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Perry Farrell, Michelle Branch, others plan One Night for India

Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell, Michelle Branch, Damien Rice and Macy Gray will join forces with various top Indian performers for a concert to raise money for the fight against the emerging HIV/AIDS crisis in India.

Among the popular Indian musical acts that will perform are Talvin Singh, Nitin Sawhney and Karsh Kale.

The benefit, dubbed One Night for India, takes place on June 8 at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles. It will be filmed and recorded for television distribution throughout the world, as well as a DVD/CD, according to a press release.

"This is an unprecedented cross-cultural affair designed to showcase the power of the Indian and Western entertainment industries in raising the world's awareness of the AIDS pandemic facing India," Mark Porter, event co-founder and co-chair of One Night Foundation, said in a statement.

Proceeds from the event will be earmarked for The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and the American India Foundation.

According to organizers, ticket prices will range from $25 for single tickets to $500 for VIP packages. Tickets hit the market on Friday (4/30) through Ticketmaster and the event's official website.

India is second only to South Africa in terms of the overall number of people living with AIDS, organizers said. A 2002 report by the World Health Organization predicted that India will have 20 to 25 million AIDS cases by 2010, more than any other country in the world.

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