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October 9, 2006 at 08:15:00 AM | more stories by this author
Social networking giant will hold concerts from TV on the Radio, Alice in Chains, Ziggy Marley, and others to benefit relief efforts in Sudan and Chad.
MySpace said today that it plans to hold 20 concerts on a single day throughout the US to raise awareness and money for humanitarian relief in Sudan.
TV on the Radio
The social networking giant said the October 21 concerts will include performances from the likes of TV on the Radio, Alice in Chains, Ziggy Marley, Citizen Cope, Gov't Mule, and Insane Clown Posse, with a portion of ticket proceeds going to Oxfam's relief efforts in Sudan and neighboring Chad.
"The crisis in Darfur is a global concern, and as a global community we have a responsibility to take action," MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe said in a statement. "MySpace's reach gives us an extraordinary opportunity to spread the word and empower individuals to help address the horrors in Darfur."
Three years of fighting between the Sudanese government and rebel groups have killed at least 200,000 people in western Sudan, while another 2.5 million people have been displaced in that time.
The concerts include TV on the Radio in Philadelphia; Alice in Chains in Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Ziggy Marley in Medford, Oregon; Citizen Cope in Seattle; Gov't Mule and Donavon Frankenreiter in Spokane, Washington; and Insane Clown Posse in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Other concerts will take place in Sacramento, San Diego, and San Francisco, California; Melbourne, Florida; Atlanta; Louisville, Kentucky; St. Paul, Minnesota; Reno, Nevada; Baltimore; Asheville, North Carolina; Charleston, South Carolina; Milwaukee; and Washington, D.C.
The campaign also includes a public service announcement featuring Samuel L. Jackson. Besides MySpace, it will appear on television and in movie theaters before films released by 20th Century Fox, which, like MySpace, is owned by News Corp.
The October 21 MySpace concerts:
(+44) - Sacramento, CA (The Boardwalk)
Alice in Chains - Winston-Salem, NC (Millennium Center)
Atreyu - Baltimore, MD (Sonar)
Benevento Russo Duo - Asheville, NC (The Orange Peel)
Citizen Cope - Seattle, WA (Showbox)
Jamie Cullum - Reno, NV (Reno Hilton Theater)
Ziggy Marley - Medford, OR (Main One Center for the Arts)
The Fray - Toronto, ON (Kool Haus)
Teddy Geiger - Melbourne, FL (King Center)
Gov't Mule and Donavon Frankenreiter - Spokane, WA (The Big Easy)
Hotel Cafe Tour - Louisville, KY (Phoenix Mill Tavern)
Insane Clown Posse - St. Petersburg, FL (Jannus Landing)
Amos Lee - Washington, D.C. (9:30 Club)
The Lost Trailers - Atlanta, GA (The Peachtree Tavern)
Jars of Clay - Minneapolis, MN (Marantha Hall)
Secret Machines - San Diego, CA (SOMA)
Slightly Stoopid and Pepper - San Francisco, CA (Warfield)
TV on the Radio - Philadelphia, PA (Starlight Ballroom)
Bob Weir & Ratdog - Milwaukee, WI (The Rave)
The Wood Brothers - Charleston, SC (The Music Farm)
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