Lennox to play global peace gig
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Annie Lennox, Corinne Bailey Rae and James Morrison are to headline a concert calling for global peace in September.
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Controversial performance artist Istvan Kantor will ring in the new year in Toronto this weekend at a benefit concert/performance to raise funds to help cover his legal expenses for an upcoming trial in Berlin.
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There's a role for artists and other famous faces to play when it comes to global issues, Shakira said during her visit to the Clinton Global Initiative conference, a meeting that has its share of well-known attendees.
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Music fans from across the world are expected to attend the funeral of legendary DJ John Peel.
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Al Gore announced on Thursday a series of worldwide concerts to focus on the threat of climate change, with a powerhouse lineup from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Snoop Dogg to Bon Jovi.
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Reunited rock trio the Police are  expected to announce a 30th anniversary world tour during a  news conference in Los Angeles on Monday, the day after the  group opens the Grammy Awards.
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper is calling on members of la Francophonie to play a key role in easing tensions around the world.Comment
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Some of the Britain's top rock and pop  stars will perform on Saturday at the UK's biggest charity  concert since Live Aid 20 years ago to raise funds for victims  of the Asian tsunami disaster. The show at the Millennium  Stadium in Wales, which will feature rock legend Eric Clapton  and rock band Manic Street Preachers, aims to raise around 1  million pounds ($1.87 million) toward the relief effort.
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At Live Earth, a planetwide series of concerts, the highest ranks of the pop aristocracy will use their fame to persuade a global audience that climate change is not only an urgent problem but one they can help solve.
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More than 100 rock stars play nine concerts across the globe on Saturday in the hope of persuading millions of fans to go green and pressure governments to do the same.
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A global series of concerts to highlight global warming gets under way in Sydney and moves on to Tokyo.
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Tom Cruise and Oprah Winfrey are to host the annual Nobel Peace Prize concert in Norway on Saturday. Joss Stone and Andrea Bocelli will sing at the event in honour of this year&#39;s peace prize winner, Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai, 64.
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The latest in a long list of concerts for causes, Live Earth will stage a multimedia assault on the world's attention span July 7, urging action against human-induced climate change.
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By Edited by Billy Sloan  MUSIC mogul Alan McGee claims he's given up releasing CDs - because kids are stealing music instead.  The Scot - who discovered Oasis and Primal Scream - will be guest speaker at the goNorth festival in Inverness on Thursday and Friday.
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Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos will discuss music as part of the Edinburgh Lectures series.
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The musical will open in London later this year.
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R&B star Alicia Keys is to headline a charity concert on the Great Wall of China.