Wahsington benefit

[thewho rocks <leb905@yahoo.com>]

Interesting development in the Washington show.  Matt Kent's news item
on this seems to have disappeared, BTW.  Does anybody know what that
could be about?

LB


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,36367,00.html

Jagger Exits Charity Show as Jacko Takes Over

 Somehow, the United We Stand benefit scheduled for Oct. 21 in
Washington D.C. has been renamed. It's now called United We Stand What
More Can I Give. That's a mouthful isn't it?

The reason for the change: Michael Jackson, as I reported here
exclusively two days ago, has pushed his way into the show and gotten
first billing. You didn't think the self-proclaimed King of Pop was
going to be included alphabetically didya? Or take second billing to
someone else?

And guess who's out of the Washington concert because of that? Mick
Jagger.

Jagger's name, which had been announced Oct. 9 as part of the show, is
now gone, gone, gone. The Rolling Stone had been associated with the
Washington charity event until yesterday when a press release went out
with all the names of the participants. The only one specifically
missing from the roster was Jagger. He is clearly not going to be
Jackson's Beast of Burden.

Jackson has not only jumped to first billing, but he's also had the
show renamed to reflect the anthem he's recording with 'N Sync and the
Backstreet Boys on Oct. 20 in Orlando. As I told you Wednesday, Jackson
has secured President Bush's blessing to make "What More Can I Give?"
the official song of the World Trade Center/Pentagon disaster.

McDonald's will sell the CD single for $2.99 with its apple pies and
Egg McMuffins.

"What More Can I Give?" was not written specifically for this disaster,
however. Jackson wrote it at least two years ago, and it wasn't
considered good enough to include on his soon to be released album,
"Invincible." It was going to be used next February for another charity
until the Sept. 11 disasters.

Jagger's decision to pull out of the Washington show is extra
interesting since he and Jackson once released a duet together in the
1980s called "State of Shock." Jagger will appear however at the New
York benefit organized by Miramax Films and VH-1 on Saturday, Oct. 20
at Madison Square Garden. That's the benefit which Paul McCartney will
headline.  Jackson was not welcome at that event since McCartney
stopped speaking to him after Jackson bought the Beatles' songwriting
catalog and publishing rights in 1985. 

How much anger does McCartney have for Jackson? On Wingspan, his
recent greatest hits collection, McCartney omitted the two No. 1
singles he had with Jackson, "Say Say Say" and "The Girl Is Mine."

Tickets for United We Stand etc go on sale today through Ticketmaster
or at www.cc.com.


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