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The supposed Philippine concert of international pop star Katy Perry this coming October 3 was postponed due to Typhoon Ondoy.

Instead of the originally set Katy concert, MTV Philippines (producer of “Katy Perry Live in Manila”) is now planning to hold a benefit concert with American Idol runner-up David Archuleta and Boys Like Girls joining Katy.

The net proceeds of the benefit concert will go to the Philippine Red Cross, in support of the Ondoy victims. There are no final confirmation as of yet,

After his July 4 concert had been canceled due to the H1N1 scare, Akon is finally having his comeback concert on October 23, 2009. Billy Crawford will be joining Akon on this one-night concert and it will be held on Araneta Coliseum on a Friday night at 8:00 PM.

The Senegalese / American singer, who brought us hits like “Don’t Matter”, “Smack That”, “I Wanna Love You”, and “Sorry, Blame It on Me”, had a successful concert here in the Philippines last November 29, 2007. On his upcoming concert, he’s also gonna perform new hits from

American Idol Season 7’s winner David Cook and runner-up David Archuleta are said to have a concert here in the Philippines this coming May 2009. This event will be the second project of Fearless Productions, co-owned by actor Jomari Yllana and the Singson Brothers, following their success on the Pops-Martin reunion concert. Tentative venue for the much-anticipated concert is the SM Mall of Asia open grounds and target schedule is by 1st or 2nd week of May.

David Cook was supposed to have his first ever concert after AI victory here in the Philippines