NEW YORK (AP) — Military service members were the guests of honor at the 9th annual Stand Up for Heroes benefit concert. The jokes, told by Jon Stewart and Seth Meyers among others, covered marriage, Las Vegas, sports, and, inevitably, Donald Trump.
And Bruce Springsteen was in a silly mood.
Held Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden, Stand Up for Heroes raises money for the Bob Woodruff Foundation, which funds programs for injured veterans and their families. The foundation is named for the ABC news anchor injured in Iraq in 2006.
Springsteen alone brought in a windfall for the foundation. Continuing a tradition at the Heroes shows, he auctioned off a pair of autographed guitars, plus concert tickets and his mother’s lasagna. The two winning bids totaled $740,000, topping last year’s take of $300,000.
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