The Black Keys, Hozier, Nile Rodgers, Tom Morello, Don Felder, Bettye Lavette, Joss Stone, Allison Russell, Emily King, Marcus King and more will perform at the eighth annual Love Rocks NYC benefit concert for God’s Love We Deliver.
Taking place at New York’s Beacon Theatre on March 7, the concert will also feature performances from Lucius, Larkin Poe, Trombone Shorty, Luke Spiller (The Struts), Quinn Sullivan and Bernie Williams, with more to be announced.
The music will be led by music director and band leader Will Lee (The CBS Orchestra) and executive produced by fashion designer John Varvatos, with Douglas Elliman real estate broker and prominent concert producer Greg Williamson and events producer Nicole Rechter. It will be hosted by Conan O’Brien, Tracy Morgan and Jim Gaffigan.
The show will benefit Gods Love We Deliver, which was founded during the AIDS pandemic in 1985 and now addresses 200+ diagnoses with its medically tailored meals and nutrition services. The organization’s continued mission is to provide life-sustaining meals and nutrition counseling for people in the New York Metropolitan area living with severe illness and has seen a 20% increase in meals delivered over the past year, according to its website.
Pre-sale tickets go live on Feb. 8 at 10:00 a.m. ET and public tickets go live on Feb. 9 at the same time.
The past seven Love Rocs benefit concerts have featured such headliners as Keith Richards, Jon Bon Jovi, Dave Matthews, Robert Plant, James Taylor, Joe Walsh, Emmylou Harris, Mavis Staples, Chris and Rich Robinson, Melissa Etheridge, Sheryl Crow, Warren Haynes, Buddy Guy, Billy F Gibbons, Ziggy Marley, Cyndi Lauper, Heart and John Mayer.