Stereogum — The new Marianne Faithfull -- her 22nd album in all, if you're counting -- will feature a number of guests, including Chan Marshall, Anthony Hegarty, Sean Lennon, Keith Richards, Teddy Thompson, and Rufus Wainwright. Pulling a late-period Johnny C... more info

JamBase — War Child: Heroes Cover Album War Child has announced the full list of artists and songs for their new album Heroes. Set for release on Parlophone on February 16, the album's concept was to get some of the biggest legends in music history to selec... more info

Pitchfork — Last September, Pitchfork reported that Astralwerks would be releasing Heroes, a benefit compilation for War Child, a charity that helps kids stranded in war zones across the world. Heroes has a pretty simple and great concept: Music legends pick the... more info

JamBase — 19th ANNUAL CHARITY EVENT IN NYC Patti Smith Tibet House US will hold its 19th Annual Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday, February 3rd. Philip Glass, the concert's Artistic Director, once again brings together an original line-up of co... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Nicholas Roberts In yet another week of amusing pairings, Lou Reed smooched Rufus Wainwright at the latter’s Christmas show at Carnegie Hall, Mickey Rourke chilled with 50 Cent and Dr. Drew spent some QT with Scott Weiland. Plus the Killers ... more info

ContactMusic — Gay singer RUFUS WAINWRIGHT has denied he refuses to campaign for same-sex marriage - insisting his comments published in a recent interview were "taken out of ... more info

NME — Rufus Wainwright has responded to an interview that appeared in a New York publication last week that quoted the singer as saying he was “not a huge supporter of gay marriage”. more info

NME — Rufus Wainwright has responded to an interview that appeared in a New York publication last week that quoted the singer as saying he was "not a huge supporter of gay marriage". more info

Perez Hilton — In response to an apparently misquoted statement, Rufus Wainwright posted the following explanatory - albeit still mildly eyebrow-raising - correction on his website: Recently, a quote from an interview was taken out of context and as these things go... more info

ContactMusic — Gay singer RUFUS WAINWRIGHT refuses to join the campaign to allow same-sex unions, insisting he has no interest in marrying. Unlike other gay celebrities, ... more info