“With military-like precision, some of the most powerful managers and agents in the music business have plotted a groundbreaking exercise in political activism: the pioneering Vote for Change tour.

The eight-day tour begins Oct. 1 in Pennsylvania. It will number up to 40 shows, with several concerts in each of nine key ‘swing states’ taking place at separate venues on the same night.

The acts involved — Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews Band, R.E.M., Dixie Chicks, Pearl Jam and others — are united in the common goal of voting President Bush out of office in November.” (Reuters)