The concert will be broadcast live on all Raycom Media stations and in an additional 26 markets on stations operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group.
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Randy Jackson and Harry Connick Jr. have agreed to co-host the show, which will benefit victims of recent South Louisiana floods.
A star-studded lineup on Louisiana Rising: A Benefit Concert for Flood Relief delivered not only great music but major results!
Throughout the broadcast, Matthew McConaughey, Ellen DeGeneres, Drew Brees, Eli Manning, Odell Beckham Jr., John Goodman, Britney Spears, James Taylor, Trace Adkins, Governor John Bel Edwards, Amy Grant, Vince Gill, Scott Bakula, Vanessa Ferlito, Les Miles and Tim McGraw lent messages of support.
Rivers in Louisiana crested at record levels in multiple places after storms dumped more than two feet of rain in three days in some places in mid-August.
They will send the supplies to students in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, who are preparing to go back to school in temporary facilities this month.
Performers include: Better Than Ezra, Aaron Neville, Hunter Hayes, Rebirth Brass Band, Luther Kent, Chris LeBlanc, Herman Jackson Jazz Quartet, Quiana Lynell, David Torkanowsky, Magnolia Sisters, Chris Thomas King, La Leroux, Ruth Marie, MacKenzie Bourg, Sonny Landreth, Dwayne Dopsie and Zachary Richard.
It’s an initiative that hits home for Crystorama’s Vice President of Sales, Ryan Ranzino, who was born and raised in Baton Rouge. The concert was produced for a television broadcast audience and was shown locally on WAFB Channel 9.
The concert was held not just to raise money, but also to recognize the first responders and volunteers who continue to help. Tens of thousands of people need assistance.
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More than 1,200 church volunteers from the Texas region worked in teams dressed in yellow “Mormon Helping Hands” shirts to help fix homes damaged from the flood. Thousands are still living in shelters. Early damage estimates reach $20-billion.
