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BUY TICKETS: Cut Copy (DJ Set) at Avalon Hollywood It's finally the weekend Scenestar readers and we're ready to get down to some awesome tunes. Bringing you the beats to get you moving for today's Show Of The Night are...

"The idea behind Halfsies is that participating restaurant-goers are only served a dish that is half the size of the normal menu items, and that the remaining value in the dish is put to a better purpose. What restaurants don't put on the table, they donate as cash to groups working on food insecurity, homelessness, and hunger," writes Fast Company Exist . The company, started by four friends in Austin, Texas, is still trying to workout how the donations will work with restaurants. Spokesperson Linsey McNew says about 60% of proceeds will go to local charities, 30% [...]

BUY TICKETS: Coldplay at Club Nokia We're halfway through the week Scenestar readers! As with most nights, he has some pretty cool options to fill tht live music void. Today our Show Of The Night is a intimate date at...

It's February. If you're a normal person you would've had a very austere January, contemplating the various sins you committed over the Christmas period. We just drank the pain away, obviously, but that's not the point. Basically, you should've recovered from the toils of Christmas present purchases and bar tabs the size of three credit cards enough to have some cash left over to give to CHARITY. Luckily, Cult Cinema, Front magazine and even TH Editor, Raz are all making it easy for you to do so. ‎ Cult Cinema are teaming up [...]

INFO: Youngblood Ladyhawke at the Satellite (FREE) Welcome to another week of great music Scenestar readers! Our Show Of The Night is once again a benefit show featuring Lady Danville, Youngblood Ladyhawke, Useless Keys and Yellow Red Sparks live at...

BUY TICKETS: The Peach Kings at the Bootleg Bar It's Super Bowl Sunday Scenestar readers! If you're not going to watch Madonna get down with M.I.A. during the halftime show or head out to Disneyland, there's still some musical options...

It's good that - in the face of the sort of bad publicity even Mel Gibson couldn't generate - the Susan G Komen Foundation have reversed their original decision to punish Planned Parenthood for helping people in difficult situations. Amongst those who sounded their outrage at a cancer charity behaving like right-wing politicians were The Decemberists : The Decemberists are deeply troubled by Komen for the Cure's recent decision to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood, a vital resource in the battle against breast cancer. Providing cancer screenings to low income women is integral to [...]

Today is your last day to pledge to support KCRW during their 2012 Winter Membership Drive! KCRW started their drive on Thursday, Jan. 26 and ends today, Friday, Feb. 3. Call and support KCRW NOW by calling (800) 600-5279 during...

This weekend (yes, it starts tomorrow night, in case you haven't noticed!) sees a trio of charity gigs in memory of the late, great hip hop producer J-Dilla who passed away in 2006 at age 32 from lupus-related complications. The three events - happening in Manchester, Brighton and London this weekend - will raise money for the J-Dilla Foundation , founded to help fund inner-city music programs and provide scholarships to high-achieving music students, and Lupus UK , the only national registered charity in the UK supporting [...]

The first school Madonna planned to bring Kabbalah to Malawi didn't end well. In fact, it didn't start well, with £2.4million being somehow consumed without a single child being taught about magic water or magic string. Still, when life gives Madonna lemons, Madonna puts a biopic of a lemon farmer into planning, and so she's trying again. This time, though, she's giving some money to people who actually know what they're doing , BuildOn. Madonna seems to think of this as her charity building schools rather than just giving a charitable [...]

Greece's number 1 export, Keep Shelly in Athens , have covered The Jesus and Mary Chain's classic "Just Like Honey" in support of breast cancer. The album to which the act is contributing to can be found here and then you could go buy it over at bandcamp for a measly 12 bucks.

My Brother George and his wife, Jennifer are going to do something pretty amazing and extreme. They are asking for your support. George and Jennifer are going to have their heads shaved at a St. Baldrick's Foundation event on March 16th, 2012. With their bald heads, they'll stand in solidarity with kids being treated for cancer while raising money for life-saving research. Please make a donation on their behalf to help them reach their goal of $1,500 and watch them and others "Shaving the Way to [...]

76 newly recorded Bob Dylan songs by over 80 artists are scheduled for physical (4 discs) and digital release tomorrow, January 24, 2012. Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan features a stellar and diverse group of artists across the generational and musical spectrum. The performers, including many of Amnesty International's longtime supporters, range in age from pop star Miley Cyrus, 19, to folk music legend Pete Seeger, who, at 92, records Dylan's poignant "Forever Young," with a children's chorus. The diversity of the musicians and musical genres [...]

There is a serious point in the Evening Argus piece about going deaf at gigs , but there's also something a bit puzzling about it: A music fan has warned fellow rockers too many concerts could make them deaf like her. Sue Burgess said years of going to performances by the likes of Right Said Fred had contributed to the severe hearing problems she and husband Tony have both developed. Now, it's true that the Burgesses have seen Right Said Fred, but later on there's a bit more depth to their musical tastes: [...]

BUY TICKETS: M83 w/ Big Black Delta At Club Nokia So so close to the weekend Scenestar readers. Why not act like it now and hit up our Show Of The Night, M83 at Club Nokia! M83 is back for...

the JENNIFER HUDSON jetted her skinny frame over to the TODAY SHOW to talk about those hips don't lie, weight loss haters, her charity, and credits god in overcoming her family tragedy. via a QUEER to watch the she-popper's interview, who always makes for a jolz gif. wotyougot

Tal como lo había anunciado hace unas semanas, Cat Power nos presenta una nueva versión de "Kings Rides By" que venía en su tercer LP ( y primero en Matador Records), What Would The Community Think . En esta ocasión Chan Marshall ofrece la rola por $0.99 que irán directamente a Festival of Children Foundation y The Ali Forney Center. Pueden apoyar a la causa aquí , y ver el video con Manny Pacquiao a continuación.

Cat Power and Manny Pacquiao have joined forces this holiday season for a good cause. The unseeming duo have lent their vocals and appearance to the video for "King Rides By" to benefit the Festival of Children organization and Aliforney Center this Christmas. You can download the track here . I hope that when Money May gets out of jail, he and "Pac-Man" can finally hash out a date next year to decide who's who in the ring.

Tweet Watch the new video for Cat Power 's song "King Rides By" below. A couple of weeks ago Chan Marshall, otherwise known to most common folk as Cat Power, announced via her Twitter account that on Christmas eve she'd be throwing down something special for us in the form of new music. It was later revealed that it would be a charity single and that she's working on a new album (double-win!). [...]

Sloan @ The Great Hall: photo by Michael Ligon Review to come. Photos: Sloan, Rural Alberta Advantage, Ohbijou, Bonjay @ The Great Hall, Toronto (December 21, 2011) MySpace: Bonjay MySpace: Ohbijou MySpace: Rural Alberta Advantage MySpace: Sloan