The concert will be held on Sunday, January 24 at the Music Box Theatre with all proceeds to benefit Oxfam Haiti.Īn auction for tickets started on Thursday, 8 p.m. Meanwhile, alternative rock band Radiohead will be playing a concert in Los Angeles to raise money for Haiti with tickets for 1,300 people being auctioned off, reported. Madonna and Beyonce will also be performing special concerts to raise money for relief efforts.Īctor George Clooney is organizing a Hope For Haiti Now global benefit on Friday that will feature former US President Bill Clinton, actors Ben Stiller, Brad Pitt, Clint Eastwood, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry and Julia Roberts.
"Simon Cowell can make a huge amount of money to help the people of Haiti." "The agony and anguish for the people that we are seeing on our television screens is something that British people want to respond to," Brown said "I have already talked to Simon Cowell and I said there would be an exemption from VAT for a charity single," he said. Gordon Brown said he believes the single will make a "huge" amount of money for the rescue efforts. The Cowell stable of talent, featuring the likes of Britain's Got Talent runner-up Susan Boyle, could also be featured. X Factor judge Cheryl Cole has already confirmed she will lend her vocals to the song.Ĭowell said he received a call from Prime Minister Gordon Brown asking him to put a Band Aid-style single together.īeyonce, Lady Gaga, Robbie Wiliams and Wyclef Jean have been rumored to be among the host of showbiz stars expected to contribute. Simon Cowell also revealed Leona Lewis is the latest star name who has agreed to take part in his charity single to help victims of the earthquake in Haiti. The Haiti charity song being organized by X Factor star Simon Cowell will be a cover of REM's "Everybody Hurts," sources told Sky News Thursday. The Haiti charity song being organized by X Factor star Simon Cowell will be a cover of REM's Everybody Hurts. Irish business, Empire Events Ireland that run the "Life Lasting Success - The Irish Entrepreneur Superconference" seminars has been so inspired by this example and touched by the suffering in Haiti that they have announced that all tickets sold for the Entrepreneur Supereconference between now and February 5th, 100% of the proceeds will go to the Haiti Relief Fund. 22, 2010 - PRLog - The charity single for Haiti that Simon Cowell is organising is a tremendous example to us all about going the extra step and doing whatever you can to help those in need.
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