--- description: Bill and Melinda Gates promote their annual letter on GatesLetter.com by throwing a rave on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon title: Bill and Melinda Gates Promote Annual Letter at Rave image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70d1c2a76bf77c11/69887ee2e20a87fc94a8fb03/gettyimages-511898086.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Bill and Melinda Gates Host a Rave  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Feb 24, 2016 3:39 PM CUT  THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 0423 -- Pictured: Bill Gates during the "Gatesletter" viral video sketch on February 23, 2016 -- (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 0423 -- Pictured: Bill Gates during the "Gatesletter" viral video sketch on February 23, 2016 -- (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Feb 24, 2016 3:39 PM CUT Bill and Melinda Gates are making the talk show rounds to discuss their [annual letter](http://time.com/4233689/bill-and-melinda-gates-annual-letter-2016/ "undefined") from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which is geared toward teens this year. So to get young people to go to [GatesLetter.com](https://www.gatesnotes.com/2016-Annual-Letter "undefined"), the philanthropic couple broke it down into terms young people can understand: They hosted a rave. Well, sort of. On _The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon_ Tuesday night_,_ the Microsoft co-founder can be seen “spinning beats” and “doing splits” on the dance floor, while Melinda does “cartwheels.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4235390/bill-melinda-gates-annual-letter-rave/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4235390/bill-melinda-gates-annual-letter-rave/"},"headline":"Watch Bill and Melinda Gates Host a Rave","datePublished":"2016-02-24T15:39:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:27.033Z","description":"To promote their annual letter","url":"https://time.com/4235390/bill-melinda-gates-annual-letter-rave/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70d1c2a76bf77c11/69887ee2e20a87fc94a8fb03/gettyimages-511898086.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70d1c2a76bf77c11/69887ee2e20a87fc94a8fb03/gettyimages-511898086.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 3","caption":"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 3","creditText":"NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4235390/bill-melinda-gates-annual-letter-rave/","name":"Watch Bill and Melinda Gates Host a Rave"}}]}] ```