Musical Guests and Presenters
- Matt Lauer intro
- Harry Connick Jr (piano) and Wynton Marsalis (trumpet) with Victor Goines (clarinet), Lucien Barbarin (trombone) and Charles Neville (sax) - performing "Bourbon Street Parade"
- Hilary Swank - presenter
- A piece on what the hurricane did to New Orleans
- Tim McGraw - talks with Matt Lauer - performing "More Power to Ya"
- Richard Gere - presenter
- Tim McGraw - performing "Something Like That"
- Guitar auction starts
- Eriq La Salle and Lindsay Lohan - presenters
- A piece, narrated by Faith Hill
- Faith Hill - performing "There Will Come a Time"
- Glenn Close and John Goodman - presenters
- Aaron Neville - performing "Louisiana 1927"
- New York Governor George Pataki, gave a check for $2.5 million to the Red Cross represented by Bonnie McElveen-Hunter
- A piece by MSNBC's Joe Scarborough
- Harry Connick Jr talking with Matt Lauer
- A piece narrated by Harry Connick Jr
- Harry Connick Jr (piano, voice) with Wynton Marsalis (trumpet) - performing "Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans"
- Mike Myers and Kanye West - presenters
- Chris Tucker - presenter
- Aaron Neville - performing "Amazing Grace"
- Marcia Gay Harden - presenter
- Richard Fairbank, CEO of Capital One, sponsor of the concert, speaking.
- A piece narrated by Jimmy Smits
- Claire Danes - presenter
- A piece by Brian Williams
- Faith Hill - performing "Precious Lord, Take My Hand"
- Leonardo DiCaprio - presenter
- Matt Lauer comes on to encourage viewers to contribute
- Concert's finishing number led by Harry Connick Jr, where close to everyone performed "When the Saints Go Marching In"
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