Remember the “Race In America” benefit concert Jill Scott was promoting while she offered up viable solutions to fix police-student relations? Great news has arrived in the form that you don’t have to be in Los Angeles to witness it.
Both A+E & iHeartRadio, who are sponsoring the “Shining a Light: A Concert for Progress on Race in America” event, are allowing it be shown on the Lifetime and A+E channels from November 21 to December 15, Deadline has learned. That is three days after it is recorded at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Wednesday, November 18th.
The concert (and its ancillary programming) will help raise money for the Fund for Progress on Race in America powered by United Way Worldwide and the idea for the show was sparked by the outrage and tragedy that occurred in cities such as Charleston, Baltimore, Chicago and Ferguson and the Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church shooting in South Carolina. A+E will also compliment the event with an one-hour special, Shining a Light: Conversations on Race in America that will pit artists with everyday citizens for healthy conversation on the topic.
The “Race In America” concert features a diverse mix of superstars ranging from Bruce Springsteen to Ed Sheeran, Eric Church to Jamie Foxx as well as Pharrell Williams, John Legend, Miguel, P!NK, Rhiannon Giddens, Sia, Sting, Tori Kelly, the Zac Brown Band and the lovely Jill Scott.
Tickets for the event are currently available at AXS.com.
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