To celebrate the life of the pop icon, MuchMusic is hosting a live broadcast from MuchMusic HQ allowing Canadian fans to pay tribute to the self proclaimed “King of Pop”. The live broadcast will continue to at least 11 p.m. EST, and guests include Danny Fernandes, Stereos, Traci Melchor, Jully Black, Protest The Hero, K-OS and Natalie Thomas of Us Weekly.
International music stars celebrated the life of Jeff Healey Saturday, May 3 in the first of two weekend tributes to the blind guitar hero—who died in March 2008 after a long battle with cancer at the age of 41.
Some of the artists who took the stage were rocker Randy Bachman, guitarist David Wilcox, bluesman Colin James and singer Alannah Myles. The show also featured ‘Deep Purple’s’ Ian Gillan—who played with Healey several times.
“We worked with each other a lot and I had a great deal of respect for him…. He always used to get up and jam with us when we came into town,” said Gillian.
Healy rose to fame as the leader of the Jeff Healey Band. As a child, Healey was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer— retinoblastoma—resulting in his loss of sight.
Proceeds from this weekend’s sold-out concerts will go to Daisy’s Eye Cancer Fund and the Healey Family Trust.
Johnny Knoxville has incurred a bevy of painful injuries while performing “Jackass” stunts, but his newest accident takes the cake: he nearly castrated himself while riding a motorcycle.
Knoxville was filming a tribute to Evel Knievel in Oklahoma early in February when he had his painful accident.
Updating his blog, Knoxville wrote, “let’s just say before letting Travis Pastrana teach me how to do a backflip on a motorcycle I should have had him teach me to ride one first. Heh-heh…bad for me, good for our viewing audience at home. Have to go now. Have to empty the piss bag on my leg that I have to wear for the next two weeks until my torn urethra heals.”
The tribute will air on MTV on Feb. 23, and Knoxville promised that there will “lots of great stuff in the Evel Knievel tribute besides my trip to the hospital—lots!”
