In Brief: Phish, Elvis

Former PHISH frontman TREY ANASTASIO, NELLIE MCKAY, PHILIP GLASS and CHOCOLATE GENIUS' MARC ANTHONY THOMPSON are set to perform at the Tibet House's fifteenth annual benefit concert at New York's Carnegie Hall on February 9th, hosted by UMA THURMAN . . . JOHN TRAVOLTA sings "I Really Don't Want to Know," previously recorded by both ELVIS PRESLEY and DOLLY PARTON, on the soundtrack to A Love Song for Bobby Long, due January 11th . . . ICE CUBE's new comedy, Barbershop. is being developed into a half-hour series for Showtime . . . Rap duo MOBB DEEP will kick off a U.K. tour with DJ-producer the ALCHEMIST on January 31st . . . BOY GEORGE is set to DJ on the last day of WinterFest, the seven-day annual gay and lesbian ski week, at the Horizons Casino Resort in Lake Tahoe on March 12th . . . RUSSELL SIMMONS and Vibe magazine president Kenard Gibbs will be honored at JESSE JACKSON's eighth annual Wall Street Project Conference taking place January 11-13. DOUG E. FRESH, SLICK RICK and BLACK ICE are scheduled to perform . . .

LINKIN PARK is leading the way in musicians lending a hand to the tsunami disaster victims. The band has teamed up with the American Red Cross to set up Music for Relief, and have already donated $100,000 . . . PAPA ROACH is set to shoot a second video for "Scars" after the first video, directed by Steven Murashige (INCUBUS, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and the ATARIS) left fans and band members unhappy . . . CHRIS GOSS, frontman of MASTERS OF REALITY who appears on QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE's upcoming album, Lullabies to Paralyse, is recovering in California after a serious internal infection over the Christmas holiday . . . GOLDFINGER will kick off their tour on February 15th in New York in support of their fifth album Disconnection Notice in stores the same day . . .

SUM 41 frontman DERYCK WHIBLEY guests as a character and contributes music to the soundtrack of the video game Playboy: The Mansion, due January 11th. Other artists involved include ELEFANT and producers FELIX DA HOUSECAT and ARMAND VAN HELDEN . . . INCUBUS bassist BEN KENNEY has released a solo record, 26, through his Web site, benkenney.com . . . LIZA MINNELLI was hospitalized early Monday after falling out of bed at her New York home . . . MIRI BEN-ARI, who has played violin on albums by KANYE WEST, JANET JACKSON, TRICK DADDY and TWISTA, will release her next solo on March 22nd . . . DISTURBED have organized a February 23rd benefit for the DIMEBAG DARRELL Memorial Fund at Chicago's Aragon Ballroom, to cover funeral and medical expenses for the victims of the December 8th shooting in Columbus, Ohio, that took the guitarist's life . . . WYCLEF JEAN and rapper KURUPT are set to co-star opposite Golden Globe nominee DAVID CARRADINE in Click, a heist movie set at the end of the Civil War . . .

MARIAH CAREY will be in Las Vegas hosting the opening of Caesars Palace new nightclub, Pure, on New Year's Eve . . . VELVET REVOLVER will be performing in Las Vegas at the Hard Rock Hotel's club the Joint on New Year's Eve . . . D12's KON ARTIS, Q-TIP and ROCKWILDER are among the hip-hop producers who have created ringtones for the first wireless record label, Blingtones . . . 50 CENT'S new album, St. Valentine's Day Massacre, will now hit stores on March 8th . . . ELTON JOHN was among those who attended the extravagant party thrown by DAVID BECKHAM and ex-SPICE GIRL VICTORIA BECKHAM at their English mansion for the christening of their sons . . . MISSY ELLIOTT protege TWEET will return in March with a new album, It's Me Again, which will include six tracks written by Elliott and a duet with her daughter . . .

SUM 41's WHIBLEY makes a guest appearance in JENNY MCCARTHY's self-penned film Dirty Love, set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January . . . Greenwich, Connecticut Police Chief James Walters is being accused by the town's police union of giving DIANA ROSS special treatment. ROSS served a two-day sentence after being convicted of drunk driving in Arizona . . . JADAKISS will count down to midnight in Vegas at Caesars' OPM nightclub . . . Giant Village 2005, the fifth annual New Year's Eve outdoor event in Los Angeles, will feature the KILLERS, CRYSTAL METHOD, JASON BENTLEY, MARK FARINA, PAUL OAKENFOLD and JOHN DIGWEED . . . Monster Dog, which stars ALICE COOPER and features exclusive Cooper songs, will be available on DVD February 15th . . . CIARA, MONICA and NINA SKY will be performing on New Year's Eve in Mashantucket, Connecticut, at Foxwoods Resort Casino . . .