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SAYREVILLE, New Jersey – This small Jersey ‘burb is pretty far removed from Banda Aceh or Phuket (and even though it’s Jon Bon Jovi’s hometown, it’s pretty far removed from Manhattan, too). But on Wednesday night, Sayreville played host to the first in a series of benefit shows dubbed the Concerts for Tsunami Relief. It was a big show for an even bigger cause. The concert – co-sponsored by Linkin Park’s Music for Relief charity and New York radio giant K-Rock – was held at the Starland Ballroom, a very un-ballroom-like venue just off of Sayreville’s winding Jernee Mill Road,… Read more »

New York – Tenacious D will be joined by such rock heavyweights as Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder, Beck, Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl and Queens Of The Stone Age principal Josh Homme at a Jan. 17 benefit in Los Angeles for the victims of the Asian tsunami. The Wiltern Theatre event will also boast an appearance by actor Will Ferrell. Tickets are $60 and $100. The show is being organized via the new collective Music for Relief, with proceeds to benefit the American Red Cross. Meanwhile, producers Quincy Jones and Jermaine Dupri have postponed the all-star recording of “We… Read more »

In the wake of the tsunami disasters in Southeast Asia and Eastern Africa, more celebrities are using their star power to help garner support for the victims and their families. Madonna, Diana Ross, Maroon 5 and Mary J. Blige have joined the NBC Universal benefit special, “Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope,” a program that will benefit the American Red Cross, according to Reuters. The telethon will air on Saturday on NBC and its sister cable channels, which include USA, Bravo, Sci-Fi, MSNBC and CNBC. Virgin Megastores has also announced that it will contribute to the relief effort by launching… Read more »

New York – Teen actress-singer Hilary Duff is donating a portion of all ticket sales from her sold-out “Most Wanted” tour to aid tsunami relief efforts. “I, just like everyone else, have watched this terrible tragedy and feel so sorry for the children and the families who have lost so much,” Duff said in a statement Monday. “I want to do everything I can to help those that have survived.” Duff, 17, will give the money to Kids With a Cause, which helps children who suffer from poverty, hunger, sickness, lack of education, abandonment, neglect and abuse. The “So Yesterday”… Read more »

Paris – Hip-hop rhymers, classical orchestras, church choirs, punk bands and creamy-voiced crooners from Paris to Hong Kong are taking up the fund-raising theme for victims of the Asian tsunami, holding money-raising concerts and singing special songs. Ever since the 1980s African famine relief hit “We Are the World” and its Band Aid predecessor “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” support from musicians has been part of charity fund-raising. But the response to the tsunami has been huge. In Norway alone, dozens of benefit concerts are planned. In its oil capital, Stavanger, groups scheduled a free show Thursday, with cash to… Read more »

Simple Plan will be headlining HOT 99.5’s 3rd Annual Mess Fest in Washington DC on January 29. A portion of the proceeds for the show will go to UNICEF to help survivors of the tsunamis that devastated coastlines in the Indian Ocean. Tickets for the all-ages show go on sale tomorrow (January 7) at 10am via ticketmaster for $17.50. The band are getting ready to kick-off a three month world tour with the release of their new single, “Shut Up”. Their latest album, Still Not Getting Any…, was released in October and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA.

New York – Along with several large concerts in the planning stages, artists around the world are putting on their own benefit shows or donating to funds for the victims of the recent tsunami in Southern Asia. Sting will play a Feb. 10 concert at the Leeuwin Estate Winery in Perth, Australia, with 100% of the net proceeds donated to the relief efforts. The British rocker already has two sold-out shows booked at the 6,000-capacity venue for Feb. 12 and 13. He had been booked to play a now canceled Feb. 9 show in severely hit Sri Lanka. In the… Read more »

In the wake of a major tragedy, some bands and artists find it difficult to stand idly by or wait for someone else to take action. U2, with their politically charged music and frequent humanitarian efforts, are one of those bands. Following news of the shocking destruction of lives and land in southern Asia, U2 posted a call to action on their Web site, asking friends and fans to help the families who lost loved ones in the Indian Ocean earthquake and subsequent tsunami on December 26. In a post on Thursday, the band began by assuring fans that bassist… Read more »

New York – With memories of a successful summer tour in Southeast Asia still fresh in their minds, the members of Linkin Park are spearheading an effort to help victims of the earthquake and tsunami that have devastated the region. The Los Angeles-based rock act has set up an organization called Music for Relief (http://www.musicforrelief.org) with an initial donation of $100,000. It will directly support American Red Cross programs. “We are fortunate to be in a position to help, but this needs to be a broader effort,” said guitarist Brad Delson. “If one of our fans can donate $10, then… Read more »

Awed, humbled and shocked by the destruction caused by the tsunamis that hammered southern Asia earlier this week, Linkin Park have teamed up with the American Red Cross to establish Music for Relief, a charity dedicated to providing aid to victims of the tragedy. Linkin Park have donated $100,000 to get things going, and they’re hoping their fans and musical brethren will follow suit. “As a band, we were in a position to help, but this needs to be a lot broader effort – both by our fans and by other musicians,” Linkin Park guitarist Brad Delson said. “If one… Read more »