 Digital Music Awards winner Lemar will take part |
The BBC has announced that it will show the Millennium Stadium tsunami relief concert on 22 January, which features a host of stars. The gig will be broadcast on tv and radio, as well as online throughout the world, following a unique deal with the organisers.
Parts of the show, with acts such as Eric Clapton and Snow Patrol, will be live on BBC1 and BBC2, and Radio 2.
The concert will be shown live by BBC Wales on S4C from 1500 GMT.
Top acts including Jools Holland, Manic Street Preachers, Aled Jones, Charlotte Church, Stereophonics' front man Kelly Jones, Keane, and Feeder have agreed to play.
The 60,000 available tickets were sold out within three days
 |  We are delighted to be able to bring the concert into the homes of those who would otherwise have missed out |
Organisers have battled to get the concert staged before the Millennium Stadium is grassed over for the international rugby season which starts with Wales v England on 5 February. They hope to raise more than �1m to help victims of the Boxing Day under sea earthquake which sent giant devastating waves around the Indian Ocean.
"This is a fantastic partnership for us and we are delighted to have joined forces with the BBC in such a productive way. This deal just shows how much momentum the event has gathered in such a short space of time," said Millennium Stadium General Manager Paul Sergeant.
"With all tickets for the event having sold out within days, we are delighted to be able to bring the concert into the homes of those who would otherwise have missed out," said Clare Hudson, BBC Wales Head of English Language Programmes.
"The BBC has been talking to the Millennium Stadium since the concert was announced and we have managed to reach an agreement that will take full coverage of this momentous event to the whole of Wales, the UK and beyond."
BBC Two will join the concert from 1800 to 1900 GMT taking live coverage to other digital and terrestrial television viewers across the whole of the UK. BBC One Wales will carry the concert live from 2100 to 2200 GMT and will return after the Ten O'clock News until the end of the event. BBC Two will show further network television coverage from 2300 GMT onwards.  Snow Patrol are among the bands who will play |
The entire concert will be shown live by BBC Wales on S4C from 1500 GMT until its late night finish. Coverage on S4C digital will enable digital satellite viewers all over the UK to join the whole event.
The digital channel BBC 2W will also broadcast a documentary about the whole event on Monday, January 24.
BBC Wales has also offered to give access to two hours of the concert to enable the Millennium Stadium to make the television coverage available to other broadcasters.
There will be live coverage of the whole concert on BBC Radio Wales as well as extensive broadcasts on BBC Radio Two.
In a special deal, BBC Wales has also agreed to make an audio-visual feed available to BT to enable the whole concert to be broadcast around the world on broadband via the worldwide web.
"As host broadcaster, BBC Wales wants to help the Millennium Stadium to make this one of the biggest events ever staged in Wales and, most importantly, we want to enable the Disaster Emergency Committee to get its fund-raising message across to the widest possible audience," said Keith Jones, BBC Wales Head of Welsh Language Programmes.
"The negotiations have been complex, but we have been able to arrive at a solution that will see this thrilling event carried on Digital Satellite, Freeview, cable and terrestrial TV as well as on radio and online.
"There will be no excuse for not joining the excitement."
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