2 egos way out of tune

2 egos way out of tune

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Paul McCartney and Kanye West play role of divas over Sandy relief concert album. 

Even though Kanye West and Paul McCartney performed at the “12-12-12” concert for Sandy relief,” the two acted like complete divas when it came to the album of the concert. It was released last Tuesday, with sales going to charity.

West, who rocked a leather skirt and performed a mediocre 13-song set at the Madison Square Garden megashow, was the only artist not featured on the album at all. Former Beatle McCartney allowed just one song on the digital release. A double-CD version comes out in a few weeks, and they won’t add any songs to that version, either.

“Everyone’s being too polite about Kanye not doing it,” a concert insider tells Confidenti@l’s Marianne Garvey. “No one knows for sure why he refused, whether he knew in advance his performance wouldn’t work because it was a long megamix of his hits and would be a pain to clear, or whether he didn’t want to be in the company of those artists on the album.

“But the point is, executives knew before the show aired he wouldn’t be on the record, which is a shame because he was great,” said the source.

 As for McCartney, the source tells us his minimal participation was straight-up vanity. “Egos are also to blame for there only being one Paul track. He didn’t like the way he sounded and would only approve the one on the album. A shame, because ‘Blackbird’ was so beautiful live!” says the source. It’s “unfortunate that celebrity ego can tarnish even a concert for charity.”

Fortunately, others who performed at the concert, including Eddie Vedder, Adam Sandler and Michael Stipe, had no problem contributing their entire sets to the album, which is projected to sell about 150,000 units its first week.

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Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder performs at 12-12-12 Sandy relief concert at Madison Square Garden.

All of the proceeds from Columbia and iTunes go to the Robin Hood Relief Fund, which is helping those hit hardest by Sandy. Requests for comment from West, Columbia and Clear Channel were not returned by deadline.

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