BSB Added to New York Relief Fund

Source: Robin Hood relief Fund

BSB have been added to the Robin Hood relief Fund to be held on the 20th October at Maddison Square Garden.

All details at http://www.robinhood.org/concert.html for ticket sales and info.

Featuring Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, The Who, Billy Joel, Bon Jovi, Backstreet Boys, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, James Taylor, John Mellencamp with India.Arie, Macy Gray, The Goo Goo Dolls, and Marc Anthony.

Hosted by Jim Carrey, John Cusack, David Spade, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meg Ryan, Michael J. Fox, Denis Leary, Julia Stiles, and the cast of Saturday Night Live.



McCartney Song to Benefit WTC Victims

Source: Yahoo News

Paul McCartney's taking a sad song and making it better.

The ex-Beatle has announced he's releasing a brand new single to help raise money for disaster relief in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Sales from the cut, titled "From a Lover to a Friend," will be earmarked for the families of the 300-plus firefighters killed in the collapse of the World Trade Center. The single, a track off his upcoming Driving Rain album, is slated to hit radio stations and record stores on October 29. (The album is due November 13.)

McCartney, whose father was a volunteer firefighter in Liverpool during World War II, says he was in New York during the tragedies and was inspired to salute the heroism of those rescue workers who risked their lives saving thousands of people from the landmark buildings.

"I have great admiration for the courage those guys showed," McCartney says in a statement. "I hope that the sales of this new single will help raise money for the firemen and the families."

In the meantime, with a little help from his friends, the famed singer-songwriter is busy orchestrating the upcoming Concert for New York, an all-star relief effort to be held at Madison Square Garden on October 20.

McCartney has enlisted the aid of fellow '60s rockers like The Who, Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton, as well as Billy Joel, Macy Gray, Bon Jovi, John Mellencamp, Melissa Etheridge, James Taylor, Marc Anthony, Five for Fighting and India.Arie. He's also invited the surviving members of Led Zeppelin to reunite for the show, but no word yet on whether Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones have RSVP'd. Meanwhile, organizers announced Tuesday that the Backstreet Boys were postponing a show in San Diego to perform at the concert. Jim Carrey, Jerry Seinfeld, Gwyneth Paltrow, John Cusack, Meg Ryan, Susan Sarandon, Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, David Spade, Julia Stiles, Denis Leary, Michael J. Fox, Jimmy Fallon, Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe will also on hand in an unspecified capacity. Members of New York sports teams will also be in attendance.

The concert event will be broadcast live and commerical-free on VH1, as well as simulcast on radio stations worldwide and online at AOL.

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