John Mellencamp: Farm Aid concert
BOSTON (AP) - July 15, 2008 John Mellencamp is scheduled to hold a news conference in Boston
on Tuesday to announce that the show will be held September 20th at
the Comcast Center in Mansfield.
The Boston Globe reports that Mellencamp, Willie Nelson, Neil
Young and Dave Matthews will headline the concert, and more
performers will be announced.
Farm Aid executive director Carolyn Mugar says organizers have
long wanted to have a show in New England to highlight the region's
agriculture. The organization is based in the Boston suburb of
Somerville.
Farm Aid, which held its first concert in 1985 and has raised
more than $30 million, supports family farms.
