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Raleigh lists bands for tornado relief concert
The City of Raleigh on Wednesday announced the line-up for the June 3 concert to benefit the victims of last month's tornadoes. A dozen performers will take the stage at Raleigh's downtown amphitheater that evening beginning at 5 p.m.
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RALEIGH, N.C. — The City of Raleigh on Wednesday announced the line-up for the June 3 concert to benefit the victims of last month's tornadoes. A dozen performers will take the stage at Raleigh's downtown amphitheater that evening beginning at 5 p.m.
Admission to the concert is free, but donations will be accepted. Those who can't attend can donate to the cause online. Proceeds will benefit four Raleigh-based charities that are helping tornado victims repair and rebuild, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, Salvation Army of Wake County, Helping Hands Mission and Centro International de Raleigh.
The performers are:
- Raleigh gospel singer Marshetta Parker,
- R&B band Red Sonja, recent winners of an audition for Simon Cowell's new show, X-Factor,
- Alissa Morena, the Nashville singer/songwriter whose "Far From Here" is the theme for TV's "Army Wives" series,
- Siler City's Desafiados Musical,
- Motor Skills, a Raleigh band Independent Weekly compared to Radiohead,
- Indie rockers the Young Cardinals,
- Kooley High, a hip-hop group out of New York by way of North Carolina State University,
- Folk group The Small Ponds,
- Marcy Playground, of the 1997 hit "Sex & Candy,"
- The Love Language, a popular Raleigh pop-indie band, and
- The Connells, who have performed on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien."
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