Tickets for the David Bowie memorial concert in NYC sold out in 3 hours

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Andrea Romano
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A concert in honor of David Bowie's life and music will be held at Carnegie Hall in New York City on March 31, 2016.

Organizers for The Music of David Bowie, originally billed as tribute concert, have changed the concert to a musical memorial show. It will feature singers such as Cyndi Lauper, The Roots and The Mountain Goats.

"While the series has featured surprise appearances and performances of honorees several times in the past, this year's concert will certainly be remembered as a poignant celebration of his music by his friends, peers and fans," a statement on the organization's website reads. "We are all deeply saddened by this news."

The "Music Of" series is an annual project created by Michael Dorf, the founder of City Winery and The Knitting Factory, in order to raise funds for music education programs.

Tickets went on sale to the public on Monday at 9 a.m. EST, as news of Bowie's death after an 18-month battle with cancer were confirmed. They sold out around noon. The Carnegie Hall box office, however, still lists "limited availability" on its website.

More information can be found on the project's website.

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