O'Brien's comments were made in a video message to the Midem music conference in Cannes. He said the music industry's current upheavals, however, presented big opportunities to bring creativity back. "What's great about the moment is the very fact that we're living in this time of change, huge uncertainty, and of course these times are always accompanied by fear for some people. "But I think there's huge scope for massive innovation and creativity and that's exactly what this industry needs, in my humble opinion."
Charity Appeal - Organisers of the Hope for Haiti Now telethon say it has raised more than $57m (£35m) for the victims of the Haiti earthquake. Friday night's event set a new record for disaster relief telethons, said Lisa Paulsen, head of the Entertainment Industry Foundation.
Some of the world's top celebrities took part in the broadcast from New York, Los Angeles, London and Haiti. Some of them performed while others, including director Steven Spielberg, singer Stevie Wonder and TV star Ellen DeGeneres, took telephone pledges from viewers. The actor George Clooney, who organised the event, said, "The Haitian people need our help, they need to know they're not alone, they need to know that that we still care." Many of the stars donated money themselves: Madonna gave $250,000 (£155,000), Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie gave $1m (£620,000) and supermodel Giselle Bundchen gave $1.5m (£0.93m).
Festival Update - AC/DC are to appear for the first time at the Download rock festival, running from 11 to 13 June. It will see the band play at Donington Park in Leicestershire for the fourth time, after three earlier appearances at the Monsters of Rock concert. Megadeth, Motorhead, Them Crooked Vultures and Stone Temple Pilots are also confirmed for this year's event. Organisers claim this year's Download will be the biggest UK music festival of 2010 after Glastonbury.
(Jim Evans)
