11.   Tickets for the benefit shows sold out in two hours.

12.   Willson is portrayed by Bob Goldstone, who is a superb musician and the epitome of gracious support.

13.   Joan Osborne surprised the crowd at a blues club by jumping onstage to sing at a benefit show for blues singer Sweet Georgia Brown.

14.   Journalists are threatening to boycott a news conference that the gargantuanly popular group planned to hold on Friday before performing on a Swedish benefit TV show.

15.   Last summer, she performed with Pete Seeger and Richie Havens for a benefit show to raise money for cleaning up the Hudson River.

16.   She is also planning to do a benefit fashion show.