Jenifer Lewis, probably best-known as Tina Turner's mother in "What's Love Got To Do With It" and for her nightclub act "The Diva Is Dismissed," performs at the 17th Annual Divas Simply Singing show, a long-running benefit concert for AIDS, at the Wilshire Ebel Theatre in Los Angeles, CA on Saturday October 6, 2007. It was just one of the several recent concerts intended to raise consciousness and raise funds.
Also performing at the diva benefit concert were singer Natalie Cole, right, and Sheryl Lee Ralph, best known as the Tony-nominated actress in the original Broadway production of "Dreamgirls".
Giving
Shakira is shaking for a serious cause, performing as part of "Giving -- Live At The Apollo" on September 29, 2007, sponsored by MTV and the (Bill) Cinton Global Initiative. Also at the "Giving" concert were...
Alicia Keys...
Jerry Lee Lewis (inset is the performer in 1958)...
...former President Bill Clinton and MTV VJ Sway, who both talked rather than sang (Neither played the piano nor even the saxophone.)
Marc Anthony, left, performs a duet with his wife, Jennifer Lopez, during a concert at Madison Square Garden in New York, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2007
Rapper Busta Rhymes performs at the Boost Mobile RockCorps Concert at Radio City Music Hall Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007 in New York.
Spanish singer Julio Iglesias performs during a concert at the Stadium Arena in Santiago de Chile, 29 September 2007. Iglesias scheduled two concerts in Chile as part of his world tour 'Live' wich includes countries like Argentina, France, Portugal, Sweden, Lituania, Russia and Poland.
Puerto Rican singer Chayanne, performs Friday, Oct. 5, 2007 at Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires at the beginning of his concert attended by near 50,000 fans. Chayanne had to cancel the show after the fourth song, due to health problems.
Pianist Lang Lang teaches a young boy piano techniques before his piano solo concert on October 7, 2007 in Nanjing, China.
Former members of rock band 'The Police' perform together -- left to right, Sting, Andy Summers, drummer Stewart Copeland, Henry Padovani -- on 29 September 2007 at the 'Stade de France' in Saint-Denis, Northern Paris, as part of their world re-union tour.
Goth rocker Marilyn Manson performs on stage in concert at the first Sydney night of his national tour for his recently released sixth album 'Eat me, drink me' at Hordern Pavilion on October 6, 2007 in Sydney, Australia.
Idol Un
Jonatan Cerrada performs at the 14th gala concert for the organization "Fight AIDS" at the Opera Theater in Avignon, France on October 6, 2007. Cerrada, a 22-year-old singer from Belgium, was the winner of French Idol.
Idol 2
Australian Idol Top 12 Finalists Lana Krost, Matt Corby and Daniel Mifsud perform during an Australian Idol Concert at Federation Square on September 26, 2007 in Melbourne, Australia
Idol 3
One-time American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson performs on the breakfast show 'Sunrise' October 1, 2007 in Sydney, Australia.