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OK magazine’s annual Rich List reveals Sir Elton John to have been the UK’s highest earning entertainer in the previous year, having raked in £33m during 2004. The Osbournes come in second with £20m and American Idol/Pop Idol judge Simon Cowell is third with £18m.
An Asian Tsunami Benefit concert is held at The GM Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, featuring Avril Lavigne, Barenaked Ladies, Sum 41, Sarah McLachlan and Delirium. The event raises $3.6m.
David Lerchey, founder of hit-making 1950s group The Del Vikings, dies of cancer at Hallandale Veterans’ Hospital, Florida, USA, aged 67.
Three people [Anthony Aldis, Steven Fullerton and Leanne Terry]
appear at the magistrates court, Waltham Forest, UK, on charges
relating to the murder of former Warrior Soul drummer Mark Evans whose burnt body was recently
found stuffed into a wheelie bin in a car park in east London.
Ice Cube and former Sex Pistols’ guitarist Steve Jones are guests on tv’s Late Late Show in the USA.
Kasey Chambers, Midnight Oil, Missy Higgins, Nick Cave, Pete Murray, Powderfinger, Silverchair, The Finn Brothers, The John Butler Trio, The King's Own Scottish Borderers, The Waifs and The Wrights play at Wave Aid, Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia, Oceania. The event is a fund raising concert to assist the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
On her Most Wanted Tour, Hilary Duff plays at Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA.
Bright Eyes play at The 930 Club, Washington DC, USA. The concert is Web-cast live on NPR.org.
Prudence Johnson, The Baldwin Sisters and The Geezers are the musical guests on tonight's edition of the Garrison Keillor-hosted radio show A Prairie Home Companion, broacast live from The Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
On their Hot Fuss Tour, The Killers play the second of two nights at The Academy, Manchester, UK.