Cowell's Haiti charity single gets first airing
AP News | 2010-02-04 03:24:08
<div id="subtitle">Simon Cowell-backed Haiti charity reworking of 'Everybody Hurts' gets first radio airplay</div><div><p>A star-studded British single to raise money for victims of the earthquake in Haiti has had its first radio airplay.</p><p>The cover of R.E.M.'s 1993 ballad "Everybody Hurts" made its debut on breakfast-time broadcasts Tuesday.</p><p>Susan Boyle, Rod Stewart, Leona Lewis, Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams are all featured on the track, coordinated by TV mogul Simon Cowell.</p><p>R.E.M. has agreed to waive royalties and the British government says the record will be exempt from sales tax.</p><p>It goes on sale by download Sunday and will be in stores starting Monday.</p><p>The song is one of several records raising money for victims of the Jan. 12 quake. Another is a re-recording of 1985 anthem "We Are The World" by 80 artists including Pink, Celine Dion and Kanye West.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=68374016&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>
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