Why British pop let cool get in the way of a good charity single

How amazing would it have been if Radiohead, Dizzee and Elbow had contributed to Everybody Hurts? Sadly, they are too cool to return Simon Cowell's phonecallsThere's nothing like a charity single for making musicians pull together – as long as they're American. The lineup that recorded We are the World 25 Years for Haiti in LA this week is impressive no matter how you look at it. Proper legends – Brian Wilson, Tony Bennett, Gladys Knight – appeared with young guns like Kanye...

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