justice tour just announced with Perry as special guest

Post by **hydro** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:47 pm

from toms blog

Monday, March 31, 2008

"JUSTICE TOUR 2008"

TOM MORELLO’S 7-CITY, 2-WEEK "JUSTICE TOUR"
SPOTLIGHTS LOCAL ACTIVISM AND
CELEBRATES SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH MUSIC

Each date will include a day of activism alongside partner organizations
and an evening of music with Morello alongside a variety of special guests including
Slash, Perry Farrell, Davey Havok of AFI, Boots Riley,
Shooter Jennings and others.

LOS ANGELES -- Tom Morello, the guitarist for Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave who plays firebrand folk guitar as The Nightwatchman, launches the Justice Tour in Los Angeles on April 15. The two-week outing stops in New York, New Orleans, Asheville, NC, Washington, DC and Boston before concluding with a May Day show in Chicago on May 1.

Each stop of the Justice Tour will include a day of activism to focus on a sphere of social justice in America: homelessness (Los Angles), safe, secure and affordable housing (New Orleans), a living wage (Asheville), peace and veterans care (Washington), affordable healthcare (Boston) and labor organizing (Chicago). In addition, Amnesty International’s TearItDown.org Campaign to Close Guantánamo and Morello’s own Axis Of Justice have joined as partner organizations throughout the tour. The itinerary also includes a previously announced show April 17 at New York’s Nokia Theater to benefit Road Recovery, a nonprofit that helps young people forge a future free from addiction.

"There has been much talk about change this election season, but real change must start with people, not politicians. No matter who is elected, we the people must create justice on the ground," said Morello, who will perform on the Justice Tour as The Nightwatchman.

Sharing the stage with The Nightwatchman will be different special guests on each stop of the Justice Tour. Among those who have signed on are Slash, Perry Farrell, Sen Dog of Cypress Hill, Davey Havok of AFI, Boots Riley of the Coup, Shooter Jennings, State Radio, Mike Einzinger of Incubus and Wayne Kramer. In addition, each stop of the tour will include a local special guest artist.

While the tour’s activism highlights the hard work that must be done to achieve social justice, its mood is celebratory. "Each night of this tour is going to be a freedom party," Morello said. "We are going to create a little bit of the world we’d like to see."

"Throughout American history, progressive change has always been driven by activists who blow the winds of social change," said Danny Goldberg, longtime activist and band manager and the author of How The Left Lost Teen Spirit. "Without such energy, even the most idealistic public officials cannot prevail against the self-interested partisans of the status quo."

JUSTICE TOUR 2008 TOUR DATES

DATE CITY VENUE SOCIAL JUSTICE PARTNER

15-April Los Angeles Troubadour Axis of Justice and
People Assisting the Homeless

17-April* New York Nokia Theater Road Recovery

20-April New Orleans Parish Room at Sweet Home New Orleans and
the House of Blues Amnesty International

22-April Asheville, NC Grey Eagle Tavern Just Economics
& Music Hall

24-April Washington, DC Black Cat Iraq Veterans Against the War

28-April Boston TBA HeathCare-Now

1-May Chicago Park West Service Employees Intl. Union

*This show is a previously announced benefit for Road Recovery, featuring Slash, Jerry Cantrell, Wayne Kramer and others.

TICKET INFORMATION
People’s price tickets are $10 for all shows except the April 17 Road Recovery benefit in New York. Proceeds from each show benefit the local social justice partner.

Los Angeles: Tickets on sale now at TicketMaster outlets, at ticketmaster.com, and at the Troubadour box office.

New York: Tickets for this previously announced benefit are $60, $100, and $250 and are on sale now at TicketMaster outlets and at ticketmaster.com.

New Orleans: Tickets on sale now at TicketMaster outlets, at ticketmaster.com, at the House of Blues box office and hob.com.

Asheville, NC: Tickets on sale now at www.thegreyeagle.com, or 800-594-TIXX, and at the Grey Eagle box office after 5 PM on a day with another event scheduled, at Harvest Records and at Orbit DVD.

Washington, DC: Tickets on sale now at TicketMaster outlets, at ticketmaster.com, and at the Black Cat box office between 8 PM and midnight.

Boston: TBA

Chicago: Tickets on sale now at TicketMaster outlets, at ticketmaster.com, and at the Park West box office.

