DMX will provide his voice and the production costs for a series of radio PSAs against animal abuse as part of his sentence on animal cruelty charges . . . Korn enlisted Alien artist H.R. Giger to design the microphone stands for the band's tour of South America this month; photos of the stand can be viewed at www.hrgigermuseum.com . . . Alicia Keys performed before an audience of journalists and schoolchildren at the Portcullis House in Britain's Parliament on March 15th . . . The Goo Goo Dolls will headline the Rock and Roar Concert on April 13th at the Convention Center near Long Beach, California . . .

Germany's Zeitkratzer gave the first ever live performance of Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music, in Berlin over the weekend . . . Atom And His Package and Weakerthans are among the Sub City Records artists who have donated proceeds from their records to more than twenty charities, totaling more than $100,000 . . . Beechwood Sparks, B.R.M.C., the Peaches and Charlatans U.K. frontman Tim Burgess performed at a March 16th benefit to raise bail money for Brian Jonestown Massacre's Anton Alfred Newcombe, who was arrested last week in a barroom fight . . . B.B. King, Los Lobos, Bo Diddley, Little Richard and Jonny Lang will perform at the Doheny Blues Festival, on May 18th and 19th, in Dana Point, California . . .

(March 18, 2002)