Dido, Sarah Mclachlan, CARLY SIMON and others will appear on the third annual Miracles Happen CD, which raises money during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month; the CD will be sold at Ann Taylor and Loft outlets throughout this month . . . Hanson filed suit against MP3.com in Los Angeles last week, alleging copyright infringement; the group seeks $150,000 in statutory damages for each violation . . . Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, will donate a portion of royalties from his upcoming four-CD box set, Cat Stevens Box, to charity in response to the September 11th terrorist attacks . . . Mandy Moore has recorded a PSA for radio speaking out against discrimination and violence towards Muslims and Arabs following the attacks . . .

John Mellencamp will celebrate his fiftieth birthday with a three-day party that includes an October 5th concert in Bloomington, Indiana, with more than twenty bands performing . . . The Indigo Girls and Arrested Development were among performers who played a twelve-hour benefit concert on September 29th in Atlanta to benefit victims of the September 11th attacks . . . The Essential Billy Joel, the first collection to span the piano man's entire thirty-year career, will be released today to coincide with Joel's new classical album, Opus 1-10 Fantasies and Delusions (Music for Solo Piano) . . . Grand National and Mike Watt will play a seven-date tour starting October 8th in Pittsburgh . . . The Pernice Brothers will hit the road for a thirty-three-date tour starting October 11th in Montreal . . .

(October 1, 2001)