Tonight: ‘Rise Up New York!’

• LiveXLive has partnered with Robin Hood, New York’s largest poverty-fighting organization and iHeartMedia to present Rise Up New York! a relief benefit happening tonight, May 11 at 7pm ET to raise awareness and funds to help New Yorkers whose lives have been dramatically impacted by COVID-19.

Famous folks scheduled to appear include New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Angie Mar, Barbra Streisand, Ben Platt, Bette Midler, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, Chris Rock, Christopher Jackson, Cynthia Erivo, David Chang, Idina Menzel, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jennifer Lopez, Jimmy Fallon, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Robert De Niro, Spike Lee, Trevor Noah, New York Giants’ greats Eli Manning, Michael Strahan, Justin Tuck and Phil Simms, as well as musical performances from Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, Mariah Carey and Sting, with others TBA.

LiveXLive will simulcast the special event across its platform and app, social media channels and its OTT channels on Amazon, Apple TV, Roku and Samsung TVs, desktop and mobile/tablet. Viewers can tune into the event, chat and mash by visiting the LiveXLive Events Page.

Rise Up New York! is executively produced by Alex Coletti Productions and John Sykes, President of iHeartMedia Entertainment Enterprises, along with talent producers Casey Patterson and Rick Krim. “We are proud to continue to support our partner iHeartMedia and join Robin Hood to help all New Yorkers affected by this pandemic,” said Dermot McCormack, President of LiveXLive. “Bringing people together from all over the world through our livestream will provide additional reach and support for an important charity livestream event.”