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"Mick Jagger has caused controversy on Twitter with a joke about Hurricane Sandy at a benefit gig for the disaster. Jagger and The Rolling Stones were performing at the 12/12/12 gig at Madison Square Garden alongside Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, The Who and Bon Jovi.  The Daily Mail reports that Jagger told a global audience estimated to be around 2 billion: &amp;quot;This has got to be the largest collection of old English musicians ever assembled in Madison Square Garden. But I&amp;#039;ve got to say, if it rains in London, you&amp;#039;ve got to come and help us, OK?&amp;quot; Some on Twitter were upset by Jagger&amp;#039;s comments, claiming that he was not understanding the severity of the superstorm. Sandy claimed at least 125 lives and left over $70 billion worth of damage. User @JoMo274 wrote: &amp;quot;I cant believe mick jagger said &amp;#039;if it rains in London I want you guys to come help us&amp;#039; what a scumbag thing to say. No1 asked for u old bag. (sic)&amp;quot; @OakParkVandy tweeted: &amp;quot;Anyone else think Jagger&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;if it rains in London, you guys have to help us&amp;#039; line was a bit out of bounds?&amp;quot; Another user, @dwbohle, tweeted: &amp;quot;Wait wait wait... did Mick Jagger say if it rains in London we should help them? Was it raining during WWII?&amp;quot; The concert also saw Paul McCartney perform a new song alongside the surviving members of Nirvana, and Michael Stipe duet with Chris Martin. Watch Stipe and Martin perform at the 12/12/12 concert below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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