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BANDS FOR DEBT RELIEF TO PERFORM AT
NEW YORK’S KNITTING FACTORY
ON MAY 26TH. 7PM

Five Bands and an MTV VJ to Boost Bono’s DATA Global Debt Relief
Effort

NEW YORK, NY, May 3 -- Five indie bands will perform at the
Knitting Factory (74 Leonard St.) on May 26th in New York’s
first concert for global debt relief. Performers will include
Brighton, Harvest of Souls, Truth, Vortex and a very special
guest to be named at a later date. MTV Australia’s VJ personality
Shorty Brown will MC the concert. Show time is 7 PM, tickets
are $15 in advance from TicketWeb.com and $20 at the door.

This concert will promote awareness of global debt relief and
gather signatures for online petition campaigns. Debt relief is
a crucial issue for eliminating AIDS and poverty in the developing
world. Today, more than 300 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa,
nearly half the population, live on less than $1 a day, according
to the World Bank. This number is expected to grow to 345 million
by 2015. Yet this same region must spend $14.5 billion dollars
each year to repay loan debts from the world’s richest countries,
the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund*.
(*Source: data.org, World Bank, International Monetary Fund)

The event kicks off plans to build a nationwide campaign by
BANDS FOR DEBT RELIEF that will use concerts, the Internet,
and other grass-roots programs to collect signatures for online
petition campaigns hosted on the Web site of data.org. We
extend this invitation to the general public and the media to
attend the May 26th event, to be held at the main stage of the
Knitting Factory, NYC.

Contact:
BANDS FOR DEBT RELIEF: Steve Baldwin
Tel: +1-646-361-2879
E-mail: steve@...

About BANDS FOR DEBT RELIEF
BANDS FOR DEBT RELIEF
Is an independent coalition of artists formed in 2004 by Chlo
from the band VORTEX to raise awareness of global debt relief
issues.

About the Bands
Montreal-based BRIGHTON has showcased at the CMW festival,
NXNE and the Pop Montreal Festival. The five-piece band has
played at The Bowery Ballroom and Sin-E in New York, as well
as venues throughout Canada.
Brighton’s Web site is http://www.brightonhq.com.

Harvest of Souls is a three-piece, NY-based band formed by
Brian Sutor in 1999. They have played an extensive gig schedule
in New Jersey and parts of NY;
Harvest of Soul’s Web site is www.harvestofsouls.net

Vortex is a two-piece NY-based pioneer of Trip-Hop electronica
that has toured Europe, Canada, and the U.S. as well as every
local venue in NYC. Vortex’s debut CD has been critically
acclaimed on the Internet (Golden Artist, garageband.com)
and more recently chosen for KCRW’s “MORNING BECOMES
ECLECTIC”, Nic Harcourt’s morning program in LA.
Vortex’s Web site is www.vortex4u.com.

Host Shorty Brown is one of Australia’s best-known VJ’s who
has been host and MC to some of the biggest pop festivals in
the world and radio stations. Her Web site is www.shortybrown.com.

About The Knitting Factory:
New York’s legendary Knitting Factory has been the epicenter
of Gotham’s avant garde scene for 14 years.
Its Web site is www.knittingfactory.com

** N E W Y O R K **
M A Y 26th / THE KNITTING FACTORY
BANDS FOR DEBT RELIEF
74 Leonard Street 212.219.3132

BRIGHTON
http://www.brightonhq.com

MP3
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