NEW YORK (AP) – What Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band started, Paul McCartney finished, with some help from Alicia Keys. And in between some of music’s top stars rocked Madison Square Garden for a show that put out the call for aid to the New York City area in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. The show was a mixture of a telethon and an act of defiance – with celebrities calling for donations to a fund for Sandy victims and celebrity hosts defiantly urging New Yorkers to bounce back. Springsteen launched the show with the tune “Land of Hope and Dreams” before teaming up with fellow New Jersey native Bon Jovi on “Born To Run.” McCartney closed out the proceedings nearly six hours later joined by Alicia Keys with “Empire State of Mind.” The show was sold out – and was televised, streamed online and aired on radio all over the world. Producers say up to 2 billion people were able to experience the show live, along with the thousands who saw it in person.