yahoo.com
Jul 23, 2008
Sting, Dave Matthews and a host of other music stars have added their voices to the pro- Tibet movement on a potentially sensitive album for China ahead of the Beijing Olympics , promoters said. Other artists involved in the project, titled Songs for Tibet , include Moby, Alanis Morissette, John Mayer and Suzanne Vega, the International Campaign for Tibet said in a press release. "This album will focus people's attention on the importance of Tibet , the gifts of its culture, and the crisis the Tibetan people are facing today," said one of the album's organisers, Michael Wohl. The album is due for global release on iTunes on August 5, three days before the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics . It will then be available through other outlets the following week, the statement said. Wohl, from the Art of Peace Foundation,...
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