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{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name        = America: A Tribute to Heroes
| Type        = Live album
| Artist      = Various artists
| Cover       = Various Artists - America A Tribute to Heroes.jpg
| Released    = 2001
| Recorded    = 2001-09-21
| Genre       = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[Pop music|pop]]
| Length      = 91:18
| Label       = [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| Producer    = 
| Reviews     = 
| Last album  = ''[[The Concert for New York City]]'' <br/>(2001)
| This album  = '''America: A Tribute to Heroes''' <br/>(2001)
| Next album  = ''[[United We Stand: What More Can I Give]]'' <br/>(2001)
}}

'''''America: A Tribute to Heroes''''' was a [[benefit concert]] organized by producer [[Joel Gallen]] and actor [[George Clooney]] and broadcast by the four major [[United States]] [[television]] networks in the aftermath of the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] on the [[World Trade Center]] and [[The Pentagon]]. Done in the style of a [[telethon]], it featured a number of national and international entertainers performing to raise money for the victims and their families, particularly but not limited to the [[FDNY|New York City firefighters]] and [[NYPD|New York City police officers]]. It aired September 21, 2001, uninterrupted and commercial-free. It was released on December 4, 2001 on [[compact disc]] and [[DVD]].

On a dark stage illuminated by hundreds of candles, twenty-one artists performed songs of mourning and hope, while various actors and other celebrities delivered short spoken messages. The musical performances took place at three studios in [[Los Angeles]] ([[CBS Television City]]), [[New York]], and [[London]], while the celebrity messages took place at Los Angeles.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} Some of the musicians including [[Neil Young]] and [[Eddie Vedder]] were heard working the phone banks taking pledges. The money raised amounted to over $200 million, and was given to the [[United Way of America|United Way]]'s September 11 Telethon Fund.

In 2004, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine selected this concert, along with the later [[The Concert for New York City]], as one of the 50 moments that changed rock and roll.

The show was also simulcast in Canada; Young and another Canadian singer, [[Celine Dion]], performed.

==Performers==
* [[Bruce Springsteen]]: "[[My City of Ruins]]", a song he had performed at only a few New Jersey shows. Written ''before'' the September 11 attacks, it is actually about [[Asbury Park]]; with a few phrases slightly modified, and introduced as "a prayer for our fallen brothers and sisters."
* [[Stevie Wonder]] with [[Take 6]]: "Love's in Need of Love Today", from his 1976 album ''[[Songs in the Key of Life]]''.
* [[U2]] with [[David A. Stewart|Dave Stewart]], [[Natalie Imbruglia]] and Morleigh Steinberg: "[[Peace on Earth (U2 song)|Peace on Earth]]" (intro)/"[[Walk On (song)|Walk On]]", both from their 2000 album ''[[All That You Can't Leave Behind]]''.
* [[Faith Hill]] with [[gospel music|gospel]] choir: "There Will Come a Day", from her 1999 album ''[[Breathe (Faith Hill album)|Breathe]]''.
* [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]]: "[[I Won't Back Down]]", from Petty's 1989 solo album ''[[Full Moon Fever]]''.
* [[Enrique Iglesias]]: A new single, "[[Hero (Enrique Iglesias song)|Hero]]".
* [[Neil Young]]: [[John Lennon]]'s "[[Imagine (song)|Imagine]]", previously unrecorded by Young. 
* [[Alicia Keys]]: [[Donny Hathaway]]'s "[[Someday We'll All Be Free]]", previously unrecorded by Keys.
*[[Goo Goo Dolls]]' [[Johnny Rzeznik|John Rzeznik]] and [[Limp Bizkit]]'s [[Fred Durst]] and [[Wes Borland]]: [[Pink Floyd]]'s "[[Wish You Were Here (1975 song)|Wish You Were Here]]", previously unrecorded by them.  Some new lyrics were written for the occasion.
* [[Billy Joel]]: "[[New York State of Mind]]", from his 1976 album ''[[Turnstiles]]''.
* [[Dixie Chicks]]: A new song, "I Believe In Love".
* [[Dave Matthews]]: Solo performance of "[[Everyday (Dave Matthews Band song)|Everyday]]", from the [[Dave Matthews Band]] 2001 album ''[[Everyday (Dave Matthews Band album)|Everyday]]''.
* [[Wyclef Jean]]: [[Bob Marley]] and The Wailers' "[[Redemption Song]]", previously unrecorded by Jean.
* [[Mariah Carey]]: "[[Hero (Mariah Carey song)|Hero]]", from her 1993 album ''[[Music Box (album)|Music Box]]''.
* [[Jon Bon Jovi]] and [[Richie Sambora]] of [[Bon Jovi]]: "[[Livin' on a Prayer]]", from their 1986 album ''[[Slippery When Wet]]''. It was performed as an acoustic version, with two guitars, percussion and a violin.
* [[Sheryl Crow]]: A new song, "Safe and Sound".
* [[Sting (musician)|Sting]]: "[[Fragile (song)|Fragile]]", from his 1987 album ''...[[Nothing Like the Sun]]''.
* [[Pearl Jam]]'s [[Eddie Vedder]] and [[Mike McCready]] with [[Neil Young]]: "[[Long Road (song)|Long Road]]", a song originally appearing on Pearl Jam's ''[[Merkin Ball]]'' EP in 1995.
* [[Paul Simon]]: "[[Bridge Over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge Over Troubled Water]]", from the 1970 [[Simon & Garfunkel]] album ''[[Bridge Over Troubled Water]]''.
* [[Celine Dion|Céline Dion]]: "[[God Bless America]]".
* [[Willie Nelson]] accompanied by the entire Los Angeles-based ensemble: "[[America the Beautiful]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/09/22/MN112627.DTL&type=printable|title=Musicians, actors honor heroes, raise money for attack victims|date=September 22, 2001|first=John|last=Carman|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|page=A1}}</ref>

