Roundup of today's top pop news stories

Reuters - The Black Eyed Peas, Shakira and Alicia Keys will be among scores of music stars performing at a concert on the eve of the soccer World Cup in South Africa, organizers said on Wednesday. The concert in South Africa's biggest black township Soweto will be on June 10, a day before the start of the month-long World Cup, which is being hos...

Reuters - The Black Eyed Peas led the Billboard Hot 100 for a second week with "Imma Be," while Young Money's "BedRock" rose one to No. 2.

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"You can't say 'futuristic' then be afraid of the future," argues will.i.am. Oh yeah? What if you say "futuristic dystopian nightmare?" Then the future sounds pretty scary and dishertening and terrible, just like your new video.