When he began assembling a lineup of singers to pay tribute to Buddy Holly for what would have been the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's 75th birthday, producer Peter Asher hadn't heard that a similar project was underway. Rave On Buddy Holly, a tribute album with tracks by the Black Keys, Lou Reed, My Morning Jacket and Paul McCartney (who owns the publishing rights to Holly's music), came out in June.

Now the second Holly tribute, Listen to Me: Buddy Holly - supported by Holly's widow, executive produced by Asher (one-half of the UK duo Peter and Gordon, who had a hit with Holly's "True Love Ways") and featuring contributions from Stevie Nicks, Brian Wilson, Ringo Starr, Zooey Deschanel and ex-Fall Out Boy Patrick Stump - is set for release September 6th. A star-studded concert event will be filmed the following day, Holly's birthday, at the Music Box in Hollywood.

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Holly's widow, Maria Elena Santiago-Holly, says she's

On Twitter, Cher has slammed the "stupid bigots" who have criticized the casting of her transgender son, Chaz Bono, on Dancing with the Stars. "lovelies! Chaz is Being Viciously Attacked on Blogs & Message boards about being on DWTS! This is Still America right ? It took guts 2 do it," the singer wrote yesterday, rallying support for her son. "I support him no matter what he chooses 2do!"

Bono, 42, underwent a female-to-male sex change last year. He has become the target of mean-spirited jokes and outright hate messages on Twitter, blogs and message boards since ABC announced the lineup of stars taking part in the show this fall.

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Cher has written several tweets on the topic over the past two days, all of which have been typed out in the singer's distinctive headache-inducing shorthand. "Mothers don't stop Getting angry with stupid bigots who fk with their children !," she wrote in a text from last night.

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Sting will perform a special concert at the Beacon Theater in Manhattan on October 1st to celebrate the 25th anniversary of solo career on the eve of his 60th birthday. The show, which will feature music from the singer's extensive body of work, will be a benefit concert for the Robin Hood Foundation, an organization that fights poverty in New York City.

Sting's performance will also include a number of major guests, including Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Lady Gaga, Mary J. Blige, Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock and Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas.

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Tickets for the event will not go on sale to the general public, though a small number of tickets have been reserved for members of Sting's fan club.

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Good Charlotte are releasing a mix tape, Before The Fame: The Madden Brothers, on October 1st. "It's all new artists - Machine Gun Kelly, Rockie Fresh," Benji Madden tells Rolling Stone. 

The mixtape will be the only music that fans hear from the Maddens for awhile, though. "We're stepping away from the grind of making records and touring for a minute, just to have fun and be creative like we were when we were 15," Benji says.

Good Charlotte released their last album, Cardiology, in November 2010, their fifth album since their debut in 2000. Since then they've also kept up a very active touring schedule, but both have full liveswith his twin and bandmate Joel having two kids and the brothers now both 32, they have full lives outside of music to concentrate on. However, for acts like Incubus, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Evanescence, all of whom released or are releasing new albums in 2011 five years after their last project the break has been great for them artistically and personally.