ACT and Move On announce details of "Vote for Change Tour" Oct 1-10!

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Today, ACT and MoveOn PAC are very proud to announce our partnership in a truly historic event.

The Vote for Change Tour (October 1-10) includes Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band, Bonnie Raitt, Dave Matthews Band, Dixie Chicks, Jackson Brown, John Mellencamp, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, Pearl Jam and R.E.M and others.

http://www.act04.org/voteforchange

This historic tour will visit 28 cities in 9 battleground states. Tickets will go on sale to the public on Saturday, August 21st. All proceeds from ticket sales will benefit ACT's work in the battleground states.

Get more details and tell your friends about this historic tour. http://www.act04.org/voteforchange

Never before has such a respected and powerful group of artists come together for a single concert tour. Hundreds of thousands of music fans will unite for a common cause -- ACT's work mobilizing millions of voters to elect democrats in federal, state and local elections in 2004, and MoveOn PAC's work to give ordinary people a voice in the electoral process.

The artists' official statement reads:

"(We are) excited to annouce the Vote for Change concert tour. Vote for Change is a loose coalition of musicians brought together by a single idea -- the need to make a change in the direction of our country. We share a belief that this is the most important election of our lifetime. We are fighting for a government that is open, rational, just and progressive. And we intend to be heard."

Tickets go on sale through Ticketmaster on August 21st. More details available here. http://www.act04.org/voteforchange

A limited number of pre-sale tickets are available from MoveOn PAC. http://www.moveonpac.org/vfc

By purchasing tickets to Vote for Change, you will be making a political contribution to ACT, subject to the limitations and restrictions of federal campaign laws. Contributions to ACT are not deductible for federal income tax purposes.

This is more than a concert tour; this is a call to action. Millions of concerned citizens and activists will be working for change in the days leading up to the November 2nd elections, but the hard work is already underway. Please don't wait. Get involved in ACT's work today.

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1. More details about Vote for Change Tour from today's ABC's The Note...

Music Makes (Some of) the People Come Together:

The smart and hip folks at Move On PAC and America Coming Together (ACT) have come up with a grand scheme for (1) reaching lots and lots of young voters, (2) raising lots and lots of $$$, and (3) filling the void left by the cancelled Lollapalooza tour.

Vote For Change, a concert series of epic proportions, is officially out from under wraps. In no uncertain terms, some of the biggest bands and most influential musicians in modern American music — we're talking Springsteen, we're talking Vedder, we're talking Raitt — will participate. On the heels of the Republican National Convention, they will embark on an ambitious battleground tour, performing in at least 34 shows, in 28 cities, in nine states: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri, Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Florida, and North Carolina. Concerts begin Oct. 1 and run over the course of eight to 10 days, in venues varying in size from large indoor arenas to smaller "intimate" theaters.

Tickets go on sale (to the public) through Ticketmaster on Aug. 21.

The roster of more than 20 artists — talent spanning generations, geography and musical genre — will appear on separate bills on the same night in selected cities. While some of the artists' music may inspire the listener to go home and write a letter to your long lost high school love rather than to start a revolution — Move On has managed to line-up an enviable host of talent without a Millie Vanilli in the bunch.

Preliminarily, the tickets may look something like this:

— Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band/REM/Bright Eyes/John Fogerty
— Dixie Chicks/ James Taylor
— Pearl Jam/Death Cab for Cutie
— Dave Matthews Band/Ben Harper/Jurassic 5/My Morning Jacket
— Bonnie Raitt/Jackson Browne/Keb Mo
— John Mellencamp/Babyface