Even bigger names are getting in on the action.
Has this happened before? I mean, this had to have gone on when Nixon was running....
Springsteen, Dixie Chicks, Pearl Jam stumping against Bush
NEW YORK -- In an unprecedented series of concerts in nine swing states, more than 20 musical acts -- including Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam and the Dixie Chicks -- will perform fund-raising concerts one month before the Nov. 2 election in an effort to unseat President Bush.
The shows, which will begin Oct. 1 in Pennsylvania, will take an unusual approach: as many as six concerts on a single day in cities across the states expected to decide the November presidential race. Other stops on the tour are North Carolina, Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin and the key state in 2000, Florida.
"We're trying to put forward a group of progressive ideals and change the administration in the White House," Springsteen told The Associated Press in the most overtly political statements of his 30-year career. "That's the success or failure, very clear cut and very simple."
The strategy is to have a bunch of double-headliner dates, like the Dixie Chicks and James Taylor playing one town while Springsteen and REM play another -- they're pairing up then splitting off.
The list of performers includes: Jurassic 5, John Mellencamp, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Babyface, Bright Eyes and the Dave Matthews Band. And, I gotta add (even though the AP didn't), Death Cab for Cutie.
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