts. The special will air Friday at 8 p.m. ET on NBC, USA Network, SyFy, MSNBC, CNBC, Bravo, E!, Style Network, G4 and more. It will also be live streamed on NBC.com.

The American Red Cross is providing shelter, food, emotional support and other assistance to those affected by disasters like Hurricane Sandy. To donate, visit RedCross.org, call 1-800-RED-CROSS or text the word REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation.

“Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together”

This Friday night, the networks of NBCUniversal will host “Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together,” a one-hour live telethon to benefit the American Red Cross, from 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. ET.

Hosted by Matt Lauer (NBC’s “Today Show”), the November 2 program will feature scheduled performances by Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Christina Aguilera (NBC’s “The Voice”), Bon Jovi and Jimmy Fallon (NBC’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”). NBC Nightly News Anchor Brian Williams will also appear.

The networks of NBCUniversal include NBC, USA, E!, G4, Syfy, Bravo, Oxygen, Discovery and A&E, which represent a huge swath of the most popular channels on cable TV. The telethon will be broadcast from the New York studios of NBC at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. It will air live across the East Coast and tape-delayed on the West. It will also will be live-streamed on NBC.com.  All donations will go to the American Red Cross to help with relief aide of Hurricane Sandy.

Tune in Friday night from 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. ET, as the American Red Cross and NBCUniversal Networks host a live telethon benefit.