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Wyclef Jean, Paul Simon & Steven Tyler Join Willie Nelson Tribute Concert
04/07/2003 6:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
Jason Gelman
(4/7/03, 6 p.m. ET) -- Wyclef Jean, Paul Simon, and Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler have joined the long list of stars who will salute Willie Nelson at a show dubbed Willie Nelson And Friends: Live And Kickin'. The tribute concert takes place at the Beacon Theatre in New York City on Wednesday (April 9), in honor of Nelson's upcoming 70th birthday on April 30.
Jean, Simon, and Tyler join previously announced participants Ray Charles, Kenny Chesney, Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones, Toby Keith, Kris Kristofferson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Lyle Lovett, John Mellencamp, Shelby Lynne, Ray Price, Leon Russell, Shania Twain, and ZZ Top.
Whoopi Goldberg, Ethan Hawke, Matthew McConaughey, and Ali McGraw are among the celebrities scheduled to appear at the concert. The concert will be recorded for a USA Networks cable-TV special that will air at 9 p.m. ET on Memorial Day (May 26).
-- Jason Gelman, New York
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