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LFO, Jon Secada, Aaron Carter and the Monkees will help Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough raise money for his lupus foundation in his hometown of Orlando, Florida, on June 1.

Bringing together pop stars from every decade since the '60s, the concert at Hard Rock Live will also feature performances by Youngstown, Deborah Gibson, the Pointer Sisters and Rascal Flatts. The show is part of a two-day event dubbed Lupus 2001, benefiting the Dorough Lupus Foundation, a nonprofit founded by Dorough and his family after his sister, Caroline Dorough-Cochran, died from the disease in 1998. Dorough will host the concert and may join his guests onstage for the encore, but he'll save his solo set for the following night at SeaWorld. That event will include a dinner and an auction featuring music, film, fashion and sports memorabilia, plus a killer whale show and fireworks.

The Dorough Lupus Foundation seeks to aid victims of lupus who cannot afford treatment, increase awareness about the disease and help fund research for a cure. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster, with two-day combo tickets going for $300 each, concert-only tickets for $175 and passes for the auction and dinner for $150.

Lupus 2000, held in Universal City, California, on June 25, featured such performers as Gibson, Tito Puente Jr. and O-Town and raised $100,000 (see "Backstreet's Howie Raises $100,000 For Charity").

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June 24 [7:55 EDT] -- Just how happy was the Edge to be joined by Monkees frontman Davy Jones Saturday night?

Happy enough that the U2 guitarist dropped to his knees and bowed repeatedly to the 60s teen idol while Jones belted out the Monkees' hit "Daydream Believer." [800k QuickTime]

As we reported yesterday, Jones popped up as a surprise guest at Saturday night's U2 show at the Los Angeles Coliseum, and joined the Edge during the guitarist's nightly karaoke performance. Throughout the tour, the Edge has taken to the stage to offer up karaoke renditions of "Sweet Caroline," "New York, New York," and (of course) "Daydream Believer."

When Jones (who now lives in L.A.) accepted the band's invitation and turned up on stage Saturday night, it was hard to tell who was happier, Jones or the Edge.

U2's PopMart tour moves on to Madison, Wisconsin on Wednesday, and then heads to Chicago and Foxboro, Massachusetts before departing for Europe.

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June 23 [10:00 EDT] -- U2 was joined on stage by ex-Monkee Davy Jones Saturday in L.A.

U2 played the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles Saturday night, and the show featured a special guest, ex-Monkee Davy Jones. If you haven't seen the Pop Mart tour, U2 guitarist The Edge regularly performs a karaoke version of the Monkees' hit "Daydream Believer," singing to a tape with the lyrics on the screen while the rest of the band takes a break mid-set.

This time, The Edge sang the first few lines and was then joined by Jones, the tune's original vocalist. Jones finished off the song, much to the delight of the audience‹and much to the delight of Jones.

The show was opened by Rage Against the Machine. U2 now travels to Madison, Wisconsin, for June 25 and then on to multiple shows in Chicago and Boston before heading to Europe.

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