The Love Rocks NYC Profit Live performance has grow to be an annual New York custom and Thursday evening’s present on the Beacon Theatre was top-of-the-line on file, elevating $3.8 million for the God’s Love We Ship charity with performances and/or appearances from Dave Grohl, the Black Keys, Hozier, Nile Rodgers, Tom Morello, Don Felder, Bettye LaVette, Joss Stone, Allison Russell, Emily King, Marcus King, Lucius, Larkin Poe, Trombone Shorty, Luke Spiller, Quinn Sullivan, and Bernie William.

This yr’s live performance raised $3.8 million, which is able to enable God’s Love We Ship to serve 380,000 meals for New Yorkers dwelling with extreme diseases. Since launching in 2017, the concert events have introduced collectively a formidable lineup of expertise, elevating $33.8 million up to now and serving to to fund 3.8 million meals.

“God’s Love We Ship is exclusive in New York Metropolis – we’re the one non-profit supplier of medically tailor-made meals. We began as an AIDS companies group almost 39 years in the past, and now we cook dinner and residential ship medically tailor-made meals, to folks dwelling with greater than 200 totally different diagnoses,” stated CEO David Ludwigson.

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The night launched with host Conan O’Brien taking the stage together with his guitar and his longtime good friend and band chief Jimmy Vivino, singing a rendition of Elvis Presley’s “Suspicious Minds,” and the present was off and operating with artists performing backed by the stellar home band, led by veteran bassist Will Lee. Bettye LaVette sang a rousing model of “Issues Have Modified”; Nile Rodgers saved the viewers on its ft with Stylish-helmed hits like “We Are Household” and “Good Occasions”; Marcus King performed some blazing blues licks; the Black Keys roared by way of their hits “Howlin For You” and “Lonely Boy”; and Grohl roared even louder with “Everlong” and “Stay and Let Die.” The evening concluded with an all-star efficiency of “Let’s Dance.”

The eighth annual Love Rocks NYC was govt produced by clothier John Varvatos, NYC actual property dealer and live performance producer Greg Williamson and live performance/occasions producer Nicole Rechter, and was offered by Bloomberg Philanthropies.