Thursday, February 23, 2006

Lineup set for anti-war concert

I must be old because other than R.E.M there's not a performer named I recognize.

NEW YORK, NY, United States (UPI) -- Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan will be the guest of honor at the 'Bring `Em Home' concert at New York`s Hammerstein Ballroom.

Among the performers scheduled to play March 20 are R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe, Bright Eyes, Rufus Wainwright, Fischerspooner, Public Enemy`s Chuck D, Devendra Banhart and Peaches, Billboard.com reported.

Sheehan will address the audience at the concert noting the third anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Billboard said.

Janeane Garafalo will broadcast her Air America Radio show 'The Majority Report' live from the concert.

Money raised by the show will go to Iraq Veterans Against the War and Veterans for Peace.

Guess they have Cindy Sheehan attending to give the whole thing credibility.

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