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Big in Japan: The stars who shine in unlikely places 
The Independent
The Independent
It is the hollow boast of the rock star manqué: no deal, no gigs and no money but they are Big in Japan! Yet what was once a term of scorn is increasingly a seriously profitable means for celebrities to prolong their pay...
Simon Cowell to produce charity single for Haiti quake victims; British stars to perform
Star Tribune
Star Tribune
LONDON - Simon Cowell is planning a charity single to benefit victims of the earthquake in Haiti. The "American Idol" and "X-Factor" judge may use singers Susan Boyle, Leona Lewis and other familiar...
Top Brit musicians in auction for Haiti quake victims
Breitbart
Breitbart
Coldplay singer Chris Martin is pictured performing September last year at ... Top British music acts offered Friday a dazzling array of gifts, from guitars to a live concert in your garden, to be auctioned off to raise...
Best for soul sensations: Barbados
The Independent
The Independent
Despite what resorts in Barbados would have you think, steel drums, or more mystifyingly, steel drums played over Eighties and Nineties soft-rock muzak, are not the most popular music on the island. That honour, it...
Shaggy, Caribbean musicians on Haiti benefit track
Yahoo Daily News
Yahoo Daily News
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Shaggy has recorded a new song with a diverse Caribbean cast to raise money for earthquake survivors...
Crimson Glory, Evergrey and Jon Oliva's Pain to headline heavy metal cruise
The Examiner
The Examiner
If you like this ... Megadeth to play Rams Head Live M3 Rock Festival returns to Merriweather Post Pavilion Aerosmith to audition singers New Jimi Hendrix album to be released in March Rob Zombie, Ozzy Osbourne to...
Wyclef Jean, choir open BET concert for Haiti
MSNBC
MSNBC
MIAMI - Nearly a month after a devastating earthquake, shock gave way Friday night to a celebration of Haitian culture and pride. Wyclef Jean opened the "SOS Saving OurSelves — Help for Haiti" concert and telethon with...
