Farhan-Ehsaan-Loy, NYC's all-girl tribute act, Lez Zeppelin, and LA-based M.A.S.S. Ensemble will perform at a charity concert. WHAT's ON tells you why you should be there

LA-based multi-disciplinary act M.A.S.S. Ensemble will bring together visual and sonic art forms, including sculpture, music, architecture and dance

The Jethro Tull group and Anoushka Shankar were in Kolkata with Network 18's event wing, E18 when Mumbai was struck by terror. The Mumbai leg of the 4-city India tour of the much-acclaimed British rock group and the sitar virtuoso was obviously cancelled, but the two artists were brave enough to go on with the rest of it as planned. "That's when the seed of the idea was born," says National Head of Entertainment and Events at E18, Rohinton Poonawala, and the online grievance initiative, Billionhands.com was formed by Web18 to help out various citizen-related causes. Jethro Tull also donated money to the charity before taking off to the UK. In early December, activist Teesta Setalvad of Citizens for Justice and Peace brought E18's attention to theu00a0 fact that sprung from media coverage in the aftermath of the attacks. "Thirty-odd victims would still be alive if only there were a dedicated ambulance plotted at CST terminus," explains Poonawala. It's rare to hear of victims dying due to loss of blood from non-vital organs like the limbs, but that's exactly what happened because those attacked were being taken to the hospital on haath-gaadis, he adds.u00a0

First choice was Azad Maidan: E18 decided to join hands with Citizens for Justice and Peace and plan a concert to help raise money; donations rooted through Billionhands, would now directly be rooted to Cjponline.org. "We sent out feelers to Indian and international artists around the world. We got an immediate response from international artists. John Belushi of the Blues Brothers was on board. But, due to bureaucratic issues that caused a shift in dates, he was unable to make it," says Poonawala. The event company's heads Rohinton Poonawala and Farhad Wadia's (CEO, E18) initial choice for the venue was Azad Maidan, as they wanted the concert to be held closer to the sites affected by the attacks. But, they didn't manage to acquire permission from the BMC.

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