Gus Stewart/RedfernsThe 13th annual Joey Ramone Birthday Bash will be held Sunday night at New York City's Bowery Electric club, just up the block from where CBGB was located.  The special show, which falls on what would have been the late Ramones frontman's 62nd birthday, will feature performances by late-era Ramones bassist CJ Ramone, Dictators bassist/songwriter Andy Shernoff, Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers member Walter Lure and Joey's brother, Mickey Leigh, among many others.

Proceeds raised by the concert will go toward the Joey Ramone Foundation for Lymphoma Research.  The singer died in April 2001 at age 49 after battling lymphoma.

Specially created T-shirts and posters featuring a cartoon depiction of Joey surfing have been designed by Punk magazine co-founder and illustrator John Holmgren.  They will be sold at the concert and also are available at the recently relaunched official Joey Ramone online store.

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DropkickMurphys.comBruce Springsteen has teamed up with Boston-area Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys on a new recording to raise money for the victims of last month's Boston Marathon bombings.

The Boss lends his vocals to a new version of the Dropkick Murphys song "Rose Tattoo" that's featured on a just-released digital EP by the group titled Rose Tattoo: For Boston Charity.

The EP also includes live acoustic versions of two other tunes by the band, "Don’t Tear Us Apart" and "Jimmy Collins’s Wake," recorded in Las Vegas four days after the bombings.

You can download the EP for $1.29 through iTunes.

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Kevin Mazur/WireImageRock and Roll history was made on April 18 in Los Angeles when Heart, late disco queen Donna Summer, Randy Newman, Canadian prog-rock legends Rush, rap-rock pioneers Public Enemy, late bluesman Albert King and producers Quincy Jones and Lou Adler were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  You can check out all of the highlights from the star-studded event by tuning in to HBO on Saturday at 9 p.m. ET/PT to catch the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony special.

The bash featured too many memorable moments to mention but here are a number of highlights we've selected to whet your appetite in advance of the show:

-- Heart performing their classic "Barracuda" with Alice in Chains' Jerry Cantrell and Pearl Jam's Mike McCready.
-- Jennifer Hudson honoring Donna Summer with renditions of her hits "Bad Girls" and "The Last Dance."
-- Randy Newman performing a rendition of "I Love L.A." with help from John Fogerty, Tom Petty and Jackson Browne.
-- Newman playing his song and "I'm Dead but I Don't Know It" with the Eagles' Don Henley, who helped induct his fellow singer/songwriter.
-- John Mayer, Gary Clark Jr. and Booker T & the MGs keyboardist Booker T. Jones saluting Albert King with a rendition of "Born Under a Bad Sign."
-- Carole King toasting Lou Adler with a performance of "So Far Away."
-- Oprah Winfrey making a surprise appearance to induct Quincy Jones.
-- Usher paying tribute to Jones with a performance of the late Michael Jackson's "Rock with You."
-- Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson accepting his induction by delivering a speech consisting of the word "blah" repeated over and over again.

The 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will air numerous additional times on HBO stations following its debut screening.  It also will be available for a limited time via the HBO On Demand service.  Visit HBO.com for more details.

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