Benefit Concerts Set for Friday/Saturday

CNN) -- Several recording artists have been added to the list of performers for Friday's cross-network Hurricane Katrina benefit concert, and many more celebrities are adding their money and energy to the cause.

Among the latest musicians announced for "Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast" are Sheryl Crow, the Dixie Chicks, Randy Newman, Neil Young, Rod Stewart, Alicia Keys and Paul Simon, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Newman's song "Louisiana 1927," from his 1974 album "Good Old Boys," has been one of the most-played songs since the disaster. Aaron Neville performed the tune, about the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, on last Friday's NBC Katrina fund-raiser.

Jennifer Aniston, Ellen DeGeneres, Ray Romano, Jack Nicholson, Cameron Diaz, Sela Ward and Chris Rock are among the celebrities who have already committed to the program, which will air on all the major broadcast networks as well as several cable networks. Ninety-five countries will carry the show, which will air live at 8 p.m. ET and on tape delay in the Pacific and Mountain time zones.

A separate show, "ReAct Now: Music & Relief," will air Saturday on MTV, VH1 and CMT (8 p.m. ET) with artists including the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Sheryl Crow, Alan Jackson, Kelly Clarkson, the Neville Brothers and Kanye West.

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