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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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  • jbloomrosen
    15 years 10 months ago
    Truckin' Up From Florida For This
    Well, flying, and staying at a hotel, okay? I know it's not quite a smelly van and ten others packed in, but hey, growing up truly does have its' advantages! Just wanna say - how do all you people know what Jerry would have wanted? I mean, really, WWJD? Is that how ya wanna live your life? How about "What Can I Do"? And as for the guys deciding to do this benefit? Good for them!! If we ain't gonna stand behind change, what the hell were hippies, the 60s, and the entire counterculture, about in the first place? Supporting the status quo? Me thinks not. Politics can really suck, but sitting back and letting things go wrong is even more distasteful. Bravo to the boys in the band. Can't wait to see ya, just wish I could have wrangled a Photo Pass for this one. Aarrgghh.
  • estimatedprofits
    15 years 10 months ago
    Raise money to feed and shelter people.....
    The choice between a 72 year old white guy with 7 mansions and 13 cars registered to his name and a much younger black guy with zero experience who was born in Indonesia, which actually voids him from being president to begin with, is a damn terrible one to have to make. Obamarama didn't even have the nuts to bring Hillary along for the ride, going with yet another dull white career politician in a suit. I am surprised that there aren't more of the feminist deadheads calling him out on this on here. And by the way, Jerry G. would never have wanted to raise money for this type of cause. He would have wanted to help feed people or buy land to turn into a preserve or a thousand other more worthy causes.
  • johnman
    15 years 10 months ago
    momma/poppa
    thoughtful well written posting that says alot, thank you! i too consider myself an independant as i see little on either side i can trust.
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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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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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)."
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everybody going to the "not quite the dead" show...HOPE YOU HAVE A REAL GOOD TIME. don't do anything i wouldn't do, so your pretty much open to do just about anything! ENJOY!!!! spread the word the word is love
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any news of a webcast????
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We'll see u all there!! We're so excited!! Do u think there will be a shakedown?????lol!! "It's like a mighty melody that rings down from the sky"
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Seems like some of da Headz don't have no spell Chekkers on their Computerz.... Go Figger..... DaBiggdogg--700 shows, and, yes I can spell.....
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n yer poynt iz?
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wat iz de pirt of it al, wid 1/2 a bran nyi fool kan figger it ot, duh!!john u splet pirt rong!!! pece
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nuh uh