Briefly: Stevie Wonder, Pearl Jam, Bonnaroo, Black Label Society
Stevie Wonder 's 9th annual House Full of Toys Benefit Concert will take place Dec. 18 at The Forum in Inglewood, CA.
Wonder is scheduled to be joined by Alicia Keys , Angela Winbush, Angie Stone, Doug E Fresh, George Duke, Joss Stone, Kim Burrell, L. D. Miller, Raphael Saadiq, Ziggy Marley and surprise guests, all under the musical direction of Rickey Minor.
Dave Chappelle will host; tickets are on sale now. Concert-goers are asked to donate an unwrapped gift before entering the concert.
"The Molo Sessions," an album Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder recorded with a South African high school choir, will be sold through Pearl Jam's website beginning on Dec. 15. Sales will benefit Molo Care, a Seattle non-profit that raises money for schools in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Meanwhile, the band's annual fan-club single, a cover of "Someday at Christmas" (popularized by The Jackson 5), will be released on Dec. 20.
The fourth annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is scheduled to take place June 10-12 at the same 700-acre farm in Manchester, TN, that hosted the previous festivals, organizers announced on Tuesday (12/7). The lineup of acts for the music/camping event hasn't been unveiled.
Black Label Society , featuring Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde, has signed a multi-album contract with Artemis Records. An album of all-new material titled "Mafia" is due in stores on March 8, according to the label.
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LiveDaily News Break Podcast: Trisha Yearwood, Pearl Jam, Disturbed and more [June 2008]
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2008 Pitchfork Music Festival Photos - Day 1
Madonna's "Confessions on a Dance Floor" tour
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with Stevie Nicks
Metallica at the KROQ Weenie Roast in Irvine, CA
R.E.M. at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA
Herbie Hancock at the Sonoma Jazz Festival
Brad Paisley, Jack Ingram and Kellie Pickler
Dengue Fever at The Independent, San Francisco, CA

