Background
The concert was broadcast on BBC One and BBC HD on 19 November 2009, the day before the Children in Need 2009, official appeal telethon. Short films of projects being funded by the charity were shown at various points throughout the show, often featuring one of the celebrities meeting a child or group of children. The event was hosted by BBC Radio 1 presenters Chris Moyles and Fearne Cotton along with Sir Terry Wogan, who had been involved with ''Children in Need'' since 1980. The acts performing on the night included Barlow's band Take That, Muse (band), Muse, Mika (singer), Mika, and Girls Aloud member Cheryl Cole. The house band was led by Mike Stevens (saxophonist), Mike Stevens and Steve Sidwell (musician), Steve Sidwell, however Paul McCartney brought his own band to the concert. Tickets for the concert were sold from £50.Performances
* Take That – "Greatest Day (Take That song), Greatest Day", * Robbie Williams – "Bodies (Robbie Williams song), Bodies" and "You Know Me (Robbie Williams song), You Know Me" * Muse (band), Muse – "United States of Eurasia" * Leona Lewis – "Happy (Leona Lewis song), Happy" and "Run (Snow Patrol song)#:Leona Lewis version, Run" * Paolo Nutini – "Pencil Full of Lead" * Katherine Jenkins – "Speak Softly Love (Love Theme from The Godfather), Parla Più Piano" (The Godfather theme) (with Julian Lloyd Webber on cello) * Cheryl Cole – "Fight for This Love" * Mika (singer), Mika – "Rain (Mika song), Rain" * Annie Lennox – "Why (Annie Lennox song), Why" * Shirley Bassey – "The Performance, This Time" (with Gary Barlow on piano) and "Diamonds Are Forever (soundtrack), Diamonds Are Forever" (with Dizzee Rascal) * Snow Patrol – "Chasing Cars" and "Set the Fire to the Third Bar" (with Cheryl Cole) * Dizzee Rascal and Shingai Shoniwa – "Dirtee Cash" * Lily Allen – "The Fear (Lily Allen song), The Fear" and "Who'd Have Known"/"Shine (Take That song), Shine" (with Take That) * Take That – "Rule the World (Take That single), Rule the World" * Paul McCartney – "Back in the USSR", "Get Back" and "Hey Jude" (with Take That and others)See also
*Children in Need 2009References
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