http://concert4palestine.org & Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign ( http://www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk) are organising a benefit concert on Saturday 2nd October at the Institute for the Blind,
Mappin Street, Sheffield - and around the world via a live webcast on
http://www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk! plus digital images from 0742 ( http://image.lowtech.org)
On the bill are the spectacularly danceable Free Radical - a twelve-piece
soul/tamla outfit that's emerged from the much-lamented Lemon Sole.
They'll be supported by Green Onions - probably the best bouncing blues band
in town - and by the extraordinary DJ Disorientalist playing world beats and
stunning arabic dance tunes.
The gig kicks off at 8pm and tickets are £6 (£5 concessions) - all proceeds go
to the Yorkshire-Palestine Cultural Exchange to help fund the Gaza-based Al
Asria dance group's tour in November.
There's no bar - but bring your own drinks. Delicious food will be on sale!
http://www.concert4palestine.org is an appeal launched on internet that asks the music world to organise a global "Concert for Palestine" in defence of Palestinian
human rights.
The appeal - now open for endorsement at
http://www.concert4palestine.org - is sponsored by Gazzella, an Italian NGO that helps rehabilitate Palestinian
children shot and wounded by the Israeli military in the occupied territories.
"We wondered why the music world has never sponsored a global concert for the
Palestinians," said Marina Rossanda, Gazzella's president, citing a long list
of past humanitarian concerts - from the seminal Concert for Bangladesh
(1972), through Live Aid for Ethiopia (1985) and the Freedom Tibet Concert
(1997), to the recent 46664 concert (December 2003) to fight AIDS.
"We are sure a concert for Palestine would find very broad support among young
people around the world, and also among musicians."
Further Information:
October 2nd event: ukatconcert4palestinedotorg
Al Asria Folk Dance Tour: hilarysmithatblueyonderdotcom
Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign:
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