Nelly Furtado to Donate $1m Gaddafi Concert Fee to Charity

Give me a break. It's been how long since she performed for this international pariah and only now she's giving the money back. Tacky grandstanding at its worst.

I think they should all give the money back to the lybian people and take a minute and think why they took money from a well known murderer.....oh and to SLAVE dont be mad because somebody gets paid that much money for doing their job. If you could do it you would too. The only problem i have with them is that gaddafi has been doing this for years and they all knew that before they got paid.(sic) It's like singing to saddam hussien's sons as he mustard gased the kurds!!!!!!!

All that money should be put in a trust for the people of Libya, It is there money. The only reason She is giving it up is too try to avoid the backlash now that all the details of the regime is going to come out. These so called performers all looked at the cash and turned a blind eye to where the orgin of the payment came from. When comes to everthing else they are such experts, but when it comes to some quick cash from tyrants they are overjoyed with there good luck.

Is Nellie doing the politically right thing? Maybe...or is it the typical Canadian need to be polite and do good attitude that has made us proud but laughable to others.
Is an individual wrong to take work when offered? When was the last time you were offered one miliion for 45 minutes of work? Would you refuse travel to Italy and this salary? If she feels the need to cleanse her soul great but we the public should respect both her choices. As for my Canadian Government and those numerous other elected and educated around the world shame on you.
You all have "courted" this man and his family with detailed knowledge of the horrors of this regime.
These elected officals more than sang and danced for the devil when they sold our souls and paid for the show to boot. Shame on you all elected leaders.

I am very proud of Nelly for taking a stand for what she believes in enough to give up money like that. It really says a lot about her character. I am proud that she represents Canada (Go Canada! who has also taken a stand and frozen 2 million of Gaddaffi's money found in Canadian banks), as well as Portugal.

Ithink this a great example for others to follow her lead.

Instead of giving it to Gaddafi why not give it to a charity that deserves it ie Cancer Research, Heart Foundation and many of the other charities, they deserve it far more than Gaddafi.

Wonder how much Tony Blair will give back????

@ "sic" and "glaring spelling mistake":

Andrew kerr has apparently not been following the news too carefully, nor has he ever learned arabic in his life. the name uses several sounds for which there is no letter in english. the first letter in particular is "officially" pronounced "Q" (like k, but all the way in the back of your throat) but a lot of dialects pronounce it "g" and some don't pronounce it at all. the combination in the middle is "officially" as a hard th like in "these clothes", but is also pronounced and spelled as any one of several variants on "d".
see wikipedia for more details, and do your research next time.
*makes an arabian troll face*

If the rest want to donate their earnings to a charity, it will up to them to do so, but there should be no compelling reason for them to do so. They worked for it.