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CEO Michael Rapino: I’ve Got a Charity; It's Called Live Nation

A new Harris Poll of American adults cites the top 5 most important traits in a CEO as trusted, ethical, accountable, competent and respectful. The same study, which polled more than 23,000...

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Charity Song Spotlight

MIKE McDONALD, WILLIE NELSON, DAVID HIDALGO, "Dreams of the San Joaquin," 2021

"I'm sending you some money, I wish it could be more," is the first line of the ballad “Dreams of the San Joaquin," which Michael McDonald, Willie Nelson and Los Lobos' David Hidalgo have covered to raise money for Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services and United Farm Workers of America. “COVID has ravaged this quadrant of the American workforce disproportionately," said McDonald in a statement. The two charities "are working hard to bring vaccine awareness and financial help to provide distribution to this demographic so hard hit by COVID-19.” The song is $1 USD. Buy it here. — Karen Bliss

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MOIST, "End of the Ocean," 2021

The title track from rock band Moist’s forthcoming album, End of the Ocean, due Oct. 1, tackles human consumption and its devastating results on the planet. The video uses footage from Mateo Guez’ 2009 film Off World, shot at Manila’s “Smokey Mountain” landfill once home to 30,000 people (it was removed in 2009). In the press release for the new single, frontman David Usher warns of people’s desire to make money “at the expense of the planet,” including the latest non-fungible token trend. “Can we just slow down on the love affair with the NFT’s, at least until we can make them climate-neutral?” Buy the song here — Karen Bliss

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The Unison t-shirt that The Tragically Hip wore when they accepted their humanitarian award at the 2021 Junos on June 6 is now for sale on their web site. The Canadian rock band, which lost their frontman to cancer in 2017, but just released an EP of unreleased Road Apples material called Saskadelphia, already donated $50,000 to Unison from the sale of its "Courage" masks. All proceeds from the $35 limited-edition cotton tees will go to the charity, set up for members of the Canadian music industry who might need counselling and emergency relief services. Buy the shirt here. — Karen Bliss.

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CEO Michael Rapino: I’ve Got a Charity; It's Called Live Nation