The Farm Aid 2009 benefit concert will be held in Saint Louis, Missouri, on October 4th at 2 p.m. EST.
The purpose of Farm Aid is to help farmers. The first Farm Aid concert was arranged by Willy Nelson, John Mellencamp and Neil Young in 1985. Dave Matthews became involved in 2001. By 2009, the concerts had raised almost $35 million.
Farm Aid 2009 Lineup
- Willie Nelson
- Neil Young
- John Mellencamp
- Dave Matthews
- Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horseshttp://www.farmaid.org/site/c.qlI5IhNVJsE/b.2723647/k.2B7B/The_Lineup.htm
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Willie Nelson speaks with CNN about Farm Aid, a benefit concert established to raise money and awareness for farmers. Farm Aid 2009 is being hosted this weekend, October 4th, on Nelson's channel Willie's Place.
Check out his interview to see what Willie Nelson has to say about the event.
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Fast Facts
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Held in
St. Louis, Missouri at the Verizon Wireless Ampitheater
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Event Date and Time
October 4th at 2 p.m. EST
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View or Listen to Farm Aid 2009
The live benefit concert can be listened to on Sirius XM Radio at Willie’s Place (Sirius channel 64 and XM channel 13). Live Aid's official website will be showing the concert live at 5 p.m. EDT. It will also be featured on DIRECTV's The 101 Network at 5 p.m. EDT.
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Fact:
Farm Aid 2009 will also be rebroadcast on Friday, October 9 at 7 p.m. EST and on Saturday, October 10 at 12 p.m. EST.
