U2, Foo Fighters, Fats Domino Headlines As Artists & Entertainers Continue Hurricane Katrina Relief Aid

‘’U2, Foo Fighters, & Fats Domino Headline As Artists & Entertainers Continue Hurricane Katrina Relief Aid’’

By Arlene R. Weiss © Copyright September 8, 2005

People throughout the music and entertainment industries are continuing their outpouring of kindness and generosity in helping the victims of Hurricane Katrina and raising money for the disaster relief funds set up by The American Red Cross and The Salvation Army.

….Fats Domino, who we are VERY pleased to report, was rescued from his hurricane ravaged home in New Orleans, and is doing well, will be performing September 20, at a star studded hurricane benefit concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden, with…

….Sir Elton John, Rod Stewart, Lenny Kravitz, Jimmy Buffett, John Fogerty,
The Neville Brothers, Stevie Nicks, Earth, Wind & Fire, Bette Midler, The Original Meters, Loggins & Messina, The Dirty Dozen, Allen Toussaint, and more. The concert has been dubbed, ‘’From The Big Apple To The Big Easy’’, showcasing, honoring, and combining many of New Orleans’ most beloved native musical talents performing side by side among a galaxy of other glittering music artists.

In addition….

….The ‘’American Idols Live’’ tour will hold a benefit concert, Sunday, September 11, in Syracuse, New York.

….Tomorrow….Friday, September 9, Television Networks ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, UPN, and the WB, starting at 8:00 pm EST all will simultaneously host, ‘’Shelter From The Storm: A Concert For The Gulf Coast’’, an all star, live benefit in which all funds raised will go directly to both the American Red Cross and The Salvation Army, with donors acknowledging their preference. The benefit fund raiser will also be broadcast on some 20 cable television Networks as well and will be broadcast Internationally to some 95 nations via satellite. Though ‘’Shelter From The Storm’’ airs at 8pm, phone lines accepting donations will open at 7:00 am EST Friday September 9, and most of daytime, prime time, and late night US TV regular programs such as NBC’s ‘’Today Show’’, ABC’s ‘’Good Morning America’’, CBS’s ‘’The Early Show’’, NBC’s ‘’Tonight Show’’, CBS’s ‘’Late Show’’, ABC’s ‘’Jimmy Kimmell Live’’, and local programming on television affiliates throughout the US, will be airing pleas for aid throughout all of tomorrow.

….Stars on board, with more to be announced include:

…..U2, Foo Fighters, Garth Brooks, Paul Simon, Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, Sheryl Crow, The Dixie Chicks, Neil Young, Randy Newman, Rod Stewart, Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, Jack Nicholson, Jack Black, Jennifer Aniston, Chris Rock, Morgan Freeman, Ellen DeGeneres, Ray Romano, Cameron Diaz, Sela Ward.

2 Indie Band favorites are making donations from their upcoming gigs.

Death Cab For Cutie, along with some ‘’very special guests’’ will be holding a gig in their hometown of Seattle, Washington at the Showbox, on September 21. 100% of all monies from that show will go to the hurricane disaster relief.

Dashboard Confessional will donate proceeds from their 3 upcoming shows, September 18, in Toronto, September 19, in Chicago, and September 28, in Sayreville, New Jersey. The band will also be performing in the Nationally televised September 10, benefit concert event, ‘’ReAct Now: Music & Relief’’.

Sources:
http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001095150
http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001056926
http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271974001,00.html


‘’Britney Spears Rumored To be Auctioning Video Rights From Childbirth For Hurricane Relief’’
And in REALLY news of the weird, an unconfirmed rumor is flooding internet sites and radio waves that Britney Spears is auctioning exclusive one time video rights to her live, graphic, hospital delivery room spawning of Satan’s demon seed, and bouncing baby lip syncher to be, for upwards of $7 million!, with 100% of the proceeds to go to the Katrina relief funds. Fact or fiction, while the sentiment behind the gesture is quite a worthy cause, what whackjob would truly pay one cent, much less $7 million for that squirmy freak show? Can’t people just make out a check for $7 million directly to the hurricane relief fund? Well, how about those wild and crazy people who just wanta have fun? Indeed, we know there are some zany, loony birds that will gladly shell out mucho denero dough, for a noble cause, but some just happen to like the addition of a little star treatment, ‘’goody bag’’ thrown in. In this case, that would be Britney’s placenta. UUGGHH!!!!!!! All we can say is, it takes all kinds…and in this case..from the Bizarro World.

Muse News & Micro Muse September 8, 2005

By Arlene R. Weiss © Copyright September 8, 2005