“This song is like a prayer,” Keys said, playing the beginning notes of “Underdog” on a purple piano.

She may not have been the host this time, but she’s used to starting a show by now. “This time, we are not going to let that happen.”Īlicia Keys kicked things off with ‘Underdog’ and more piano talking “Day in and day out, the disease got worse because we did nothing,” he said.

At one point, the longtime AIDS advocate compared the current pandemic to what he saw in the ’80s. “Once we get through these tough times, better days lie ahead.” He said he couldn’t play himself because he was “quarantined in the only house I’ve ever been in without a piano.” Instead, he smoothly transitioned the show from performer to performer, jumping in to remind us to donate. “Let me tell you what’s going to keep us together: all the goodness that’s still happening in the world,” John told us early into the special. The full event will stay online through April 1, but our highlights, below, will be here always.Įlton John, as host, quelled our anxieties Lady Gaga, Ellen DeGeneres, Lizzo, Ciara and Russell Wilson, Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone, Ryan Seacrest, and Ken Jeong also popped in with some messages. Performers included Mariah Carey, the Backstreet Boys, Billie Eilish and Finneas, Demi Lovato, Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes, Alicia Keys, Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters, Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, Tim McGraw, Sam Smith, and H.E.R. The commercial-free special encouraged viewers to donate to Feeding America and the First Responders Children’s Foundation as musicians performed and celebrities appeared in between video messages from first responders about the current condition of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. Taking the place of the canceled iHeartRadio Music Awards (and co-sponsored by the network), the hour-long musical event came to you live from many celebrity homes as a tribute to medical workers. The coronavirus TV specials began in full force last night as Elton John hosted the “Living Room Concert for America” on Fox.

Elton John, Mariah Carey, and Camila Cabello during Fox and iHeartMedia’s “Living Room Concert for America.”

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