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Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin and Carlos Santana Unite to Perform in ‘Dream Concert’
Posted in Concert, Music, New LP on the June 22, 2007
Music legends ARETHA FRANKLIN, STEVIE WONDER and CARLOS SANTANA will come together on the same stage for a September concert to raise funds for a MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. memorial to be built on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Quincy Jones, Russell Simmons and Tommy Hilfiger are organizing the Dream Concert, which will be held Sept. 18 at New York’s Radio City Music Hall.
The Radio City Music Hall gig in New York City on 18 September (07) will feature performances from Wonder, Franklin, Santana, Robin Thicke, Bebe Winans, Cece Winans and Jessye Norman. More acts are to be confirmed. Actor Affleck, basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal and American football star LaDainian Tomlinson will form host committee at the event, which will be hosted by U.S. TV weatherman Al Roker. The Martin Luther King Jr. memorial will be built on the National Mall in Washington.
According to the Web site for the foundation organizing the event, the concert will be comprised of music that crosses genre lines and will bring together musicians who wouldn’t often perform on the same stage together.
