U2's Bono and the Edge teamed with Pearl Jam to join Aussie acts Jet, Paul Kelly, Eskimo Joe, Evermore and the John Butler Trio at a Make Poverty History concert in Melbourne tonight (Nov. 17). The event drew 14,000 to the Myer Music Bowl, and was broadcast to thousands more on giant screens through Melbourne, Brisbane and two major Victorian regional towns Geelong and Bendigo.

The concert was held on the eve of the two-day G20 summit. Political leaders and finance officials from 19 countries, the European Bank, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund meet at the Hyatt Hotel to discuss global and domestic issues.

"Politicians all have to do what you tell them to do: scream it from the mountains," Bono called out, before he and Edge joined Pearl Jam for a thunderous cover of Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World," which featured new lyrics written for the occasion.

Bono had been pushing to for discussions with Australian Prime Minister John Howard, who declined. The U2 singer later criticized the Prime Minister on national state-owned channel ABC's current affairs program "Lateline," saying he needed to display leadership on the poverty issue.

"What kind of Australia do you want to live in? You've got this incredible prosperity, I have been coming here for 20 years and I am in awe of what you have done," he said. "[The PM] has also led your country to the bottom of the league table in terms of engagement with the world's poor and I don't think that's an Australia people want to live in." Vedder lambasted Howard four days earlier during a Pearl Jam gig in Melbourne.

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The Bangles website has issued the following message regarding to Vicki Peterson's collaboration in The Lamp's new EP coming out this November, 14.

For any Banglesfan who's been living under a rock lately, the Lamp s are former Jolene members John Crooke and Dave Burris, former Squirrel Nut Zippers drummer Chris Phillips, accomplished cellist James Roven and his violinist brother, Timothy Roven, Peele Wimberley of The Connells , and last but certainly not least - Bangle and Contintental Drifter Vicki Peterson .


Between the seven of them they have collaborated in some way or another in no less than eleven different bands, and with five members in Los Angeles and two in New York they have managed to defy logistical difficulties to produce a four song EP entitled PLEASE COME DOWN, which drops this month on November 14th.

For more info on the album and where to snag your own copy, visit the Lamps' MySpace page

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Duran Duran posted the following message:

And so we come to the end of our Eastern European and USA tour photos. Special thanks to our photographers Nick Rhodes, Dave Casillas, Patty Palazzo, Paul Adams, Katy Krassner, Carsten Windhorst and Gerard Hynes. Look for a Live Gallery coming soon!

Photos here

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Journey has announced their UK/Euro March 2007 Tour dates as follow:

03/01 Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield, UK
03/02 Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle, UK
03/03 Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, Scotland
03/05 Nottingham Royal Centre, Nottingham, UK
03/06 Manchester Apollo, Manchester, UK
03/07 Manchester Apollo, Manchester, UK
03/09 Cardiff Int Centre, Cardiff, Wales
03/10 Bournemouth Int Centre, Bournemouth, UK
03/13 Birmingham NIA, Birmingham, UK
03/14 Hammersmith Apollo, London, UK
03/15 Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle, UK
03/17 Europahalle, Karlsruhe, Germany

All tickets can be found here

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