Musicians
What's Avril Lavigne Doing With Pauly D's Tanning Lotion?
What's Avril Lavigne Doing With Pauly D's Tanning Lotion? Photo credit: Mike LiddellAll month Avril Lavigne will be auctioning off one-of-a-kind items to benefit The Avril Lavigne Foundation from a personal phone call and a cameo in one of her upcoming music videos to Jersey Shore’s Pauly D’s tanning lotion and a Nickelback signed Gibson guitar…
'Freddie For A Day' Event Conjures Fallen Star’s Spirit
'Freddie For A Day' Event Conjures Fallen Star’s Spirit If you see someone sashaying down the street tomorrow (Sept. 5) wearing a pasted-on handlebar moustache — or better, a skin-tight satiny jumpsuit slit down to the navel — you haven’t accidentally wandered into a Pride parade. You’ve encountered a light-hearted do-gooder being a ‘Freddie for…
Sir Elton, Furnish Create Charity Candles, To Make Holt Renfrew In-Store Appearance
Sir Elton, Furnish Create Charity Candles, To Make Holt Renfrew In-Store Appearance Sir Elton John and husband, Toronto native David Furnish, have teamed up with Canada’s luxury department store chain Holt Renfrew and leading American home fragrance company NEST to create two limited edition, exclusive scented candles to benefit the Elton John AIDS…
Cut, Sew, Care: Fashion Cares Celebrates 25 years With Final Fundraiser
Cut, Sew, Care: Fashion Cares Celebrates 25 years With Final Fundraiser Fashion Cares co-chair Michael King and Katy Perry at 2008's Fashion sCaresWhen Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the U.S. government’s commitment to an AIDS-free generation at this year’s International AIDS Conference, it was an emphatic declaration that, when seen…
Defusing Mines With Music
Defusing Mines With Music The presence of landmines on many different continents still represents a very real threat to millions of civilians, and one Swedish musician is out to fight the problem with music. Jesper Eriksson is the man behind Paradors, a musical collective comprising artists from Canada, the U.K. and Sweden. The newly released MAG Songs is…
Iron Maiden Quietly Committed To Help Ex-Drummer With MS
Iron Maiden Quietly Committed To Help Ex-Drummer With MS Iron Maiden on stage in 2005 at London, England's Apollo Hammersmith with their ex-drummer Clive Burr for a fundraising concert for the Clive Burr MS Trust Fund. Band members L-R: Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris, Dave Murray, Nicko McBrain and Janick Gers (photo credit: George Chin).…
Beyoncé's Message To 1 Billion People
Beyoncé's Message To 1 Billion People Beyoncé (photo credit: Myrna Suarez)Beyoncé has made a 50-second PSA for World Humanitarian Day, Aug. 19. In the video (see below), which can be viewed on YouTube, the singer says, “Do one thing for another human being. Nothing is too small.” Black and white pictures of a man holding a child, a child handing…
Annie Lennox To Headline Hope Rising!
Annie Lennox To Headline Hope Rising! Annie Lennox (photo credit: Mike Owen)Annie Lennox, who appeared in yesterday’s Olympic closing ceremony in London, has been announced as the headliner for the second annual Hope Rising! A Benefit Concert for the Stephen Lewis Foundation Nov. 7 at Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall. The singer-songwriter, who rose to fame…
Deloitte Rocks: Accountants Not So Stuffy After All
Deloitte Rocks: Accountants Not So Stuffy After All Singer Allesandra Bresani and singer-songwriter Sean Haggerty at Noble Street StudiosWho says accountants can't rock 'n’ roll? The profession is often stereotyped as being quintessentially dull and boring, but that certainly wasn't in evidence at Noble Street Studios recently. The highly-regarded and…
Cody Simpson A Dork, Weird, Nerd?
Cody Simpson A Dork, Weird, Nerd? Fans of Australian singer Cody Simpson would never call him a dork, weird, nerd, spoiled or odd, but he proudly wears a hoodie emblazoned with those adjectives. The 15-year-old, who is managed by Scooter Braun, Justin Bieber’s manager, and is currently on tour in North America until September 21, met the founder of the…
Play Me, I’m Yours Places Pianos In Random Places
Play Me, I’m Yours Places Pianos In Random Places NYC, 2010 (Photo credit: Luke Jerram) The motivator for many philanthropic organizations is to provide a voice for otherwise invisible communities. But we can sometimes think of those communities as some type of “other;” we’re often surprised to find that in many ways that invisibility envelopes us too.…
Conor Maynard Follows One Direction Into Sunshine
Conor Maynard Follows One Direction Into Sunshine Conor Maynard before the Rays of Sunshine concert with Stacey McCullough, 14, who has a condition called Dystonia. (Photo credit: Adam Jacobs)UK urban-pop artist Conor Maynard, whose YouTube popularity from his covers of songs by Ne-Yo, Chris Brown, Taio Cruz and Rihanna led to a record deal with EMI and…
Selling Cattle To Raising Bucks: Country Star Talks Charitable Foundation
Selling Cattle To Raising Bucks: Country Star Talks Charitable Foundation Gord Bamford and Darren Gagnon from Lacombe Ford present cheque to Evergreen Elementary School in Drayton Valley, AB during tour that raised funds for schools at each stop. One of the toughest things country artist Gord Bamford had to do as a child growing up in Lacombe, Alberta,…
Geddy Lee: The Grapes Of Rush
Geddy Lee: The Grapes Of Rush Alex Lifeson (far left) and Geddy Lee (right) sorting grapes on Grapes Under Pressure Tour at Grimsby's Tawse Winery (Photo credit: John Gundy)When he's not touring the world or recording albums that continue to influence generations of younger musicians, Rush singer and bassist Geddy Lee supports a grape cause. A wine-…
Ed Sheeran Hit Song Inspired By Crisis
Ed Sheeran Hit Song Inspired By Crisis Ed Sheeran (on right) with former Crisis client Taidgh Corcoran who is now employed by Crisis at the warehouse (photo credit: Sam Mellish)Ed Sheeran’s breakthrough hit, “The A Team,” was inspired by his volunteer work at Crisis, a U.K. charity for single homeless people and the 21-year-old made a public service…