Bono, Wyclef Jean Join Forces For Benefit Show, New Single

U2 frontman Bono and Wyclef Jean of Fugees fame will perform a new song titled "New Day" at The Wyclef Jean Foundation's Caribbean Soiree, a Sept. 8 charity event at New York's Copacabana. Parliament/Funkadelic mastermind George Clinton and members of Wyclef's Refugee Camp will also take the stage.

Wyclef and Bono recently cut the new song and shot an accompanying video to benefit Kosovo relief efforts and the Wyclef Jean Foundation, a non-profit organization which donates musical therapy, instruments and lessons to underprivileged children throughout the world. The single, to be released by Columbia Records, will be in stores Sept. 14.

Wyclef and Bono will also perform ''New Day'' at the United Nations just prior to the Soiree.

Wyclef's foundation says it previously raised funds through its ''Carnival'' concerts held in Miami and in Haiti. Last year, the foundation allocated funds to VH1's Save The Music program and to several orphanages in Haiti, which received musical instruments through the Fondation Artistes Creation, a Haitian relief agency.

Tickets for the Caribbean Soiree are $1,000, and tax deductible. For ticket information, call The Wyclef Jean Foundation at (212) 420-1597.

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