Rock Legends to Play Obama Fundraiser

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September 18, 2008
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Rock Legends to Play Obama Fundraiser

The Pennsylvania Campaign for Change has just announced a Monday, October 13 concert fundraiser to benefit Obama for America featuring many Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and other American music icons. Additionally, the show will be a very large voter outreach opportunity for the Pennsylvania Obama campaign, which has already built the largest volunteer-based campaign in Pennsylvania’s history. The campaign has more than 70 field offices and thousands of volunteers preparing for an unprecedented Get Out the Vote operation. There are now more than 1 million more Democrats in the state than Republicans, an increase of 500,000 since 2004.
Tickets will be available at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, September 19, and are $50 for the general public and $30 for University Park students with a Pennsylvania State University ID. More ticket information is available online at:
https://www.barackobama.com/psu
EVENT DETAILS:
WHO: Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart, Gregg Allman, Butch Trucks, Jaimoe, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Marc Quinones, Oteil Burbridge, and Jeff Chimenti
WHAT: Concert Fundraiser
WHERE: Bryce Jordan Center, Pennsylvania State University State College, PA
WHEN: Monday, October 13, 2008 - Doors Open 5:30 PM EDT

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Rock Legends to Play Obama Fundraiser

The Pennsylvania Campaign for Change has just announced a Monday, October 13 concert fundraiser to benefit Obama for America featuring many Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and other American music icons. Additionally, the show will be a very large voter outreach opportunity for the Pennsylvania Obama campaign, which has already built the largest volunteer-based campaign in Pennsylvania’s history. The campaign has more than 70 field offices and thousands of volunteers preparing for an unprecedented Get Out the Vote operation. There are now more than 1 million more Democrats in the state than Republicans, an increase of 500,000 since 2004.
Tickets will be available at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, September 19, and are $50 for the general public and $30 for University Park students with a Pennsylvania State University ID. More ticket information is available online at:
https://www.barackobama.com/psu
EVENT DETAILS:
WHO: Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart, Gregg Allman, Butch Trucks, Jaimoe, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Marc Quinones, Oteil Burbridge, and Jeff Chimenti
WHAT: Concert Fundraiser
WHERE: Bryce Jordan Center, Pennsylvania State University State College, PA
WHEN: Monday, October 13, 2008 - Doors Open 5:30 PM EDT

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kcotton222

16 years ago

The Dead and Political...
...and like previously mentioned, the show is not billed under any group name. The whole thing is awesome.
kcotton222

16 years ago

The Dead and Political...
Aloha, If this fundraiser puts Obama over the top and wins him the election, how could one possibly care if the Dead is involved in something political? If groups like the Dead didn't get involved, then we would have people like Bush running the country forever. I'm proud to see the Dead doing this. I think it shows growth, maturity and true love and concern for America. I'm truly jealous to all those who get to attend and shake it loose for one more show! You get to go to one more show AND your money goes to the Obama campaign, that's awesome! Mahalo, kC
josh e bear

16 years ago

Picture a Bright Blue Ball,, spinning with Dizzyness..
Brings a Tear to my Eye, as I sit here 2 nite, and read all this Bickering and BS ~ 1. Grateful Dead Music , reunion, etc.. 2. Politics , state of the nation, earth, etc 3. Tickets / Scalpers / Money & Modern Economics 3 very seperate and complete diffrent topics ~ White man came , Killed all the Indians, took the Land, brought over and Enslaved the Negro , criminalized Marijuana, Suppresed Tesla , etc, etc.. And gave themselves some " fake" Power,,, created laws, and doctrines, etc.. and Look where it got the rest of us , NOW ~ piss poor broke, jail, hungry, homeless, .. hell, we are lucky we got what we got in the USA .. medical marijuana is the saving grace you all need to read " Black Elk Speaks " .. that will be a wake up call !!! didnt any of You eat the same great LSD that I did at Shows ??? experience higher consciouness and awarenss,,, GOD, cant you see all this bickering and BS is a road to nowhere... be glad for the GD to unite and Jam tunes .. FUCK, I hope they play " the other 1 " love that tune ~ Shit, I wish they would play Portland, OR,, where i Live !! Hell,, why dont they play their backyard of OAKLAND ~ MAN, if i was a SF DEADHEAD, I WOULD BE PISSED OFF RIGHT NOW ~ WHY THE FUCK ARE THEY ALWAYS PLAYING SOME OTHER PLACE ??!! god , sure dont seem like it., I swear, it seems like They dont even know where there fans live ~ well, i know, WE ARE EVERYWHERE.. For Jah sake People, stop arguing and lets ban together as Humans, or there wont be a place left to argue !! I live where there is lots of water, farms, and fresh air,,, how about you ? I hope they play estimated > eyes > other ! Josh E Bear !!

The Pennsylvania Campaign for Change has just announced a Monday, October 13 concert fundraiser to benefit Obama for America featuring many Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and other American music icons. Additionally, the show will be a very large voter outreach opportunity for the Pennsylvania Obama campaign, which has already built the largest volunteer-based campaign in Pennsylvania’s history. The campaign has more than 70 field offices and thousands of volunteers preparing for an unprecedented Get Out the Vote operation. There are now more than 1 million more Democrats in the state than Republicans, an increase of 500,000 since 2004.

Tickets will be available at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, September 19, and are $50 for the general public and $30 for University Park students with a Pennsylvania State University ID. More ticket information is available online at:

https://www.barackobama.com/psu

EVENT DETAILS:

WHO: Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart, Gregg Allman, Butch Trucks, Jaimoe, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Marc Quinones, Oteil Burbridge, and Jeff Chimenti

WHAT: Concert Fundraiser

WHERE: Bryce Jordan Center, Pennsylvania State University State College, PA

WHEN: Monday, October 13, 2008 - Doors Open 5:30 PM EDT

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Does anyone know if this show will be broadcast like the previous one was?

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they just put tickets up for sale ooh by the way..........LETS GO PHILLIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lowers and Floor seats are available

2 co-workers just scored tickets. 1 got 2 in section 115 and the other got 2 floor tickets!

News from the Bryce Jordan Center

Lots will open on SUNDAY! This should mean there will be a serious Shakedown street! On the ticket front: "Some patrons had attempted to purchase more than the limit of two tickets. If you had created a second account and purchased another set of tickets, you should have been notified by Ticketmaster that your order was cancelled and money was credited back to your charge card. In the event that you received tickets or TicketFast emails on a cancelled order, NOTE THAT THE BARCODE HAS BEEN INVALIDATED AND WILL NOT ALLOW ENTRY INTO THE BUILDING. Patrons with cancelled tickets will be denied entry and information will be provided for the PA State Attorney General’s Office in the event they need to file a complaint regarding any tickets purchased on the secondary market (StubHub, eBay, TicketNetwork, etc)."