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FILE - British singer Elton John performs during his "Farewell Yellow Brick Road" tour at the 53rd Montreux Jazz Festival (MJF), in Montreux, Switzerland on, June 29, 2019. Due to the global coronavirus pandemic, concert trade publication Pollstar puts the total lost revenue for the live events industry in 2020 at more than $30 billion. With just a few months on the road, Elton John’s “Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour” tops the year’s Top 100 Worldwide Tours list with $87.1 million grossed between Nov. 30 through March 7. John’s tour ranked No. 2 last year with $212 million grossed. (Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP, File)
Pollstar: Live events industry lost $30B due to pandemic

By Mesfin Fekadu Dec. 11, 2020 08:27 AM EST

FILE - Cyndi Lauper, left, and Perry Farrell perform during the 9th annual "Home for the Holidays" benefit concert in Los Angeles on Dec. 10, 2019. Lauper’s annual concert to combat youth homelessness, an issue its organizer says has only gotten worse during the pandemic, will premiere on Friday on Lauper's TikTok channel at 8 p.m. EST, with an additional stream Sunday at 8 p.m. EST on Lauper’s YouTube and Facebook handles. This year’s concert will free to watch, with donation encouraged. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
Stars join Cyndi Lauper's benefit concert for homeless youth

By Mark Kennedy Dec. 09, 2020 10:18 AM EST

This image released by Netflix shows Lily Collins, center, in a scene from "Emily in Paris," premiering on Friday, Oct. 2. (Stephanie Branchu/Netflix via AP)
New this week: Mariah Carey, Gloria Steinem & 'South Park'

By The Associated Press Sep. 28, 2020 12:35 PM EDT

This combination photo shows, from left, Jon Bon Jovi performing at the Samsung Charity Gala at Skylight Clarkson Square in New York on Nov. 2, 2017, Luke Combs performing at the 54th annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on April 7, 2019 and Avril Lavigne performing at the Paramount in Huntington, N.Y. on Dec.11, 2013. Bon Jovi, Combs and Lavigne are among the musical acts who have written songs about the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo)
Reflecting the times, acts pen songs about quarantine life

By Mesfin Fekadu May. 04, 2020 10:30 AM EDT

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FILE - In this Sept. 28, 2019 file photo, Adam Lambert, left, and Brian May, of Queen, perform at the Global Citizen Festival in New York. Lambert and May, along with bandmate Roger Taylor, recently gathered virtually to record a new version of the Queen classic, “We Are the Champions.” “You Are the Champions” was released early Friday on all streaming and download services, with proceeds going to the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
Queen and Adam Lambert honor global COVID-19 'Champions'

By Louise Dixon Apr. 30, 2020 07:58 PM EDT