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Vote for Change

"The idea for the tour grew out of conversations between Pearl Jam and its manager, Kelly Curtis, over how to handle the political requests the band was receiving as the election year began. Curtis called Jon Landau, Springsteen's manager, who was facing similar questions.

With the help of Jenny Toomer, who runs a nonprofit group called the Future of Music Coalition that attempts to involve artists in causes, the conversations grew into a meeting of some 50 managers and artists in New York in April. When someone at the meeting suggested a mega-concert involving a large list of bands, Landau made the proposal for dispersing the artists through simultaneous tours.

After that meeting, Curtis, Landau and the mangers for R.E.M., the Dixie Chicks and Dave Matthews began a series of e-mail and phone call exchanges to plan the tour; they only brought in the political groups after they had conceived of its basic structure and were deciding who would benefit from the proceeds.

The coalition decided to direct the proceeds to America Coming Together after MoveOn told Landau that it wanted to participate as a way of boosting membership and spreading its message, but did not need the funds. America Coming Together will fund the cost of the shows and receive all of the profits."

Publicado por speculare em agosto 5, 2004 05:48 PM