Beyonce Knowles and Madonna are among the more than 100 big names in music, film and television who will take part in “Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief,” a two-hour telethon on Friday night to be broadcast around the world on television and online.

The show, which in the United States will begin at 8 p.m. Eastern Time on all major networks, as well as on CNN, HBO, MTV, TNT, Showtime and other cable channels, will feature musical performances filmed in multiple locations: Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Shakira and Wyclef Jean will play in New York; while in London, Bono and the Edge of U2 will collaborate with Jay-Z and Rihnanna, with Coldplay also slated to perform; the program in Los Angeles will include performances by Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, and a collaboration between Keith Urban, Kid Rock, and Sheryl Crow. Online, the event can be watched on YouTube, Hulu, MySpace, MSN.com and Yahoo, among other sites.

Songs from the telethon will be for sale on iTunes for 99 cents beginning Saturday, will all proceeds going to a number of relief organizations, including the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, United Nations World Food Program, Oxfam America, Red Cross, Unicef and the Yele Haiti Foundation.

Friday’s telethon looks to be the biggest charity event since the 2005 telethon for victims of Hurricane Katrina — “Shelter From The Storm: A Concert For The Gulf Coast,” drew 22.1 million viewers and raised $30 million for the Salvation Army and the Red Cross.

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