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Katy Perry, David Bowie, The Beatles, Coldplay, Iron Maiden and Lady Antebellum are among the members of EMI Records Group that are donating exclusive items for a charity auction to raise money for the Japanese Red Cross. 
Veteran performers stormed the U.S. album-sales chart this week, though none posed much of a threat to Eminem's "Recovery," the only album to sell more than 100,000 copies in the week that ended Aug. 22.
Iron Maiden will wrap up the North American leg of "The Final Frontier" tour tonight (7/20) in Bristow, VA, and fans will begin counting down the days until the band's 15th studio album is released on Aug. 16.
For Iron Maiden followers, "El Dorado" is indeed the golden one: The preview track is being offered up by the band as a free download. "We thought it would be great to thank all our fans and get them into "The Final Frontier" mood by giving them this song up front of the tour and album release," explained singer Bruce Dickinson in a statement on their website.
With the launch of their North American tour just hours away, metal icons Iron Maiden have confirmed the Aug. 17 release of their long-awaited new album, "The Final Frontier."
