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Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music is a 2001 television program tribute to John Lennon aired on both TNT and The WB.
Originally planned to celebrate Lennon's accomplishments, the concert took place on October 2, 2001, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, shortly after the September 11 attacks and exactly one week before the 61st anniversary of Lennon's birth. It was dedicated to "New York City and its people" and presented as a fundraiser for the Robin Hood Foundation. [1]
The concert was named for Lennon's Beatles song, "Come Together".
Well-known people performed John Lennon songs and spoke about him, including his widow Yoko Ono, his son Sean Lennon, Yolanda Adams, Marc Anthony, Dave Stewart, Beck, Edie Falco, Nelly Furtado, James Gandolfini, Dustin Hoffman, Cyndi Lauper, Shelby Lynne, Dave Matthews, Moby, Shaggy, Alanis Morissette, Natalie Merchant, Craig David, Billy Preston, Lou Reed, Stone Temple Pilots, Robert Schwartzman and Rufus Wainwright. The program also features interview and performance clips of Lennon.
The program was hosted by Kevin Spacey, who also performed one of Lennon's songs, "Mind Games".
All songs were written and composed by Lennon, except where noted
This article summarizes the events in October 2001 that were related to the September 11 attacks. All times, except where otherwise noted, are in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), or UTC−04:00.
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