Josh Groban, John Mellencamp, Tracy Morgan and the ever-current Jon Stewart will stand up at this year’s Stand Up for Heroes fundraiser.
The fundraiser, which rewards wounded veterans and their families, will also aspect comedians and musicians together with Jimmy Carr, Ronny Chieng, Shane Gillis, The War and Treaty and Rita Wilson. Stewart has been a continuous presence at the yearly function.
This year’s celebration will take position Nov. 6 at David Geffen Corridor at the Lincoln Heart for the Carrying out Arts in New York City. Given that its inception, Stand Up for Heroes has lifted $70 million to aid all veterans and armed service people.
Stand Up for Heroes was to start with held in 2007 and is generated by the New York Comedy Competition and the Bob Woodruff Basis. Woodruff was approximately killed through a 2006 attack in Iraq while embedded with U.S. troops for ABC News.
“Stand Up for Heroes will glow a light on the amazing service and sacrifice of our veterans, company associates, and their families, and elevate important money to aid the adult men and girls who have had our back and who now will need us to have theirs,” Woodruff reported in a statement.
Tickets for Stand Up for Heroes go on sale Wednesday via bobwoodrufffoundation.org and the Lincoln Middle box office.
