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March 3, 2025 13 mins

The 9th Annual Love Rocks NYC Benefit Concert for God’s Love We Deliver Live at the Beacon Theatre on Thursday March 6, 2025.

Fans in NYC and elsewhere can experience this memorable night of music by signing up at events/loverocksnycto access a livestream link to the concert via  veeps.com.  

Veeps all accesssubscribers can tune in for free or fans can purchase an individual show ticket for $24.99 which will help support the organization in cooking and home-delivering nutritious, medically tailored meals for New Yorkers affected by severe and chronic illness. 

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Today's daily Highlight from Elvis Duran in the Morning Show,
Go Elvis Duran and the Morning Show.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Was it? What?

Speaker 1 (00:09):
Two months ago we all went to God's Love We
Deliver the kitchens in the village and we all packed
dinners for the citizens of New York City.

Speaker 3 (00:19):
That was a lot of fun. That was so cool.
Can we do that again at some point?

Speaker 2 (00:22):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (00:23):
Okay, good?

Speaker 3 (00:24):
Any reason to wear a hairnet?

Speaker 1 (00:25):
You know, I'm well anyway, God's Love We Delivers. They've
been God's Love We Deliver has been delivering food to
people who need it here in New York City for many,
many years. But it takes a lot of money. It
takes a lot of people to run that huge organization.
So it's now time for the ninth annual Love Rocks
Benefit concert for God's Love We Deliver. It's happening at

(00:47):
the Beacon Thursday, and we're about to give you the
huge lineup. But we welcome executive producers Greg will Williamson
and Nicole Rector. Thank you guys for being here today,
Welcome to the show, good morning, and thanks for having.

Speaker 2 (01:00):
Having us you guys, it is an honor to be
with us.

Speaker 3 (01:04):
I agree for real, I tell us.

Speaker 4 (01:07):
Everybody loves her show across America, so we're so happy
to be with you.

Speaker 1 (01:11):
Well, listen, we're honored to have you here because we
have a very very huge spot in our in our hearts.
For God's love, we deliver what an incredible organization. But
this concert is amazing, ninth annual concert. But the star
power you have, guys, is pretty huge. You want to
talk about it. Sure, it's kind of an embarrassment of riches.

(01:33):
We always wanted to go big with this thing. And uh,
this year, we have Alicia Keys, we have Share I mean,
stop there, we're gonna leave now, you know.

Speaker 4 (01:47):
We have Trey Anastasio from Fish, we have Beck, we
have Dave Stewart from the Eurythmics. We have this up
and coming rising star Grace Bowers. We have Kingfish, we have.

Speaker 3 (01:59):
The black Pool, Michael McDonald.

Speaker 4 (02:02):
Michael McDonald of course, yeah, can you do a great
Michael McDonald not really good. Peter Frampton who just got
inducted into the Rock Hall a little late, but he
was in. And yeah, I mean there's just and Mavis Staples,
who is kind of like the MVP of Love Rocks.
She's done it five times and she's royalty to us

(02:24):
and so many others. So the list goes on and on.
It's an extraordinary lineup, as I told you before. It's
backed by a twenty piece house band led by Will Lee,
all the best players in the world. It is a
musical feast, all for this extraordinary cause that, over the
last nine years has helped to feed five million New
Yorkers who are too sick to cook a shop for themselves.

Speaker 3 (02:47):
It's incredible.

Speaker 1 (02:48):
And to put a show like this together, it takes
a lot of moving parts. And Nicole and Gregor. Of course,
John Varvados is another producer. YEA, not a bad I'm sorry,
did I just drop a name?

Speaker 3 (03:01):
Yes here, it's a good name.

Speaker 4 (03:03):
I'm wearing my Varvados right now, of course you are.

Speaker 3 (03:06):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (03:07):
And you know what happened was is I had so
much Varvedos clothes in my closet before we started the show,
and I needed to find a way to get a discount.

Speaker 3 (03:18):
So did work. It did work.

