Musicians Rock For Barack On Super Tuesday

[Renew Deal]

With primary voters going to the polls in 22 states on this Super Tuesday (Feb. 5), a wave of artists as disparate as the Grateful Dead, Will.I.Am, OK Go and members of Pearl Jam are rallying support for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

On Monday (Feb. 4), the Grateful Dead reconvened for the first time since 2004 at San Francisco's 2,400-capacity Warfield Theater for Dead Heads for Obama, a concert that sold out within minutes of going on sale on Feb. 1.

Surviving Dead members Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bob Weir took the stage for an 18-song set following a video message from Obama taped specifically for the event. Iclips.net had a streaming video feed of the event while Sirius Satellite Radio carried the audio on the dedicated Grateful Dead Channel.
<snip>

In New York, where nearly 300 Democrat delegates will be allotted, OK Go and a reunited Shudder To Think led a Barack Rock show aimed at getting younger voters to the polls. The Bowery Ballroom concert also included sets by Joan As Police Woman, countrified Brit rockers Alberta Cross, comedians Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter and David Wain (performing as Stella), plus a brief guest appearance by "Knocked Up" actor Paul Rudd.

On Sunday night, Stevie Wonder performed briefly at an Obama campaign stop at UCLA.
<snip>

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003706697