On Sunday, February 12, 2012, partners Three Six Zero Group and Roc Nation will stage an unprecedented charity concert featuring international superstars deadmau5, Rihanna, Calvin Harris and Sebastian Ingrosso of Swedish House Mafia at the House Of Blues in Los Angeles.  All proceeds from this once-in-a-lifetime concert will benefit the Children’s Orthopaedic Center and The Mark Taper–Johnny Mercer Artists Program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.  The all-star line up will also include Chris Lake and Michael Woods.  All artists are donating their time for this wonderful cause.

Tickets, priced at $1,000 go on sale today, Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 5:00pm (PST).  They may be purchased on-line LiveNation.com or by calling Ticketmaster at 800-653-8000 or at the House Of Blues box office located at 8430 Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood, California.

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has been named the best children’s hospital in California and among the best in the nation for clinical excellence with its selection to the prestigious US News & World Report Honor Roll.  Children’s Hospital is home to The Saban Research Institute, one of the largest and most productive pediatric research facilities in the United States. The hospital is also one of America’s premier teaching hospitals through its affiliation since 1932 with the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.  For more information, visit www.CHLA.org.

The stars will be out in New Orleans on March 10 for Brad Pitt’s Make It Right charity event, which will raise funds to build sustainable, affordable homes for New Orleans’ families who lost everything to Hurricane Katrina.

Pitt and Ellen DeGeneres will host the event, which will feature performances by Rihanna, Sheryl Crow, the Neville Brothers and Seal. Host Committee members for the event include Djimon Hounsou, Spike Lee, Blake Lively, Bennett Miller, Chris and Jada Paul, Sean Penn and Kevin Spacey. Randy Jackson and Wendell Pierce will co-host the performance event. Parks and Recreation star Aziz Ansari will host the after-party.

The charity gala at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans will not only raise funds for Hurricane Katrina victims, but will also promote Make It Right’s work to provide sustainable housing in Newark, NJ and Kansas City, MO for disabled veterans and disadvantaged communities.

Pitt, who is featured as THR’s cover story, created his Make It Right Foundation in 2007, and through it began building environmentally friendly homes at a competitive price. He organized 21 architectural firms to construct 150 single-family houses and duplexes in New Orleans and gave millions in donations.

He marvels at the result, having seen poor families living healthy lives with manageable bills. “It’s remarkable,” he told THR, “and now we want to take what we’ve learned and expand to other parts of the U.S. and abroad.”

Regarding the devastation in the Ninth Ward, Pitt felt “there was a responsibility to make it right, which was not being answered wholly, so I decided to make that a focal point and help families return home — and in the process we started discovering the inadequacies in low-income housing, that it actually keeps a family trapped at a low-income level. There are a lot of shoddy appliances that drive up utility bills to hundreds and hundreds of dollars, and that can make or break a family.”

The city of Tuscaloosa said today that the Rihanna Benefit Concert in Birmingham gave a total of $89,000 to the Tuscaloosa Storm Recovery Fund. Proceeds from the concert were divided between three Alabama relief funds, including the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham and a Nick’s Kids partner, Project Team Up.

“We are truly grateful for Rihanna and her team for this amazing contribution to the City of Tuscaloosa,” said Kristen Love, City of Tuscaloosa’s Liaison for Private Development in a release. “This donation will certainly help the long-term recovery effort as we continue to move Tuscaloosa forward.”

Money that is donated to the City of Tuscaloosa Storm Recovery Fund will be used to support the city’s five critical needs in the wake of the tornado damage: public services, parks and green spaces, education, social services and public infrastructure.

150 celebrities are using their social media power to promote the fundraising campaign ‘I’m Gonna Be Your Friend’, organised by the charity Save the Children.  The campaign’s aim is to raise awareness of a major famine that is sweeping across east Africa, affecting around ten million people.

The campaign has launched a short film, directed by Kevin MacDonald, to highlight the struggles of those affected by the severe drought.  Featuring the song ‘High Tide Or Low Tide’ by Bob Marley & The Wailers, the video can be downloaded from iTunes, through Bob Marley’s Facebook page and the campaign’s website.  But by enlisting the help of celebrities to promote the film through Twitter and Facebook, the video could be viewed by up to 700 million people globally according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez and Justin Bieber have pledged to support the ‘I’m Gonna Be Your Friend’, as well as U2, Coldplay, Britney Spears, Shakira and Madonna.

‘Not one child should be denied food nor water’, said Bob Marley’s widow Rita Marley.  ‘Not one child should suffer.  Along with Save the Children, we must stand up together as friends to put a stop to this, to feed our children and to save their lives’.

More information about the campaign can be found at www.imgonnabeyourfriend.org/

Thanks to Kotrynah from RihannaForums.com for the tip

Rihanna will visit Birmingham, Alabama, on July 11 to perform at a tornado benefit concert at the BJCC. She announced the addition to her LOUD tour on Twitter:

“I just added an ALABAMA TOUR DATE TO LOUD TOUR…Monday, July 11th!!! This Concert Will Benefit Tornado Relief Efforts.”

The concert, titled “Tragedy to Triumph”, will benefit the rebuilding efforts in Birmingham and Tuscaloosa.

Rihanna was recognized for all her hard work with the cause.  The event was hosted by DKMS cofounder Katharina Harf, who lost her mother to leukemia when she was only 14 years old.

“Anyone can be affected by leukemia … It is the number one disease children in the US die of and we can change that. I encourage people to become bone marrow donors with DKMS. If we have more donors, we can save more lives,” Rihanna said. “I would like to dedicate this award to Shannon Tavarez who fought so bravely against this disease but was tragically taken from us far too soon.  Shannon was a great inspiration who selflessly promoted awareness of the need for donors, so that others may receive the help they need, and she will be missed.”

DKMS is the largest bone marrow donor center in the world with over 2.7 million registered donors. Help them shoot for 3 million and get swabbed here.

Click here to watch a short video of Rihanna’s speech at the event.

RiRi attended the 5th annual DKMS Gala tonight (April 28) in New York City. She received an award for her tireless work in the fight against leukemia — click here to view a picture.

Make sure to visit Rihanna Daily in a few hours for more professional pictures and hopefully a video of her speech.