Michael Monroe Leads Japanese Relief Benefit

03/22/2011
. (Rock News Desk) The rock and metal community are continuing efforts to help the people affected by Japan's earthquake and tsunami as the nation reveals it may need $235bn and five years to recover from the March 11 disaster.

Michael Monroe will lead a cast of Finnish all-stars in a charity concert on Sunday at Tavastia in Helsinki. The event will also feature Jenni Vartiainen, Paleface, Ismo Alanko, Von Hertzen Brother and Tuomari Nurmio. The gig will be broadcast live online.

Monroe says: "What happened was scary and alarming. The best you can do with rock music is to try and influence the events positively." more on this story

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