{"id":805827,"date":"2020-03-30T01:56:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T07:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=974968"},"modified":"2020-03-30T01:56:14","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T07:56:14","slug":"watch-dave-grohl-billie-eilish-perform-on-elton-johns-coronavirus-relief-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/watch-dave-grohl-billie-eilish-perform-on-elton-johns-coronavirus-relief-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Dave Grohl, Billie Eilish Perform on Elton John\u2019s Coronavirus Relief Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-30-at-8.53.10-AM.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/elton-john\/\" id=\"auto-tag_elton-john\" data-tag=\"elton-john\">Elton John<\/a> hosted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/elton-john-coronavirus-relief-concert-billie-eilish-mariah-carey-iheart-973070\/\">\u201cliving room concert\u201d<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/coronavirus\/\" id=\"auto-tag_coronavirus\" data-tag=\"coronavirus\">coronavirus<\/a> relief on Sunday and tapped everyone from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/dave-grohl\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dave-grohl\" data-tag=\"dave-grohl\">Dave Grohl<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/billie-eilish\/\" id=\"auto-tag_billie-eilish\" data-tag=\"billie-eilish\">Billie Eilish<\/a> to Green Day\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/billie-joe-armstrong\/\" id=\"auto-tag_billie-joe-armstrong\" data-tag=\"billie-joe-armstrong\">Billie Joe Armstrong<\/a> to Mariah Carey to perform as part of the virtual concert.<\/p>\n<p>Grohl performed an acoustic rendition of \u201cMy Hero,\u201d dedicating his performance to \u201call the people out there on the frontlines that are doing their best to get us through all of this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/unKOqldioAs?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Armstrong played an emotional rendition of Green Day\u2019s \u201cBoulevard of Broken Dreams.\u201d \u201cI hope everybody\u2019s happy and healthy,\u201d the singer said. \u201cI just wanted to say it\u2019s an honor to be playing for everybody right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ms1k4l1hBj4?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Eilish and her brother Finneas offered an acoustic rendition of \u201cBad Guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BIhBTq-Ago4?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Backstreet Boys played \u201cI Want It That Way,\u201d Sam Smith took on \u201cHow Do You Sleep\u201d and Alicia Keys performed \u201cUnderdog.\u201d Carey performed \u201cAlways Be My Baby\u201d from her home studio with the help of virtual backup singers.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WNKeP8BNwgo?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>H.E.R. shared a new, previously unreleased track \u201cKeep Holding On.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\">\n<h3> Popular on Rolling Stone <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a94BxyL2pXE?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>John closed out the evening of music with his own performance of \u201cDon\u2019t Let the Sun Go Down on Me.\u201d As the credits rolled he told fans, \u201cWhen this is all over and done with, I\u2019ll be out there playing for you again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The special encouraged viewers to support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.feedingamerica.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Feeding America<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=http-3A__www.1stRCF.org&amp;d=DwQGaQ&amp;c=uw6TLu4hwhHdiGJOgwcWD4AjKQx6zvFcGEsbfiY9-EI&amp;r=iUcxzC_xh5n4Nyb2nKT0G9MkQe5E9_fpC95sMhyLxrY&amp;m=VaC2lmjs7b6nZLmzyGwuz3lBFGxcFiRmepkeZs4Dol0&amp;s=p67gOfCFrENa6RXTIsiBnb7Ni8Fxh7A7aYZHvSpbabs&amp;e=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">First Responders Children\u2019s Foundation,<\/a> and paid tribute to the health professionals, first responders and local heroes battling the coronavirus outbreak. Demi Lovato, Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, and Tim McGraw also performed during the hour-long special.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/dave-grohl-billie-eilish-elton-john-coronavirus-relief-concert-974968\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elton John hosted a \u201cliving room concert\u201d for coronavirus relief on Sunday and tapped everyone from Dave Grohl to Billie Eilish to Green Day\u2019s Billie Joe Armstrong to Mariah Carey to perform as part of the virtual concert. Grohl performed an acoustic rendition of \u201cMy Hero,\u201d dedicating his performance to \u201call the people out there [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-805827","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-18 23:46:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}