Springsteen & Bon Jovi ‘Jersey 4 Jersey’ Show

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Roy Orbison won’t be singing for the lonely on the radio tonight. It’ll be Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, and a star-studded cast of their New Jersey friends, hoping to make you feel a little less alone while you’re livin’ on a prayer in quarantine. We’re talking, of course, about the “Jersey 4 Jersey” benefit show, the can’t-miss event for parents all across the East Coast, taking place Wednesday night at 7 p.m. ET. The remote concert will raise money for the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund, which helps the response to the coronavirus pandemic in the state, which accounts for over 10 percent of all confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S. Along with Springsteen (joined, of course, by wife Patti Scialfa) and Bon Jovi, the show will feature performances by Charlie Puth, SZA, Tony Bennett, and Halsey, while Danny DeVito, Chris Rock, Jon Stewart, Whoopi Goldberg, Kelly Ripa, Chelsea Handler, and Saquon Barkley will also drop in. The biggest draw, though, will be the first reunion of Fountains of Wayne in seven years to memorialize the band’s songwriter Adam Schlesinger, who died of COVID-19 earlier this month. Sharon Van Etten will take Schlesinger’s place on the bass. “Adam would have been proud that Fountains were helping to raise money for fellow New Jerseyans,” singer Chris Collingwood said in a statement.