Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, March 17, 1992 TAG: 9203170281
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The April 20 concert at Wembley Stadium in London, already sold out, also will feature Annie Lennox, Seal, Roger Daltrey, Ian Hunter, Robert Plant, Paul Young, and U2 playing live via satellite from California.
The tribute show will raise money for AIDS research.
Rock 'n' roll pioneer Carl Perkins credits his family, friends and fans with pulling him out of a depression after he was diagnosed with throat cancer last year.
"Everybody gathered around me," he said. "I got a lot of love. I got a lot of great get-well cards from all over. It was a combination of things that made me say, `I can't leave here.' "
After 37 cobalt radiation treatments, Perkins' cancer has slipped into remission, but the after-effects remain. He said he hopes to do more performances, although doctors have warned him that overworking his throat could lead to permanent damage.
Yet another dangerous woman is haunting Michael Douglas on screen.
In "Basic Instinct," being released Friday, Douglas plays a San Francisco detective investigating the murder of a rock star. The prime suspect, played by Sharon Stone, keeps ice picks around the house, writes novels about murder and ends up in bed with Douglas.
"There does seem to be a chord here between sex, violence and death," Douglas said in Sunday's New York Times.
The last time the 47-year-old actor mixed those three elements was in "Fatal Attraction," the 1987 hit in which he played a married man who has an affair with a woman who turned out to be a psychopath.
by CNB