Tens of thousands of music fans gathered in Washington Sunday to see Michael Jackson, 'N Sync, Aerosmith and an array of other pop stars at a marathon concert to celebrate America and raise money for victims of September's terrorist attacks.
After getting her recording contract, she did concert appearances with top country stars including George Strait, Tim McGraw and Alan Jackson.
He also organised the Jubilee celebration concert at Buckingham Palace, which featured stars such as Sir Paul McCartney, Kylie Minogue and Stevie Wonder.
So it's no surprise that music stars have sought other streams of income outside royalties, concert dates and merchandising sales throughout the years.
It dragoons the mandatory rock stars (the Red Hot Chili Peppers are giving a concert for Obama volunteers in Ohio this week) and actors (Kal Penn, best known for portraying a carefree pothead, is a staple) to appeal to the less politically engaged.
Luciano Pavarotti, with a concert in Red Square, heads a list of stars performing at the extravaganza.
Charity organizers say monetary donations are far more flexible and useful, and many organizations are expected to see an infusion of cash donations after a benefit concert Wednesday night in Oklahoma City featuring country music stars with Oklahoma ties, including Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Vince Gill and Reba McEntire.
In more recent years, stars have taken big money from dictators in exchange for private concert performances, including Seal and Hilary Swank appearing at Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov's multimillion dollar 35th birthday bash (Swank later apologized), Nelly Furtado performing for Moammar Gadhafi (she later gave the money back) and Mariah Carey, Usher and Beyonce performing for Gadhafi's sons in St.
The stars later took the stage in front of the Lackawanna County Courthouse and played a concert with The Scrantones, the band that performed the show's theme song.
With stars like Snoop Dogg and Deion Sanders playing in the game, a post-game concert featuring Chris Young and a nighttime party headlined by Justin Timberlake, it is clear why the DIRECTV Celebrity Beach Bowl has become a Super Bowl staple.
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The hip-hop stars, who have recently released a duet called Uh Oh, were arrested separately following a concert in Manhattan on Sunday.
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