Friday, February 12, 2010

We Are the World 25 for Haiti

Tonight the remake of the 1985 single will have it's world premiere during the Opening Ceremony of the vancouver Winter Olympics on NBC at 6:30pm.

You'll be able to download it from the official "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" website (WORLD25.org) and iTunes right after.

The country stars taking part are Sugarland, the Zac Brown Band's Zac Brown, and Julianne Hough. Some other stars involved are Miley Cyrus, Jennifer Hudson, Heart, The Jonas Brothers, Gladys Knight, Oscar nominated actor Jeff Bridges, Barbra Streisand, Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Wyclef Jean, actor Vince Vaugh and Carlos Santana.

The money raised will go to the new We Are The World Foundation. This organization was just established by producer Quincy Jones and singer-songwriter Lionel Richie (who produced and co-wrote the original song with Michael Jackson), Wyclef Jeanand director Paul Haggis (among others) to support charities and other relief efforts for Haiti. The We Are The World Foundation will decide which organizations are most in need, and then distribute the money. (which is prolly a really good thing as I seem to recall the first time around, in 1985, when the raised money for famine in Africa that the money was not distributed properly - this is just my recollection so I might be wrong)