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The 25th anniversary of the Rainforest Fund will be celebrated in style next month with a benefit concert featuring Paul Simon, Sting, James Taylor, Dionne Warwick, Ivy Levan, Chris Botti, and Renée Fleming.

The Rainforest Fund has raised $35 million since established by Sting and his wife Trudie Styler in 1989. Originally formed to promote environmental preservation and to assist the ingidenous people who live in the Amazon rain forest, the organisation has since expanded to include projects in 23 countries, including Belize, Cameroon, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela.

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The lyric video for the title track of Dolly Parton’s forthcoming album “Blue Smoke” suggests that the album is going to be a traditional, toe tapping affair.

Here’s the video, courtesy of Rolling Stone.

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The Rolling Stones have postponed seven shows in Australia/New Zealand following the sad death of Mick Jagger’s girlfriend L’Wren Scott.

Scott, a well known fashion designer who had been in a relationship with Jagger since 2001, died on Monday from an apparent suicide.

The band issued the following statement:

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Legacy Recordings has marked the 40th anniversary of the “Elvis Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis” album with an extended Legacy Edition, complete with a bonus disc featuring an additional concert and rehearsal performances.

The first trailer for the James Brown biopic “Get On Up” has been posted online.

Chadwick Boseman stars as the Godfather of Soul in “Get On Up,” fresh from his starring role as Jackie Robinson in “42”. The movie is directed by Tate Taylor, whose past credits include “The Help” and “Pretty Ugly People”.

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