Bono, Sting, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera and Alicia Keys will perform at a benefit concert for earthquake victims in Haiti, George Clooney says.

Speaking to The Associated Press at the Golden Globes ceremony in Beverly Hills, Clooney said more than 40 celebrities were expected to attend the January 22 event.

The actor, who has teamed up with MTV for the Hope for Haiti telethon, said the aim of the benefit was ‘to show the people of Haiti that the whole world is paying attention’.

The benefit, which Clooney and Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean will host, will be broadcast on more than a dozen television networks in the US.

It will be held in New York, with CNN’s Anderson Cooper chiming in from Haiti.

The show will benefit the Red Cross, UNICEF, Oxfam America, Partners in Health and Jean’s Yele Haiti Foundation.

Clooney said that songs from participating artists will also be available on iTunes, with proceeds going to the relief effort.