According to reports, Madonna has turned down a request for her to appear at the Diana memorial gig on 1 Jul at Wembley, apparently because she's appearing at the Live Earth gig at the same venue the following week and doesn't feel she's got time to prepare for both. Reports suggest that she was asked by Andrew Lloyd Webber to do an Evita bit at the event, which, as previously reported, commemorates the death of Princess Diana ten years ago.
A 'source' is quoted as saying: "Live Earth approached Madonna first and she is committed to performing there. It would be extremely hard to rehearse for both gigs at the same time and she wouldn't want to give less than 100 per cent to either".