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Hugh Evans of Global Citizen, whose recent One World: Together at Home concert raised $184 million. “It was pure chance that I was born where I was born,” he says of his upbringing in prosperous Australia.

The Melbourne charity king with Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Hugh Jackman on speed dial

At 14, Melburnian schoolboy Hugh Evans set himself a mission to end global poverty. Some 20 years later, his Global Citizen charity is attracting millions of people – including celebrities and politicians – to the cause.

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Little Richard in 1966.  The self-proclaimed “architect of rock ‘n’ roll” whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popular music while introducing black R&B to white America, has died.

Little Richard, flamboyant spirit of early rock'n'roll, dies at 87

Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger and Ringo Starr are among the music legends who have paid tribute to Little Richard, widely regarded as a foundational figure in rock'n'roll.

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Singer Stevie Wonder has announced he will undergo a kidney transplant.

Stevie Wonder to undergo kidney transplant

He made the announcement on stage in London during a concert at Hyde Park.