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The Dream Concert
The September 18 event will be held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
Other artists scheduled to appear include, Talib Kweli, Bebe and Cece Winans, Jessye Norman, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Robin Thicke, Joss Stone, Miri Ben-Ari and Garth Brooks.
The evening will be co-chaired by Tommy Hilfiger, Russel Simmons, Joel Horowitz, Quincy Jones, David Stern and Edgar Bronfman Jr.
Famous faces on the Host Committee list include Morgan Freeman, Halle Berry, Muhammad Ali, Angela Bassett, Jamie Foxx, Whoopi Goldberg, Cuba Gooding Jr., Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Kerry Washington, Al Roker, Alicia Keys, Ben Affleck, Mira Sorvino, Cedric the Entertainer, Shaquille O’Neal and former New York City Mayor David Dinkins.
Tickets for the concert are available through Ticketmaster.
Proceeds from the evening will benefit the National Memorial Project Foundation, an organization that is building a memorial honoring Dr. King. Groundbreaking on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., took place November 13, 2006. The memorial is scheduled to be completed in 2009.
The foundation has already raised $82 million of the $100 million needed to complete and maintain the memorial.