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"Aretha Franklin has postponed two upcoming concerts on the East Coast of the US as the region continues to recover from Hurricane Sandy. The &amp;#039;Queen of Soul&amp;#039; was scheduled to headline shows on Sunday, November 11 in Newark, NJ and on Tuesday, November 13 in White Plains, New York, two areas which were hard-hit by the &amp;#039;Superstorm&amp;#039;.   Franklin has now released an open letter to Newark Mayor Cory Booker to pledge a donation to Sandy&amp;#039;s victims as she works to reschedule the shows. She wrote: &amp;quot;To the Honorable Mayor Cory A. Booker, the community of Newark, New Jersey, New York City and White Plains, New York, it is with sincere regrets that we will have to reschedule the concerts on [Sunday]\u00E2\u20AC\u00A6 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and Tuesday\u00E2\u20AC\u00A6 at the Westchester County Center due to the many troubling issues still facing the community at large. &amp;quot;I will keep you in my prayers going forward and will see you soon. And of course, I will make my donation to the Red Cross.&amp;quot; Franklin is still scheduled to perform in Washington DC on November 17 at DAR Constitutional Hall. Hurricane Sandy forced the postponements of Broadway shows and concerts by Bruce Springsteen, fun., Aimee Mann and Cypress Hill in the immediate aftermath of the storm. Glee&amp;#039;s Idina Menzel also moved a Carnegie Hall show to next year due a dangling crane which threatened the area during the storm. The East Coast of the US is now bracing for the impact of new storm Athena, which could bring snow, rain and other severe weather to the region in the next few days. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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