Speaker 4 (03:21):
And John is also an amazing partner and an unbelievable guy.
And he's you know, between him, Nicole and me, one
of us is always doing something. Nicole is all about
the logistics I'm working on the.

Speaker 3 (03:34):
Talent with John all year long.

Speaker 4 (03:37):
And the fundraising starts literally the day after the concert.

Speaker 3 (03:41):
Wow.

Speaker 1 (03:42):
Yeah, well let's talk about that with Alisia keys Back
and share and I mean this huge, huge lineup at
the Beacon this Thursday night.

Speaker 3 (03:51):
There is now.

Speaker 1 (03:52):
Another way for you to watch and participate. You can
watch it on your phone, you can watch it at home.

Speaker 2 (03:58):
We want to live stream the show.

Speaker 1 (04:00):
Yes, this this is the first time you've live streamed
the show? Is this the first year?

Speaker 2 (04:03):
Actually we started it during COVID because if you remember,
we were the last show before the world closed down
and we had to go to no audience us.

Speaker 4 (04:12):
And the Almond Brothers or the reincarnation of the Almond Brothers.

Speaker 2 (04:16):
So we've been streaming it ever since. And it's great
because the clients of God's Love We Deliver can also
watch the show.

Speaker 1 (04:23):
This is a great idea. Now, so how much how
much does it cost to stream.

Speaker 3 (04:27):
The show twenty for nine? Oh that's excellent.

Speaker 4 (04:32):
Yeah, and you're going you're gonna get your money's worth.
I mean that is for sure.

Speaker 2 (04:36):
Absolutely, it helps to fund two meals and you can
buy it on veeps dot com.

Speaker 3 (04:43):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (04:43):
Oh, that's v e e p s veeps dot com. Yes,
we've always be sorry too many. You did it right,
v e P sveps dot com. Okay, go ahead, I
didn't mean I just wanted to say that we always
wanted to keep this show intimate and at the Beacon Theater,
which we feel is one of the greatest venues of
all time. But this is an opportunity for those who

(05:05):
can't get into the show to see this extravaganza.

Speaker 3 (05:09):
It's true.

Speaker 1 (05:10):
And the Beacon, you know, our friend Darren Feffer is
going to be on the tech end producing this with
GPS and he used to work with the Garden and
they run the Beacon right absolutely.

Speaker 3 (05:19):
And we loved Daron. We love DPS. I love Darren.

Speaker 1 (05:23):
He's been a friend of ours since he was an
intern when he was a kid here at Z one
hundred defect a little shut. He is gonna so hate
that we told you that this is.

Speaker 3 (05:38):
So good, Darren. We are going to.

Speaker 1 (05:40):
Get you later.

Speaker 3 (05:43):
Play for us.

Speaker 1 (05:44):
The Beacon, I mean it is like it's the classic
theater that it's it's so New York and it is
haunted as hell. You guys know, the be The Beacon
is haunted right, I mean, have you experienced anything then?
I mean Cherry's ghost is walking around so littl.

Speaker 4 (05:58):
Murray's and Bill Murray is at the show every single year.
We never know if he's coming, and the music starts
and we see his head come out from behind the curtain.

Speaker 3 (06:07):
So that's so cool.

Speaker 1 (06:09):
Yeah, you do have a lot of other people on
stage other than these performers, Like, who else is stopping
buy for the show?

Speaker 4 (06:14):
Well, we got Susie Astman from Curb Your Enthusiasm, we
got Amy Schumer, we got Tracy Morgan, we got Alex Edelman.
And there'll be some surprise people showing up as well.

Speaker 3 (06:26):
There always is, so it's.

Speaker 4 (06:30):
You know, listen, the whole thing was we wanted this
to do so much good for God's Love to raise money,
but we didn't really want it to feel like a
benefit concert. We wanted it to feel like a rock
and roll concert, which is what it is, with the
right amount of messaging throughout so everybody knows what they're
there for.

