Top Artists To Rock Swing States

[wyldwolf]

An announcement is expected tomorrow (Aug. 4) with details of the upcoming Vote for Change tour, presented by MoveOn.Org's political action committee MoveOn PAC and America Coming Together (ACT), an organization advocating change in government. The series is set to begin Oct. 1 in Pennsylvania and will include in the neighborhood of 40 shows in such presidential election "battleground" states as Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, Missouri and Florida.

Sources say the format will be several concerts in different cities in one state on a given night; shows include R.E.M. with Bruce Springsteen, Dixie Chicks with James Taylor and Jackson Browne with Bonnie Raitt, along with performances by such acts as Jimmy Buffett, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews Band. A host of additional acts are expected to participate.

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[montanacowboy]

1. Repukes gear up to have a Lee Greenwood

tour..hahahahah

[redstateblues]

4. I hear Bruce Willis Is getting a band together. Somebody

hum me one of his hits

[DebJ]

2. way cool! My husband is a Sprinsteen fanatic first class

and has been awaiting Bruce to get involved.

[hippiegranny]

3. Arizona is a swing state!

I hope they bring it here - I'll go!

[kainah]

5. do I get to say YIPPEE!!!!

because I'm an R.E.M. fan club member which means that I get to partake of an early, fans only sale for the tour!!!! I am VERY PSYCHED. Rumors of this have been flying around for about a month & tonight, seeing this in print, CONFIRMED, is, well, bliss..... Yes, even in George Bush America (GBA), there can be bliss.