==Speakers==
*[[Tom Hanks]]
*[[George Clooney]]
*[[Will Smith]]
*[[Muhammad Ali]]
*[[Kelsey Grammer]]
*[[Jim Carrey]]
*[[Cameron Diaz]]
*[[Robin Williams]]
*[[Dennis Franz]]
*[[Jimmy Smits]]
*[[Calista Flockhart]]
*[[Amy Brenneman]]
*[[Conan O'Brien]]
*[[Sarah Jessica Parker]]
*[[Tom Cruise]]
*[[Ray Romano]]
*[[Jeff Goldblum]]{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}}
*[[Lucy Liu]]
*[[Sela Ward]]
*[[Jane Kaczmarek]]
*[[Julia Roberts]]
*[[Chris Rock]]
*[[Robert De Niro]]
*[[Clint Eastwood]]

==Broadcasters==
In America, the concert was [[simulcast]] by over 35 network and cable channels, including [[A&E Network|A&E]], [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[Black Entertainment Television|BET]], [[CBS]], [[Country Music Television|CMT]], [[Comedy Central]], [[TruTV|Court TV]], [[Discovery Channel]], [[E!]], [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]], [[ABC Family|Fox Family]], [[Fox Sports Net]], [[FX Networks|FX]], [[Galavisión (USA)|Galavisión]], [[Hallmark Channel]], [[HBO]], [[Lifetime Television|Lifetime]], [[MTV]], [[NBC]], [[Oxygen Network|Oxygen]], [[Ion Television|PAX]], [[PBS]], [[Sci Fi Channel (United States)|Sci-Fi]], [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]], [[Sundance Channel (United States)|Sundance Channel]], [[Telemundo]], [[TLC (TV channel)|TLC]], [[Spike TV|TNN]], [[TNT (TV channel)|TNT]], [[The CW|The WB]], [[Turner South]], [[Univision]], [[UPN]], [[USA Network]], and [[VH1]]. It was also broadcast on over 8,000 radio stations, via [[America Online]] and across the Internet.

Outside of the U.S., the program was distributed to 210 countries and the [[American Forces Network]], which broadcast to American military personnel in 175 countries. It was also simulcast on Canada's two main private networks, [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] and [[Global Television Network|Global]], and cable [[specialty channel]]s [[Star!]] and [[MTV (Canada)|talktv]].  Public network [[CBC Television|CBC]] said it was not their "mandate to run programs produced by the Americans."<ref>{{cite news|first=Bill|last=Brioux|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/TV_Shows/A/America_A_Tribute_To_Heroes/2004/07/22/pf-552971.html|title=Canada joins U.S. in airing telethon for cash|newspaper=[[Toronto Sun]]|date=September 21, 2001}}</ref> (Eight years later on January 22, 2010, CBC was among many Canadian networks showing the American-produced ''[[Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100117/haiti_telethon_100117/20100117?hub=TopStoriesV2|title=Celebrity telethon for Haiti to air Friday on CTV|date=January 19, 2010|work=CTV.ca News}}</ref>) Graphics throughout the show allowed Canadian viewers to contribute donations along with their American counterparts.

==See also==
*''[[The Concert for New York City]]''
*''[[United We Stand: What More Can I Give]]''
*''[[Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}<!--added above External links/Sources by script-assisted edit-->

==External links==
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0296503/ Internet Movie Database entry]
* [http://www.thrasherswheat.org/jammin/lennon.htm Jammin' with Neil] How and why Neil Young chose ''Imagine''


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