Speaker 1 (06:47):
You know, another thing about God's Love we deliver here
in New York City. It's such a god It's an
institution here in New York City. No matter what city
you're living in right now, there is an organization like
God's Love that's making sure people there get food, people
that need that food that can't get out and get
it for themselves or whatever. If not here in New York,

(07:08):
wherever you live, you can stream the show, but find
out what organization is in your town, in the community
and help them, just like we're helping God We Deliver
here in New York City. Your town has one, I
guarant d amntee you so find them.

Speaker 2 (07:22):
But if you want to be a part of the stream,
we are raising money for God's Loves sister organization in
Los Angeles called Project Angel Food to help with the
devastating wildfires.

Speaker 3 (07:35):
Oh wow, really Okay, the.

Speaker 2 (07:37):
Money raised during the stream I will be going to
Los Angeles, so you.

Speaker 3 (07:41):
Get to charities. That's true.

Speaker 4 (07:43):
And I should also add Elvis that we're releasing a
few more tickets today as well. So there's the stream,
some tickets released night of show. We're helping Project Angel Food,
and the entire concert will be helping God's Love We Deliver,
which by the way, has been helping New Yorker since
nineteen eighty five.

Speaker 1 (08:00):
Right, it's an excellent organization. Yeah, God, Do you want
to say something.

Speaker 3 (08:02):
Yeah, So for people who might need help from God's Love,
we deliver. How do they get access to this or
sign up? I guess how do they? They fight?

Speaker 2 (08:10):
You?

Speaker 4 (08:10):
They call the organization and there's always somebody there to
talk to them. It's actually a nutritionist, because God's Love
is not really a hunger organization. It's a nutrition organization.
They're feeding people who are too sick to cooker shop
for themselves, so they'll do an intake and they'll get
you on their meal program very quickly. And because it's
such a New York centric thing that's been going on

(08:32):
for so long, people hear about it word of mouth,
and people just call and they take you in and
all meals are free of charge. And they know that
if you're sick, it also affects your family, so they
feed the children and senior caregivers as well if they're clients.

Speaker 1 (08:47):
That's realzy.

Speaker 3 (08:48):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (08:48):
So the day we were loading up all those beautiful
meals in those boxes to send out, it's nice to
know where they're going, who's getting them, and.

Speaker 4 (08:56):
Then you know what you're thinking about giving them money
to You actually see where your dollars are going Yeah.

Speaker 3 (09:02):
I love that.

Speaker 1 (09:03):
And you know, God's Love We Deliver. I believe it
started during the age pandemic rightt in in the mid eighties.
But now they they are serving meals to everyone you
need to know for.

Speaker 2 (09:16):
Two hundred diagnosis. They cook for two hundred different.

Speaker 4 (09:20):
Life altering illnesses.

Speaker 3 (09:22):
Wow. So we want you to help out.

Speaker 1 (09:25):
We want you to watch this concert, the ninth Annual
Love Rocks New York City Benefit Concert for God's Love
We Deliver.

Speaker 3 (09:31):
It's at the.

Speaker 1 (09:31):
Beacon, but you can be at the Beacon wherever you
are on this planet of ours. If you go to
veeps dot com that's v E E p s dot
com and it's this is a long show. I mean
it's it's going to feel like it's going to go fast,
but it's it's almost four hours worth of worth of music, right,
pretty damn good. Twenty four to ninety nine a four
hours worth of music.

Speaker 4 (09:51):
That'shue it Absolutely, it's amazing. It's incredible.

Speaker 3 (09:54):
Yeah, and like nicoletter to.

Speaker 2 (09:56):
Be their lives. So we've released a couple of great
seats to that. So go grab your tickets.

Speaker 3 (10:02):
Well, how do you get those tickets?

Speaker 4 (10:03):
You go to Ticketmaster. Okay, yeah, all right, yeah wow.
And you know, I just want to show up for Share.
I just want to see Share. You know, we all do.

Speaker 1 (10:13):
I know she was at our jingle Ball concert last
year at the Garden and I fell to my knees
in front of her and she looked.

Speaker 3 (10:21):
She looked down and said, oh, there's Elvis. He's always
on his knees when I'm around, you know, Elvis.

