{"id":7447,"date":"2020-03-26T07:42:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T07:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/?p=7447"},"modified":"2020-03-26T07:42:19","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T07:42:19","slug":"elton-john-to-host-tv-radio-concert-as-coronavirus-antidote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/2020\/03\/26\/elton-john-to-host-tv-radio-concert-as-coronavirus-antidote\/","title":{"rendered":"Elton John to host TV, radio concert as coronavirus antidote"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alicia Keys, Billie Eilish, Mariah Carey, the Backstreet Boys, Tim McGraw and Billie Joe Armstrong are scheduled to take part in the event.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Elton John is hosting a \u201cliving room\u201d concert aimed at bolstering American spirits during the coronavirus crisis and saluting those countering it, iHeartMedia and Fox said Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alicia Keys, Billie Eilish, Mariah Carey, the Backstreet Boys, Tim McGraw and Billie Joe Armstrong are scheduled to take part in the event airing at 9-10 p.m. EDT Sunday on Fox TV and on iHeartMedia radio stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The artists will be filmed with cell phones, cameras and audio equipment in their homes \u201cto ensure the health and safety of all involved,\u201d according to a statement. The event will take the time slot that was to belong to the iHeartRadio Music Awards, which became part of a wave of public-event postponements and cancellations because of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Besides performances, the commercial-free concert will honor health professionals, first responders and others who are \u201cputting their lives in harm\u2019s way to help their neighbors and fight the spread of the virus,\u201d the media companies said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Viewers will be asked to support two of the charitable organizations aiding victims and first responders during the pandemic: Feeding America and First Responders Children\u2019s Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fox\u2019s digital platform also will carry the concert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia and death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alicia Keys, Billie Eilish, Mariah Carey, the Backstreet Boys, Tim McGraw and Billie Joe Armstrong are scheduled to take part in the event. Elton John is hosting a \u201cliving room\u201d concert aimed at bolstering American spirits during the coronavirus crisis and saluting those countering it, iHeartMedia and Fox said Wednesday. Alicia Keys, Billie Eilish, Mariah Carey, the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7448,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,24],"tags":[2906,197,12883,12882,12888,12759,12880,12887,12889,4048,12777,12775,4902,12885,9746,6222,12881,8470,8350,12884,12772,12886,8284],"class_list":["post-7447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","category-india-news","tag-actor","tag-actress","tag-alicia-keys","tag-billie-eilish","tag-billie-joe-armstrong","tag-celebritystyle","tag-chromatica","tag-fox","tag-foxdigital","tag-hollywood","tag-hollywood-lifestyle","tag-hollywoodcelebrity","tag-lady-gaga","tag-mariah-carey","tag-music","tag-music-album","tag-music-star","tag-new-release","tag-star","tag-the-backstreet-boys","tag-thedailychakra","tag-tim-mcgraw","tag-zaanews"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7449,"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7447\/revisions\/7449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}