By Anna Chan, TODAY
Updated at 11:18 p.m. ET: On Wednesday night, rock legends ranging from Roger Waters (formerly of Pink Floyd) to The Rolling Stones to Paul McCartney to Eddie Vedder and many more were joining together to put on a massive concert to raise money for the victims of Superstorm Sandy.
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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band kicked off the concert with "Land of Hope and Dreams," and followed it up with "Wrecking Ball."?
"Tonight, this is a prayer for all of our struggling brothers and sisters," Springsteen said. After performing a third song, the rocker brought out Jon Bon Jovi, and the pair sang "Born to Run" together.
"I can't believe that Bruce Springsteen is my opening act," Billy Crystal joked after the set. "You can feel the electricity in the building, which means Long Island Power isn't involved." He also reminded viewers about the devastation the storm left behind. "More than 100 people died ... entire neighborhoods wiped out. ... Tonight with your help, we are going to emerge stronger than before."
Pink Floyd's Roger Waters, who recently toured with his show "Roger Waters The Wall Live," performed "In the Flesh" and "Another Brick in the Wall" from the band's classic album. He then launched into "Money" and "Us and Them" from "Dark Side of the Moon."?
Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder then joined the group for "Comfortably Numb," taking turns on the lyrics with Waters.?
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Roger Waters performed songs from "The Wall" and "Dark Side of the Moon."
Adam Sandler then took the stage with Paul Shaffer on piano for a little fun, with the comedian changing the lyrics to "Hallelujah." "Hallelujah, Sandy screw ya! We'll get through you, 'cause we're New Yorkers!"?the duo sang.
During the show, celebrities -- including Susan Sarandon and Ben Stiller?-- manned the phone banks to handle call-in donations benefiting the Robin Hood Relief Fund. There were so many stars there to help, "You can't swing a dead cat without hitting a celebrity," Brian Williams joked during the concert.
"Twilight" star Kristen Stewart also made an appearance to urge viewers to donate. She reminded the audience of the massive amount of damage that the storm left behind. "Now is your chance to be Jersey Strong with us," she said before introducing Bon Jovi's performance.?The Jersey native kicked off his set with "It's My Life."?
"When this storm hit, we all knew that the healing process would be beginning, but that it was going to take a long time," the rocker said. "(The performers) knew the people we were doing it for wouldn't be able to hear us, to see us. ... This recovery is not going to be quick. ... But we are strong. We are New York. We are New Jersey."
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Jon Bon Jovi performed "Livin' on a Prayer" and other hits during his set.
Eric Clapton also delivered an energetic set of his own that included "Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out" and "Crossroad Blues."
He was followed by The Rolling Stones, who were introduced by Jimmy Fallon. Frontman Mick Jagger encouraged the crowd to dance and cheer as the band launched into "You Got Me Rocking" as the singer showed off his own slinky moves.
"This has got to be the largest collection of old English musicians ever assembled in Madison Square Garden," Jagger later joked of the night's lineup.
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Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones perform.
Comedian Stephen Colbert also added to the humor. He said that when Sir Paul McCartney asked him for advice on being cool, he told the musician to lose the hair cut and the accent. Colbert then pointed out that helping is also cool. So cool, in fact, that it's like "doing a line of uncut goodwill" and that donating "is the new skinny jeans."
New Yorker Alicia Keys later delivered an emotion-packed performance, first with new tune "Brand New Me" then "No one." After the two-song set, she said, "My city, New York City, is the most resilient city."
After the slower set, The Who kicked things back into high gear with an energetic performance of "Who Are You?" during which singer Roger Daltrey seemingly dropped an F-bomb. While performing "Bell Boy," the band showed video of drummer Keith Moon, who died in 1978. Images and videos switched to those of the storm's destruction during "See Me, Feel Me." They ended their long set with "Tea and Theater" and a loud expletive for beer instead.?
Like Colbert earlier, comedian Chris Rock used his humor to urge viewers to donate what they could. "We have raised so much money tonight, the shift's over! We fixed everything! Jersey's fixed, Staten Island, it's all like Beverly Hills right now!" he joked. "Now please go online and donate! One hundred percent of the money raised tonight will go to me! No, to the Robin Hood Relief Fund." He then introduced the "always humble" Kanye West, who performed "Mercy" and "Jesus Walks."
The show, which started at 7:30 p.m. ET at New York's?Madison Square Garden, was being broadcast live on numerous networks and streamed live online.
Producer John Sykes said prior to the concert that the show had already raised $32 million from ticket sales and sponsorships.
To make a donation, call 1-855-465-4357, or donate online at 121212concert.org.?
Check back with NBCNews.com for continuing updates. Reuters contributed to this report.
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