Loose Ends: MMVA Performers, Broken Mascis Scene And Mariah's Billion-Dollar Legs

Nelly Furtado with Timbaland, Fall Out Boy, Rihanna, Hedley, Nick Lachey, Simple Plan, City And Colour and Metric have been confirmed to perform at the 17th annual MuchMusic Video Awards at Much's downtown Toronto environment on June 18. The names of presenters and other guests will be announced shortly.

Broken Social Scene and J Mascis will team up to become Broken Mascis Scene and perform Dinosaur Jr. songs in a fundraising concert at Toronto's Mod Club Theatre on June 23. Proceeds from the event will go to the Amma Foundation, which seeks out and participates in programs to help poor and destitute people through donations of money, food, clothing and education.

Mariah Carey has reportedly insured her legs for $1 billion U.S. after becoming the centrepiece of Gillette's "Legs Of A Goddess" advertising campaign. Carey's valuable gams will also come in handy on her first tour since 2003, which includes shows at Toronto's Air Canada Centre on Aug. 13, Montreal's Bell Centre on Aug. 15 and Vancouver's General Motors Place on Sept. 23.

The Black Keys have been in label limbo since leaving Fat Possum, but they'll be joining the likes of Wilco and Magnetic Fields on Nonesuch for the Sept. 12 release of their The Magic Potion album. The Akron, Ohio duo of Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney are playing a few shows with Radiohead this month (including June 10 and 11 at Montreal's Salle Wilfrid Pelletier Palace) and are expected to go out on their own in support of the new album in the fall.

Toronto concert announcements:

June 9 Mike Murley Trio @ Red Guitar
June 15 AFI and Dillinger Escape Plan @ Kool Haus
June 15 The Aquabats, Whole Wheat Bread and The Aggrolites @ Reverb
June 16 Danny Michel @ Mod Club
June 16 Ginuwine, Letoya Luckett and Black Budddafly @ The Docks
June 26 Jose Gonzalez, Juana Molina and Psapp @ Trinity St. Paul's Church
June 28 30 Seconds To Mars @ Kool Haus
July 1 Jason Collett and The Dears @ Harbourfront Centre
July 2 The Refugee Allstars and Amadou And Mariam @ Harbourfront Centre
July 7 The Juan Maclean and Prefuse 73 @ Harbourfront Centre
July 7 MSTRKRFT and The Juan Maclean @ Harbourfront Centre
July 7 India.Arie @ Danforth Music Hall
July 8 Jamie Lidell and Konono No 1 @ Harbourfront Centre
July 8 Cadence Weapon and Shad K @ Harbourfront Centre
July 8 Jean Paul Samputu, African Guitar Summit, Muna Mingole, Carmen Souza and Afro Musica @ Queen's Park
July 14 Danny Brooks and The Memphis Brothers @ Hugh's Room
July 15 Jimmy Bowskill and Carlos Del Junco @ Harbourfront Centre
July 17 Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks @ Horseshoe
Aug. 1 Poison, Cinderella and Endeverafter @ Molson Amphitheatre
Aug. 4 Black Market and The Mighty Sparrow @ Harbourfront Centre
Aug. 4 French Kicks @ Lee's Palace
Aug. 5 Tony Rebel @ Harbourfront Centre
Aug. 6 Big Black Lincoln and Erro @ Harbourfront Centre
Aug. 7 Roy Cape And The Kaiso All Stars @ Harbourfront Centre
Aug. 11 Watermelon Slim & The Workers @ Silver Dollar
Aug. 13 Hylozoists @ Harbourfront Centre
Aug. 26 Great Lake Swimmers @ Harbourfront Centre
Sept. 23 Guitar Shorty @ Silver Dollar

Vancouver concert announcements:

June 9 Rum Runners, Alternate Action, Raised By Wolves and The Igniters @ Pub 340
June 15 John Digweed, Kevin Shiu and Tony Pantages @ Plush Nightclub
July 14-16 Vancouver Folk Music Festival @ Jericho Beach Park
Aug. 15 Glenn Miller Orchestra @ Orpheum Theatre
Aug. 19 City And Colour @ Malkin Bowl
Aug. 20 Sarah Harmer @ Malkin Bowl
Aug. 25-26 Blue Rodeo @ Malkin Bowl
Sept. 1-2 Great Big Sea @ Malkin Bowl
Nov. 8 Dixie Chicks @ General Motors Place