12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief was a benefit concert that took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City on December 12, 2012. The concert was held in response to Hurricane Sandy, which devastated portions of the Northeastern United States, the Caribbean and the Mid-Atlantic in late October 2012 and cost an estimated $60 billion in damage in the United States. The concert was broadcast live via television, radio, movie theaters and the Internet, and released on DVD and CD. A documentary film was also made about the concert. Proceeds from the event were collected by the Robin Hood Relief Fund to benefit victims of the hurricane in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Many famous performers took part in the charity event, including the Who, Bruce Springsteen, Alicia Keys, Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel, the Rolling Stones, Roger Waters, Chris Martin, Michael Stipe, Kanye West, Eddie Vedder, and, for the first time in eighteen years, the surviving members of Nirvana (Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and touring member Pat Smear) who performed together in a collaboration with Paul McCartney during his show-closing set.[1][2] Performers and segments The event began at 7:30 pm and ran until 1:20 am. Video montage of news coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band "Land of Hope and Dreams" with portion of "People Get Ready" "Wrecking Ball" "My City of Ruins" with portion of "Jersey Girl" "Born to Run" (with Jon Bon Jovi) Billy Crystal Susan Sarandon Roger Waters "In the Flesh?" "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" (featuring a youth dance troupe) "The Ballad of Jean Charles de Menezes" "Money" "Us and Them" "Comfortably Numb" (with Eddie Vedder) Adam Sandler and Paul Shaffer "Sandy Screw Ya" (comedic take on Sandy and New York set to "Hallelujah") Brian Williams (with Ben Stiller and Whoopi Goldberg) Billy Crystal Kristen Stewart Video segment: Jon Bon Jovi in New Jersey Bon Jovi "It's My Life" "Wanted Dead or Alive" "Who Says You Can't Go Home" (with Bruce Springsteen) "Livin' on a Prayer" (with a cappella intro) Brian Williams (with Tony Danza and Whoopi Goldberg) Jon Stewart Eric Clapton "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" "Got to Get Better in a Little While" "Crossroads" Chelsea Clinton Video segment of Team Rubicon in the Rockaways Jimmy Fallon Video segment: Pastor Connie Hula The Rolling Stones "You Got Me Rocking" "Jumpin' Jack Flash" Video segment sponsored by Chase Stephen Colbert Sean "Diddy" Combs and Olivia Wilde Alicia Keys "Brand New Me" "No One" with several improvised interpolations of "Put your cellphones in the air" Video segment sponsored by State Farm Insurance Steve Buscemi Video segment: the Graybeards[16] The Who "Who Are You" "Bell Boy" (featuring Keith Moon on vocals, via audio from Quadrophenia and archival video from Charlton performance of 18 May 1974) "Pinball Wizard" "See Me, Feel Me" "Baba O'Riley" "Love, Reign o'er Me" "Tea & Theatre" Brian Williams (with Joe Pantoliano and James Gandolfini) Video segment: Performers on the aftermath Billy Crystal News 12 New Jersey Video segment: Neighbors in the aftermath, featuring Phyllis Puglia Chris Rock Kanye West (all songs performed as a medley) "Clique" "Mercy" "Power" "Jesus Walks" "All of the Lights" "Run This Town" "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" "Diamonds Remix" "Touch the Sky" "Gold Digger" "Good Life" "Runaway" "Stronger" Brian Williams (with Jack McBrayer and Jimmy Fallon) Seth Meyers with Bobby Moynihan as "Drunk Uncle" Jake Gyllenhaal with Patricia Farrell Billy Joel "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)" "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (portion) "New York State of Mind" "The River of Dreams" (featuring "Gloria") "You May Be Right" "Only the Good Die Young" Blake Lively Chris Martin of Coldplay "Viva la Vida" "Losing My Religion" (with Michael Stipe of R.E.M.) "Us Against the World" Brian Williams Katie Holmes and Jason Sudeikis Video segment: Red Hook Rising Leonardo DiCaprio (via video) Jamie Foxx, Quentin Tarantino, and Christoph Waltz Paul McCartney "Helter Skelter" "Let Me Roll It" "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five" "My Valentine" (with Diana Krall) "Blackbird" "Cut Me Some Slack" (with Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl and Pat Smear of Nirvana) "I've Got a Feeling" "Live and Let Die" Alicia Keys "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down"[17] Billy Crystal