M.U.S.E. Benefit Concert Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA Sun, Aug 7, 2011 03:00 PM

M.U.S.E. Benefit Concert
Shoreline Amphitheatre
Mountain View, CA
Sun, Aug 7, 2011 03:00 PM

Crosby, Stills & Nash, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Jason Mraz, The Doobie Brothers, Tom Morello, John Hall, Kitaro, Jonathan Wilson, Sweet Honey in the Rock, and special guests are coming together for a special benefit event on Sunday, August 7 at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA.  Proceeds from the concert will be distributed to Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE) to support Japan disaster relief efforts, and organizations worldwide working to promote safe, alternative, non-nuclear energy.  The show will begin at 3 PM.  Children 10 and under admitted free on the lawn with an adult ticket. It was shortly after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that triggered multiple meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan that the decision was made to coordinate a benefit. Northern California's history and deep association with Japan and nuclear reactors on the California coast similar to Fukushima makes Shoreline a poignant location for the benefit.  The concert date falls between the anniversaries of atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945).

"The disaster in Fukushima is not only a disaster for Japan. It is a global disaster.  We come together now across cultural boundaries, political and generational boundaries, to call for changes in the way we use energy, and in the ways we conduct the search for solutions to the problems facing humanity," says Jackson Browne.  "We join with the people of Japan, and people everywhere who believe in a non-nuclear future."

Japanese musician and multi-instrumentalist, Kitaro, joined the bill as a way to give thanks “for all of the support for Japan from the world, and to all of the Japanese, who are helping each other.”  He adds,  “It is time to consider the change to alternative clean energy instead of nuclear power.”

"Even though the news cycle has moved on from the Fukushima disaster, this is another massive world energy disaster from which there will be long-term effects,” adds Jason Mraz. “I am thrilled to be a part of this amazing show that will not only help those in Japan, but that will also call attention to the urgent need to embrace safe, clean energy alternatives."

For more information see
http://www.musiciansunited4safeenergy.com/