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Stipe, Bright Eyes rock against war in Iraq
02/22/2006 7:50 PM, Reuters
Jonathan Cohen
R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe,
Bright Eyes, Rufus Wainwright, Fischerspooner, Public Enemy's
Chuck D, Devendra Banhart and Peaches have signed on for "Bring
'Em Home Now," a March 20 concert at New York's Hammerstein
Ballroom.
The event is tied to the third anniversary of the United
States' invasion of Iraq and will feature a speech by antiwar
activist Cindy Sheehan.
Proceeds will benefit Iraq Veterans Against the War and
Veterans for Peace. Janeane Garofalo's Air America Radio show
"The Majority Report" will broadcast live from the show and
feature interviews with the performers.
"It is impossible not to react to the current state of
affairs through personal action and artistic production,"
Fischerspooner's Casey Spooner says. "We have been at war for
three years. One desperately feels the need for someone to
speak some sort of truth, either poetic or factual."
Afterward, Sheehan and authors to be announced will embark
on a speaking tour, which will visit 15 U.S. cities in April.
Reuters/Billboard
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