Wednesday 12th October 2011 by Holly Frith | Photos by WENN.com

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Alicia Keys Charity To Honour George Harrison With One-Off Concert

Set to take place next month...

Alicia Keys Charity To Honour George Harrison With One-Off Concert

Photo: WENN.com

Alicia Keys' charity will pay tribute to the late George Harrison at a special one-off show next month.

The show will see Keys joined on stage by by Usher, Will.I.A.m and Mary J Blige for Keep A Child Alive's Black Ball.

The event will take place on November 3 in New York City and pay tribute to Harrison's "philanthropic contributions to India".

Norah Jones, Jay Sean and Midival Punditz will also perform at the event.

Keep A Child Alive was founded in 2003 and works to help AIDS patients in the Third World.

The former Beatles' died on November 29, 2001 after a long battle with cancer.

Keep A Child Alive Black Ball

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