Boston Strong Concert Live Stream Down: Massive Views Ruin Online Broadcast for 1 Hour at Least
Thousands of viewers who turned to watch the live stream feed of the Boston Strong Concert Thursday night, featuring some of the most famous musicians from Boston such as The New Kids on the Block, were disappointed when the live stream was down for at least the first hour of the show.
The concert at Boston's TD Garden kicked off at 7 p.m. local time. Organizers admitted to a technical failure on Twitter that didn't allow people to access the live stream, and fixed the problem later. Viewers most likely missed performances by Boston, The J. Geils Band, Extreme Band and Jason Aldean. Error messages that appeared on the Boston Strong Concert website included: "This webpage is not available" and "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage."
"Working on the live streaming issues - we promise! Should be up and running in a few minutes," organizers tweeted at 8 p.m. EST
"Livestream should be working now! Thank you for your patience! Viewership was MASSIVE. Stream now: https://aconcertforboston.org/ ," organizers Concert4Boston, wrote on Twitter at around 9 p.m. EST.
LIVE STREAM BOSTON STRONG CONCERT [WATCH HERE]
The show featured performances by Aerosmith, James Taylor, Jimmy Buffett, Dropkick Murphys, Carole King, Boston, Dane Cook, Godsmack, Extreme, J. Geils Band, Steven Wright, and performances by comedian Lenny Clarke, among others.
Proceeds from the event will be given to the victims of the Boston Marathon Bombings under The One Fund Boston created by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.
Also tonight, survivors of the twin bombings addressed the crowd. Boston Bombing survivor Victoria McGrath, 20, who sustained a serious shrapnel wound to her leg in the first blast of the Boston Marathon bombings, gave an emotional speech to the audience at the concert making many people cry.