AMMAN, Jordan - Some of the world's biggest classical and pop music stars are performing at a private benefit concert in Jordan to honour the late Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti.
Proceeds of the concert in the the ancient red-rock city of Petra are going to aid Afghan refugees.
Placido Domingo, Andrea Bocelli and Sting are among the headliners paying tribute to the opera legend.
Their performances are part of a series of concerts and exhibits marking the first anniversary of Pavarotti's death in September 2007.
Other events have been staged in New York, Rome and Paris.
Jordan's Princess Haya, a United Nations messenger of peace, and Pavarotti's widow, Nicoletta Mantovani, helped organize Sunday's concert.
