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Article: Benefit Concerts, Events for Katrina
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- September 16, 2005
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The Associated Press
AP Online
09-16-2005
Upcoming celebrity benefits and fundraisers for relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina:
_ Jazz at Lincoln Center will host a benefit concert Saturday in New York, airing live on PBS. Participants will include Wynton Marsalis, Bill Cosby, Elvis Costello, Robert De Niro, Paul Simon and Bette Midler. Laurence Fishburne will host the event, and a CD of the concert will be later released.
_ David Banner, through his Heal The Hood foundation, will hold a benefit concert Saturday in Atlanta with guest appearances/performances by T.I., Nelly and Twista.
_ Bishop T.D. Jakes and Kirk Franklin will host a benefit gospel concert Saturday in Dallas.
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