2011年10月20日星期四

Dave Matthews, Jay-Z, Weiland Step Up Obama Support

With this being the second-to-last weekend before Election Day, the music world is gearing Rosetta Stone V3 up its support for Barack Obama. First, Dave Matthews and his frequent collaborator Tim Reynolds will play a free show, dubbed the "Last Chance for Change", in Richmond, Virginia. Tickets are available at a first-come, first-serve basis Obama campaign offices in both Richmond and Charlottesville, which was the birthplace of the Dave Matthews Band. Jay-Z will continue his string of Obama benefit shows with a free rally and concert in Cleveland, Ohio on October 29th. Another "Last Chance for Change" show, Jigga will be joined by LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers at the event.And just in case Obama needed the support of the swing Stone Temple Pilots bloc, Scott Weiland announced that hes supporting the Democratic candidate for president. "Barack Obama is the leader, the listener and the visionary with international respect to take us from the depths of where we are today and bring us to a new place where dreams are made; that place is called America," Weiland said on his website. Lastly, Obama will finally make his long-awaited appearance at Chicagos Grant Cheap Rosetta Stone Software Park, the site of the Lollapalooza festival, for a rally on the evening of Election Day, November 4th. With early predictions estimating a crowd of 100,000+, Obama is expected to draw more people to the park than Radiohead, Kanye West and Nine Inch Nails manage to draw this past summer. The promoter then sends the packet to the Ministry of Culture, the agency that issues licenses to events. "China wants to be part of the modern world, and they dont want to be seen as prohibiting international talent," says one promoter, who spoke anonymously for fear of reprisals. "On the other hand, they want to maintain control over what sort of talent is promoted."Some acts, like Linkin Park and NIN, were cleared with no problems. But an attempted Jay-Z concert in 2006 was nixed over concerns about vulgar lyrics. That same year, the Stones had to cut four songs from their set, including "Lets Spend the Night Together" and "Honky Tonk Women." Even if an act is approved, the government is never far behind. Before NINs performance last fall, an official asked Trent Reznor Rosetta Stone Arabic V3 not to mention Tibet. Lavigne was asked "politely, but very firmly," says her manager Terry McBride not to swear onstage when she played Shanghai last year.

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