Blizzard delays Osbourne's record

Recording of the Sharon Osbourne-organised charity cover version of Eric Clapton's Tears In Heaven was delayed by snow.

Two of the artists involved, Pink and Aerosmith's Steve Tyler, were supposed to record their contribution in New York but they have now had to provisionally reschedule to next week as they could not get to the studio for 14 inches of snow. The blizzard brought similar disruption across the north-east United States.

The single will also feature Sir Elton John, Rod Stewart, Robert Downey Jr, Gwen Stefani, Gavin Rossdale, Phil Collins, Josh Groban, Andrea Bocelli and Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne.