Rapper Kanye West accepts the award for Best Group onstage during the 2012 BET Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on July 1, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images For BET)

As citizens along the East Coast try to recover from the destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy, several artists are jumping in to give a helping hand.

Kanye West, Alicia Keys, Bon Jovi, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel, Eddie Vedder and more will be performing to raise money for the relief of the Hurricane Sandy victims.

The benefit concert, “12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief,” with proceeds going to the Robin Hood Relief Fund, will take place tonight in Madison Square Garden at 7:30 pm.

The concert will be streamed live for those people who cannot attend.

For more information check out the 12-12-12 concert website.

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