Willie Nelson shares concert proceeds
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Willie Nelson hasn't forgotten the town that knew him before he was famous.
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Rock 'n' roll fans with deep pockets can buy a Beatles guitar or a mugshot of the pop star formerly known as Cat Stevens at what Christie's said on Wednesday was its biggest auction of show business memorabilia.
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A collector's treasure trove of more than 6 million songs -- on vinyl and CDs, in genres from rock and jazz to country and Broadway -- goes up for auction. Bidding starts at $3 million.
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Annie Lennox and Cat Stevens join Nelson Mandela to launch a book marking last year's 46664 charity concert.
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A three-day auction of items owned by  the late Johnny and June Carter Cash raised nearly $4 million,  more than twice the amount expected, as over 1,000 bidders  snapped up property from the country music icons.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - 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.
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By Nicole Radzievich, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Feb. 13--The Historic Hotel Bethlehem is challenging other downtown businesses to raise money for the "Bach at Noon" concerts.   The hotel will match the donations dollar for dollar up to $2,500.
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These funds are going for a song, but are they worth the price?
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The proceeds of the concerts will go for tsunami relief in India.
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PLAINS, Ga. - Willie Nelson visited former President Jimmy Carter, a longtime friend, to tape a television special and a free concert for residents of Carter's hometown...
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Headline acts including rocker Eric Clapton, pianist Jools Holland and The Manic Street Preachers drew more than 60,000 people to a charity concert that raised &#36;2.3 million for Asian tsunami relief.
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Johnny Cash's instruments and possessions raise $1.24m (Â£692,000) on the first day of an auction in New York.
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Maybe $1 million. Maybe more, given all the time it would take from a prosperous career on the Champions Tour. And Nelson would do it in a second.
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Stars from the worlds of rock and pop have united on an album released on the Internet Friday to raise funds for the people of the crisis-hit Darfur region of western Sudan.
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Plans are underway to organise a huge charity concert in the Millennium Stadium in the Welsh city of Cardiff, with all profits going to the victims of the Asian tsunami disaster.
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The capacity of people to give never ceases to amaze me. In Washington, Donnie Simpson, a local radio personality, recently helped raise funds for the American Red Cross's tsunami relief efforts. Listeners were encouraged to donate a minimum of $100 for a song request or shout-out.
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Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks and Toby Keith have a couple apiece. Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton did one together. The ever-prolific Willie Nelson has at least four of them. Most country stars, and many of their pop counterparts, have a Christmas album or two in their catalogs, and for good reason: The records are relatively easy to make and have the potential for big payoff.