Emmylou Harris leads anti-landmine benefit shows
ByOct 31, 2002 11:00 PM
Emmylou Harris, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Bruce Cockburn and Patty Griffin will tour five Southeast cities in November “to raise money for, and awareness of, the global landmine crisis,” according to organizers.
Emmylou Harris, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Bruce Cockburn and Patty Griffin will tour five Southeast cities in November “to raise money for, and awareness of, the global landmine crisis,” according to organizers.
The tour, which will feature an acoustic set by each artist, is the fourth that Harris has organized in the last five years. All proceeds will benefit “programs of the Washington, D.C.-based Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation that assist civilian victims of conflict around the world, and its work to raise American public awareness of the global landmine crisis,” according to a press release.
“Global events and the war on terrorism in the post-September 11th climate have made the landmine issue more topical to the American public,” VVAF president Bobby Muller said in a statement. “The lift these artists give to our cause, and the direct benefit to our overseas work is just tremendous.”