LOS ANGELES -- Perry Farrell played excerpts from his forthcoming

solo album with a crew of dancers and percussionists during a

celebratory benefit concert for Jubilee 2000 on Monday night.

The performance at the House of Blues left at least one notable concert-goer swooning.

"That was the most inspiring show I've seen in a long time," Gwen

Stefani, singer for pop band No Doubt, said. "You could see the

effort they put into it, and it was really exciting."

Farrell, the former Jane's Addiction frontman, headlined a show that

also featured experimental rockers Cibo Matto and local hip-hop group

Medusa. The beneficiary is Jubilee 2000, the charity organization that

is campaigning for international debt relief. U2 singer Bono, Radiohead

singer Thom Yorke, hip-hop singer/songwriter Lauryn Hill, R&B

singer/songwriter Stevie Wonder, ex-Eurythmics singer Annie Lennox and

other celebrities support the endeavor.

Jubilee 2000, whose name derives from the ancient Hebrews' practice of

freeing their slaves every 50 years, aims to persuade the world's

richest nations to forgive the massive debts owed by the poorest.

Farrell, who is scheduled to join Bono, Yorke and others in Cologne,

Germany, on Saturday for a protest aimed at attendees of the G8 summit

-- a meeting of the world's leading economic powers -- celebrated the

campaign with a high-energy, 45-minute set of beats-driven world music

and electronica.

The set included excerpts from Farrell's tentatively titled Songs Yet

to Be Sung, including "Happy Birthday Jubilee" and the ballad

"Shekeina" (Hebrew for "female holy spirit"). It ended with a jam during

which Farrell played percussion while some 20 dancers, dressed in

various ethnic costumes, thrilled the crowd. Farrell (born Perry

Bernstein) wore a turban, a maroon jacket and a skirt with pants

underneath.

Stefani said she took from the performance "inspiration, love, happiness

and unity."

Farrell thanked the crowd for supplying "the beautiful energy that we

have in this room." He said he hoped everyone could "come to understand

Jubilee together -- I've spent quite some time studying the subject and

it just started to make sense to me ... [We need to] take this into the

streets and into the world. We are one."

The campaign is seeking out rock stars and other celebrities "because

that's the way to get more cameras there," Yorke said during a chat

Tuesday (June 15) on the website www.dropthedebt.msn.com.

Yorke, who said he was partly inspired to join the campaign by an

editorial Bono wrote in a British newspaper, will join Farrell and Bono

in Cologne for Saturday's protest.

Sean Lennon, bassist for Cibo Matto, said he was enlisted by Farrell,

who invited the group to play the benefit a month ago. At the time,

Lennon said, he wasn't aware of Jubilee 2000.

"I love Perry a lot -- I think he's a really brilliant guy and I mainly

want to support him in whatever he wants to do," Lennon said. "It's a

good cause, but I just wanted to hang out with Perry."

Lennon, son of late ex-Beatle John Lennon and Yoko Ono, said he hoped

the benefit would serve as an eye-opener for other fans.

"When you go to a benefit and there's alcohol, it's easy to lose sight

of the issues at hand," he said. "But hopefully, kids out there will see

that Perry Farrell cares about this and that will mean something to them

and they'll think twice about it."

During their eight-song set, Cibo Matto played songs from their second

album, Stereotype A, including the single "Sci-Fi Wasabi" (

href="http://media.addict.com/atn-bin/get-music/Cibo_Matto/Sci_Fi_Wasabi.ram">RealAudio excerpt). The

band's trippy, groove-oriented sound also hit high notes during "Beef

Jerky" and "Blue Train"; the latter song was built on a repetitive

rhythm that continued to evolve and climb.

Rachel Morton, 21, said she came to Monday's show knowing nothing about

Jubilee; she picked up the gist of the campaign from a video shown

before Farrell's set. "I think this kind of event is more of a lesson

about being awake," she said. "Some people never thought that children

die because their countries are paying back massive debt. It never

crossed their minds because it never confronted them in their cozy,

little lives."

Cibo Matto singer Miho Hatori said Jubilee 2000's cause hit home with

her while she was visiting debt-plagued Brazil, which she termed her

"second home."

"Brazil has a lot of issues about money and economics, but their people

are so giving," she said. "The energy here reminds me of that. I feel

very honored to be a part of this; it's pretty amazing."

She added that Farrell's set made her want to do the samba.

(Senior Writer Gil Kaufman contributed to this report.)