R.E.M., the Corrs and Mel B are scheduled to peform at a free charity gig in London's Trafalgar Square on April 29. The South Africa's Freedom Concert on the Square will mark the seventh anniversary of South Africa's Freedom Day. Other acts confirmed to perform are All Saints members Nicole and Natalie Appelton, Atomic Kitten and Beverley Knight.

TV-manufactured pop band Hear’Say has announced a full scale U.K. arena tour to kick off in August. Tickets go on sale on Friday (4/6). The dates are: Cardiff Arena (8/28), Glasgow SECC (8/31), Wembley Arena (9/7), London Arena (9/11), Birmingham NEC (9/14), Newcastle Arena (9/17), Sheffield Arena (9/20) and Manchester MEN Arena (9/22).

The band's current album, "Popstars," entered the chart at No. 1 on Sunday (4/1).

Shock rock superstar Alice Cooper [ tickets ] has lined up a string of U.K. tour dates for May. Veteran hard rock band Dio, which is fronted by former Black Sabbath singer Ronnie James Dio, is scheduled to open.

The dates are: Bournemouth BIC (5/15), Manchester Apollo (5/16), Wembley Arena (5/18), Cardiff Arena (5/19), Birmingham NEC (5/20), Edinburgh Playhouse (5/21).

Tickets are now on sale for £18.50, except in London, where they are £21.

The Homelands 2001 dance festival, to be held in Winchester, Hampshire, on May 26, is likely to go ahead despite the current foot-and-mouth crisis. Winchester town councillor Ken Carter said in a statement: "The City Council is continuing to work with both Mean Fiddler and the landowner in preparation for homelands 2001. At the present time, there have been no outbreaks of Foot and Mouth in Hamphsire, and no orders have been issued by MAFF or the County Council preventing the event taking place."