Lady Gaga, U2, Rihanna, Sonic Youth, Lou Reed & other musicians pitch in to raise money for Japan

How Musicians are Raising Money for Japan Relief
Lady Gaga, U2, Rihanna, Sonic Youth, Lou Reed and others pitch in



Lady Gaga performs in Tokyo, April 20, 2010.

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- The Universal Music Group is readying a digital-only benefit album to be released later this week. A tracklisting has not been announced, but U2, Rihanna, Bon Jovi, Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj are among the artists expected to donate tracks.

- Lady Gaga has been selling special prayer bracelets on her site with all proceeds going to tsunami relief in Japan.

- Sonic Youth are auctioning off a set of rare posters and sneakers, and will headline a concert on March 27th at Columbia University's Miller Theater with performances by Yoko Ono, Mike Patton, John Zorn, Sean Lennon and others.

- Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass and Bill Laswell will be performing at a fundraising concert at the Japan Society in Manhattan on April 9th.