The music world’s top stars are signing on for Friday’s Hope For Haiti Now telethon.

Hope for Haiti,a two-hour, commercial free global benefit telecast set for this Friday is to feature performances by Wyclef Jean, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira, and Sting in New York City; Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews, John Legend, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift and a group performance by Keith Urban, Kid Rock, and Sheryl Crow in Los Angeles; and Coldplay, and a group performance by Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z, and Rihanna in London.

Leading up to the event, CTV, CBC and Global will air a one-hour, commercial free special called Canada for Haiti. It airs Friday at 7 p.m. ET, and will be hosted by Ben Mulroney, Cheryl Hickey, and George Stroumboulopoulos. Details on performances and appearances have not as yet been announced as organisers are scrambling to find availabilities, figure out the logistics of who’s where and what availabilities there are for broadcast feeds.

Proceeds from the telethon will be donated to Oxfam America, the Red Cross, UNICEF, Jean’s Yele Haiti foundation and Partners in Health, the largest non-governmental medical organization in Haiti.

All musical performances will be available through Apple’s iTunes Store beginning Saturday, January 23, with all proceeds benefiting Haiti relief funds managed by ‘Hope for Haiti Now’ charities.

In addition to musical performances, Wyclef Jean in New York City, George Clooney in Los Angeles, and CNN’s Anderson Cooper reporting from Haiti, ‘Hope for Haiti Now’ will feature more than one hundred of the biggest names in film, television, and music supporting the cause with testimonials and by answering phones during the telethon.

The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund and United Nations World Food Programme have joined the list of relief organizations that will benefit from ‘Hope for Haiti Now,’ which also includes Oxfam America, Partners in Health, the Red Cross, UNICEF, and Yele Haiti Foundation. Proceeds from ‘Hope for Haiti Now’ will be split evenly among each organization’s individual funds for Haiti earthquake relief.

The two-hour telethon will air on CTV, MuchMusic, MTV, CBC and Global in Canada.

The event will be live streamed online across sites including YouTube, Hulu, MySpace, Fancast, AOL, MSN.com, Yahoo, Bing.com, BET.com, CNN.com, MTV.com,VH1.com, and Rhapsody and on mobile via Alltel, AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and FloTV. ‘Hope for Haiti Now’ will also air internationally on BET International, CNN International, National Geographic, and MTV Networks International. ‘Hope for Haiti Now’ will be the first U.S.-based telethon airing on MTV in China. Facebook and Twitter have signed on as official social media partners to help drive donations and tune-in to the telethon.

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