Race to Erase Raises $1.5 Million for MS Research With the Help of Natasha Bedingfield, A Great Big World and Caroline Rhea
variety.comNicholas White Hollywood’s support for Race to Erase MS kept rolling into its 31st year Friday at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles, helping the Nancy Davis-led charity raise $1.5 million to multiple sclerosis research.
The night’s headlining musical act, Natasha Bedingfield, played a medley of hers and others’ songs, including her 2000s-era hit “Unwritten,” which was recently given a new life in “Anyone but You,” and Bill Withers’ “Lean on Me,” which she sang alongside Davis and friends.
Bedingfield was introduced by Casey Affleck. “This is a cause worth showing up for,” Bedingfield told Variety. “There are a lot of amazing [medical] developments so far.
Music is the thing that brings hope, to help inspire people to keep being creative. The solutions are always created – they’re always a little bit out of the box.” Grammy-winning duo A Great Big World performed three songs, including “This Is the New Year.” Before playing, singer Chad King told the crowd that he was diagnosed with MS in 2007 but tried to “ignore” symptoms to himself, friends, and family.
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