Speaker 4 (10:27):
We've had so many incredible artists do this show over
the last nine years.

Speaker 3 (10:31):
But here are your favorites.

Speaker 4 (10:33):
Keith Richards, Dave Matthews, Dave Grohl, Sheryl Crow, Robert Plant,
you know, John bon Jovi. I mean, the list goes
on and on. But the thing with Share, she just
feels like this cultural icon that's kind of separate and apart,
you know, right. And I'm also like blown away that

(10:53):
we have Alicia Keys coming because what could be more
in New York and she's a global superstar.

Speaker 1 (10:59):
Everyone's going to when she starts singing the New York
song Forget I'm.

Speaker 3 (11:03):
Not a dry eye and the damn dreaming for this moment.

Speaker 2 (11:06):
So I can't believe this is going to become a reality.

Speaker 1 (11:09):
Do you guys know what songs.

Speaker 4 (11:10):
They're playing like a Share going to do the Christmas songs.

Speaker 3 (11:14):
Sorry, I do know what song she's doing.

Speaker 4 (11:16):
She's not doing that one.

Speaker 2 (11:18):
You know what.

Speaker 3 (11:18):
I think that sucks. I understand.

Speaker 1 (11:21):
I'll play You know I played this song in August.

Speaker 3 (11:25):
I promise you'll be happy.

Speaker 1 (11:28):
Seriously, we were playing the Shares Christmas song on August fourth.

Speaker 3 (11:32):
Why I knew it.

Speaker 2 (11:35):
I knew.

Speaker 3 (11:37):
I'm gonna play it right now.

Speaker 1 (11:38):
I'm gonna play the song you won't hear at the concert.

Speaker 3 (11:43):
Is there anything else you want to add to this one?

Speaker 2 (11:45):
Say?

Speaker 4 (11:45):
There's a couple more artists that are so extraordinary. Kate Hudson,
the actor. She she is unbelievable. We saw her the
other night. In another event, we do Jesse Mallin, who's
a New Yorker and had a big injury and is
revered by so many songwriters, is coming out to perform. Kingfish,
this incredible blues musician who was just featured on sixty Minutes.

(12:09):
So there's so many great artists, ones you know, ones
you may not know. We also have to thank Bloomberg
Philanthropies and all the sponsors for making this happen. It
doesn't happen without the sponsors our board. Tom Pullman, by
the way, is on our board. Oh no, okay, sorry,

(12:31):
he's so funny.

Speaker 3 (12:32):
Greg. If you hear that booming noise, that's Greg beating
the desk and he is so mad.

Speaker 4 (12:38):
It's just My point is, guys, it takes a village
and it's a big collective we and this is huge
for New York and we're so happy to be able
to amplify it on your show.

Speaker 3 (12:49):
I love it.

Speaker 1 (12:49):
Okay, So again, if the ninth annual ninth Aniel the
biggest one ever Love Rocks NYC benefit concert for God's Love,
we deliver. Let's let's raise a lot of money for them.

Speaker 3 (12:59):
Amen.

Speaker 1 (13:00):
It's at the world famous, very haunted Beacon Theater Thursday night.
You can watch wherever you are for just twenty four
ninety nine, which is the it's gonna pay for two meals.
I mean, this is not just money they put in
the pocket. This is going right into the stomachs of
people who need this nutrition. Again, it's veeps dot com,
v E e p S dot com. We're gonna put

(13:21):
this up on our socials as well. So if you
if you're driving you can't write anything down, just go
to Elvistree Morning Show on Insta Instagram and we will
have all that information for you. Nicole and Greg, thank
you so much for.

Speaker 3 (13:34):
Keman you today.

Speaker 2 (13:35):
Thanks for having us a.

Speaker 1 (13:36):
Little twenty percent off at John Bravados wouldn't be that bad.
And I can't wait to see Share Thursday night. Speaking
of Share, I'm telling you it's her Christmas song. If
I the only fruitcake in the world that plays this,
thank you guys for coming in, than we'll see it
Thursday night.

Speaker 3 (13:55):
It's gonna be a great night.
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