Fergie, of the hip hop group Black Eyed Peas, performs during a concert in Hong Kong on Sunday, July 16, 2006. It was the first stop of the group's Asian tour.
British music group Coldplay's Chris Martin performs during his concert in Hong Kong on Thursday, July 13, 2006. Martin says the band doesn't want to impose its political beliefs on others, but that its members feel an obligation to use their celebrity for a good cause.
Country artist Brad Paisley, who grew up in nearby Glen Dale, W. Va., performs on Thursday, July 13, 2006, at Jamboree in the Hills near St. Clairsville, Ohio, in Belmont County. Several top entertainers were slated to take the stage during the four-day festival. The event, now in its 30th year, attracts thousands of fans annually.
Jamaican-born singer and dancehall king Sean Paul performs on Stravinski stage during the 40th Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland, on July 13, 2006.
Singer Billy Idol performs on an open-air stage in Budapest, Hungary, on July 13, 2006.
British singer and songwriter James Blunt performs on stage at the Gurten Open Air Festival in Bern, Switzerland, on July 13, 2006.
Singer Mick Hucknall of British pop group Simply Red performs on stage during the Live at Sunset festival in Zurich, Switzerland, on July 12, 2006.
Leeds singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae performs during the Somerset House Summer Series at Somerset House in London on July 12, 2006.
British rock legend Eric Clapton, left, performs on stage during the Moon and Stars Concert on the Piazza Grande in Locarno, Switzerland, on July 11, 2006.
Mick Jagger performs during the Rolling Stones' concert at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, on July 11, 2006. The Stones started their "A Bigger Band" European tour in Milan.
British rock legend Robert Plant performs with his band, the Strange Sensation, during the Somerset House Summer Series at Somerset House in London on July 10, 2006.
Singer Cheyenne Kimball performs at a listening party for her debut album, "The Day Has Come," hosted by Verizon Wireless at the Canal Room in New York on July 10, 2006.
Singer Sheryl Crow performs on NBC's "Today Show" summer concert series in New York's Rockefeller Center on July 12, 2006.
Roger Daltry and Pete Townsend of The Who perform during day two of the T in The Park music festival in Perth, Scotland, on July 9, 2006.
Country music artists Eddie Montgomery, left, and Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry perform at the Hickory Hill Lakes Country Concert in Fort Loramie, Ohio, on July 6, 2006. The 26th Annual Country Concert features America's top country music stars, such as Martina McBride, Alan Jackson, Montgomery Gentry, Dierks Bently and Lonestar.
Tim McGraw performs in the "Soul2Soul" tour in New Orleans on July 5, 2006. All of the net proceeds from the concert will be donated to the newly established Neighbors Keepers Foundation for Hurricane Katrina relief.
Train singer Pat Monahan, left, and guitarist Jimmy Stafford perform at the Red, White & Boom Independence Day festival at Desert Breeze Park in Las Vegas on July 4, 2006.
"American Idol" 2004 winner Fantasia Barrino performs on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, during an Independence Day celebration on July 4, 2006. Barrino had to be persuaded to play herself in a television movie about her hardscrabble life. "Life Is Not a Fairy Tale," inspired by the R&B singer's autobiography about dropping out of high school and becoming an unwed mother at 17.
Shakira performs on stage at the Campo De Futbol Stadium in Tenerife, Spain, on July 5, 2006.
Singer Patti Austin performs for President Bush during a celebration of Black Music Month in the East Room of the White House on June 26, 2006.