Canada, weâre still busy creating the magazine you know and love, to spread positivity and provide some entertainment as a gentle reprieve from all the hard news. Mick sounded like peak-Jagger at age 76 while Keith Richards, 76, and Ronnie Wood, 72, rocked guitars in support. The song, which is a He advised creating a rhythm of the day with both necessary tasks and tasks you do for fun. It taught him that, “We can be united for a cause, and there’s none greater today than COVID-19.” He added that, through the pandemic, he’s learned to appreciate the most important things in life, which for him are, “Friends, family, community and nature.”To top it off, the Atherton family — some of whom perform with Cirque du Soleil — entertained with quarantine acrobatics in their living room.And throughout the show, doctors, nurses, frontline workers, food bank volunteers in communities across Canada and even Canadians who’ve survived COVID-19 discussed their stories of hard work, generosity and survival.One of the most popular parts of the broadcast was the appearance of a number of Canadian centenarians, who offered advice on how to stay the course and get through COVID-19. Countless Canadian musicians harmonized for an emotional version of the classic song.
“So many good things coming out of bad things.”And famed scientist David Suzuki recalled being in Montreal during the Toronto Raptors’ 2019 championship run — noting the odd sight of Montreal sports fans cheering a Toronto team. Photo: Bryan Adams Together.”On Easter Sunday (April 12), legendary Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli visited the empty Duomo di Milano in Milan, Italy and performed five songs at the request of both the city and the church.“I believe in the strength of praying together; I believe in the Christian Easter, a universal symbol of rebirth that everyone — whether they are believers or not — truly needs right now,” the 61-year-old said in Bocelli’s performance included the songs “Amazing Grace,” “Ave Maria,” “Panis Angelicus,” “Sancta Maria” and “Domine Deus” and was live-streamed on YouTube.
He added, “You have made us so proud.”Singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie recited a poem about nature, which included the line, “Take heart and take care of your link with life,” and astronaut Chris Hadfield compared quarantine to the monotony and isolation of being on a spaceship. To cap off the spaceflight analogy, he suggested that the end of COVID-19 will be like returning to Earth, and that “Landing day can be the greatest day of your life as well.”Meanwhile, actor Mike Myers, wearing a Mountie hat, a “Canada” shirt and waving Canadian flag, thanked frontline workers and food banks and added, “I’m wearing a Mountie hat not just because I’m proud of Canada, but because I have a quarantine haircut that looks like it was done with a knife and fork.”Comedian Howie Mandel hid under his bed, joking that he’s playing a game of Hide and Go Seek but that he didn’t tell anyone and no one is coming to find him, while actor Hamza Haq, who stars on the Canadian medical drama Legendary Canadian singer Anne Murray honoured the victims of the Nova Scotia mass shooting while Will Arnett and Amy Poehler, who divorced in 2016 after 13 years of marriage, appeared together in quarantine to send their love to Canada. It’s the mantra that echoed across Canada on Sunday night following a virtual chorus of Canuck singers and musicians performing the classic tune during the The song, written by Bill Withers — who died on March 30 — featured stars like Justin Bieber, Michael Bublé, Bryan Adams, Avril Lavigne, Sarah McLachlan, Geddy Lee, Jann Arden, Buffy Sainte-Marie, the Tenors and a score of other Canadian artists performing via webcam while isolating in their own homes (you can watch it in the video below). As such, the highlights of the concert — an eight-hour show (Two of the most buzzed-about performances from the night came courtesy of The Rolling Stones and Jennifer Lopez.Flanked by candles and string lights outdoors and wearing a black sweatshirt emblazoned with 1969 Richard Bernstein painting of Barbra Streisand that Lopez previously modelled in a 2019 Coach campaign, the 50-year-old channeled Babs with a stirring rendition of her classic The Stones, meanwhile, put every other Zoom meeting you’ve ever had to shame by rocking out to “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” proving why they’ve been arguably the greatest rock and roll band in the world for nearly six decades. We will continue to be here for one another and we will get through this crisis. “And I hope we all emerge better people, a more unified people … and I hope we never take for granted again some of the moments we have for years in this rat race of life.”If digital isolation concerts are the new norm during our locked down existence, then the pandemic-era enjoyed its version of Woodstock with Saturday’s And aside from hope and strength, nostalgia proved the most common thread for the evening, a nod to the fact that, in times of crisis, we often gravitate to those comfort songs that imbue us with a sepia-tinged sense of a simpler time. The president himself “The spirit and courage of the American people is most evident in times of crisis, and during this period of physical separation, we’ve never been closer. Scroll down to see the amazing performances and appearances viewers enjoyed on Sunday: Canadian rocker Sam Roberts kicked off a star-studded Canadian COVID-19 broadcast benefit with a performance of his 2014 single We're All In This Together… The singer lent her powerful vocals to the beloved