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Mark Howard Cancer Fundraiser Attracts Major Star Power

The acclaimed Canadian record producer/engineer is fighting melanoma at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. A high-powered lineup of Canadian stars will perform at a benefit for the Centre at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto on Oct. 6.

Mark Howard Cancer Fundraiser Attracts Major Star Power

By FYI Staff

On Oct. 6 at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, a star-studded lineup performs at The Mark Howard “Princess Margaret Cancer Centre” Grand Concert. It includes Randy Bachman, Sass Jordan, Sarah McLachlan, Sam Roberts, and Ian Thornley, plus multiple unannounced special guests.


An all-star band for the concert includes; Brady Blade (Emmylou Harris, Jewel, Steve Earle), Doug Pettibone (Joan Baez, Jewel, Mark Knopfler), Hal Cragin (Iggy Pop, Joni Mitchell, Sarah McLachlan), and Vince Jones (Grapes of Wrath, Sarah McLachlan, Cowboy Junkies). Tickets for the concert are on sale now, priced from $100 to $250.

The event is a fundraiser to help further immune therapy research and is named for prominent record producer/engineer Mark Howard. He is a Melanoma cancer patient of Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and is bringing awareness about this disease into the public eye and raising funds that will assist research. 

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Howard's extensive cv includes work with Bob Dylan, U2, Willie Nelson, Peter Gabriel, Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris, Neil Young, The Tragically Hip (he earned a Juno nomination for producing Day For Night),  Robbie Robertson, kd lang, and many more. He began his career in Hamilton, Ontario, mixing shows in local clubs, and touring across Canada with King Biscuit Boy. In 1986, while working at Grant Avenue Studio, he connected with Daniel Lanois, beginning a long and fruitful musical partnership.

An earlier GoFundMe campaign to assist Howard has raised $54.5K.

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Cardi B attends the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 10, 2024 in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Cardi B attends the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 10, 2024 in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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Cardi B Leaves Nothing to the Imagination in Provocative ‘Enough (Miami)’ Video

Thongs on thongs on thongs on display in the Patience Harding-directed clip for the hard-hitting new single.

Cardi B might make it hard for some fans to focus on the punchy lyrics of her new single, “Enough (Miami)” thanks to the eye-popping visual for the track that dropped Friday morning (March 15). In the Patience Harding-directed clip Cardi models a series of increasingly skimpy high-fashion, thong-forward ensembles, from a futuristic black leather and spikes bondage gear kit to a burgundy sling bikini and matching platform boots — as well as a copper-colored pixie cut wig — matched with a full-length fur, and nothing else.

The video stars Cardi in a series of NSFW outfits, including a space-age red one featuring a shiny, pointy helmet and plastic oversized shades paired with a crimson tape bikini that barely covers her bikini area. The clip — which bears the heavy influence of Cardi’s musical icon Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott’s most beloved visual spectacles — mostly consists of Cardi spitting the song’s venomous lyrics on a blank soundstage. It frequently flashes between a quintet of outrageous looks, which also includes a white half shirt and thong bottom ensemble the MC models while lounging on a curved piece of plastic.

This article was originally published by Billboard U.S.

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