LOCAL SOCIAL JUSTICE PARTNERS FOR JUSTICE TOUR 2008

Los Angeles (April 15): People Assisting the Homeless (PATH)
PATH’s mission is to break the cycle of homelessness by empowering homeless people with the tools for self-sufficiency. PATH provides services that help homeless people find work, save money, secure housing and empower their lives. www.epath.org

New York (April 17): Road Recovery
Road Recovery is a non-profit organization comprised of entertainment industry professionals whose lives have been touched by addiction and other adversities and who now wish to make a positive impact on the lives of others. Through mentoring, educational and live performance-based programs, Road Recovery’s goal is to help young people find their way towards a healthy future. www.roadrecovery.org

New Orleans (April 20): Sweet Home New Orleans and Amnesty International
Sweet Home New Orleans works to revitalize the music and cultural community within the neighborhoods of New Orleans by helping the city’s tradition bearers access resources and secure stable, affordable housing. www.sweethomeneworleans.org

Amnesty International, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights organization, established a New Orleans-based project after Hurricane Katrina to address human rights concerns for displaced residents returning to the Gulf Coast. The office also produces educational materials, holds local trainings and organizes events for community members to develop advocacy skills. www.musicforhumanrights.com

Asheville, NC (April 22): Just Economics
The mission of Just Economics is to educate, advocate, and organize for equitable economic conditions, increased union representation, and a fair share for all in the prosperity of our region, regardless of race, gender, or citizenship status. www.justeconomicswnc.org

Washington, DC (April 24): Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW)
IVAW, an organization leading the movement of veterans and GIs working to bring troops back now, aims to mobilize the military community to withdraw its support for the war and occupation in Iraq. IVAW is also the beneficiary of the Body of War film and CD. www.ivaw.org

Boston (TBA): HealthCare-Now
HealthCare-Now is a national grassroots organization dedicated to the passage of universal, single-payer health care for all. The group is based in New York City and has chapters and membership throughout the US. www.healthcare-now.org

Chicago (May 1): Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
SEIU is an organization of more than 1.9 million members united by the belief in the dignity and worth of workers and the services they provide, and dedicated to improving the lives of workers and their families and creating a more just and humane society. www.seiu.org

TOUR PARTNERS FOR JUSTICE TOUR 2008

TearItDown.org—Amnesty International’s Campaign to Close Guantánamo
Tear It Down.org is Amnesty International’s global online campaign to close Guantánamo and end illegal U.S. detentions. Amnesty International is calling on US authorities to charge Guantánamo detainees and give them fair trials or release them immediately and unconditionally. Amnesty International is also calling on US authorities to stop subjecting detainees to torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. Amnesty International will have a presence at all shows to engage audiences in this campaign. www.musicforhumanrights.com

Axis of Justice
Axis of Justice is a non-profit organization formed by Tom Morello and Serj Tankian to bring together musicians, fans of music, and grassroots political organizations to fight for social justice. AOJ aims to build a bridge between fans of music around the world and local political organizations to effectively organize around issues of peace, human rights, and economic justice. www.axisofjustice.org

ABOUT TOM MORELLO

Tom Morello’s great uncle was the first president of Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta, and his mother, Mary Morello, founded an anti-censorship organization. Harlem-born and Libertyville, IL-bred, Morello graduated with honors from Harvard University in Political Science. His previous bands, Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, have collectively sold 30 million albums and have won two Grammys; Audioslave was the first U.S. band to play Cuba. In 2007, Morello released his first solo album, the hard-left, acoustic One Man Revolution, under the name The Nightwatchman. The Nightwatchman recently contributed a track to Body Of War: Songs That Inspired An Iraq War Veteran, a 2-CD benefit collection for Justice Tour partner Iraq Veterans Against the War.

Morello was named one of Rolling Stone’s "100 Greatest Guitar Players," at 26. He has produced artists as diverse as Puff Daddy, Indigo Girls, Joe Strummer, KRS-1, Wu Tang Clan, Crystal Method and Anti-Flag, and has scored such films as Collateral, Charlie’s Angels, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and XXX: State of the Union. Morello hosts the weekly radio show Axis of Justice Radio Network on KPFK Los Angeles and various syndicated stations. He was the recipient of the 2006 Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award.

For more information on the Justice Tour, visit www.myspace.com/thenightwatchman.

For interview, review ticket and photo requests, please contact
Vandenberg Communications at 206-447-1801.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:48 pm

This should be a sweet tour.

I wish one of those dates was closer to me.

It's great to see Perry, Tom, Slash, and everyone else getting / staying involved.

Thanks for getting this posted hydro.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:54 pm

Morello Trek To Feature Harper, Slash, Keenan

March 31, 2008, 6:00 PM ET

Katie Hasty, N.Y.
As was tipped here earlier this month, Tom Morello is once again combining politics and music on the road with his upcoming Justice Tour.

The long-time activist, who also performs under the Nightwatchman moniker, has tapped artists like Ben Harper, Slash, Perry Farrell and members of MC5 and AFI to play different dates, with each performance focusing on different spheres of social justice.

The Justice Tour kicks off April 15 in Los Angeles, which will spotlight homelessness and as partnered with Axis of Justice and People Assisting the Homeless. It continues to New York's Nokia Theater on April 17, the House of Blues in New Orleans on April 20, The Grey Eagle Tavern & Music Hall in Asheville, N.C. on April 22, the Black Cat in Washington, D.C., on April 24, Boston on April 28 and Park West in Chicago on May 1.

The New York show is a previously announced show benefiting Road Recovery and will feature Slash, Jerry Cantrell and Wayne Kramer of MC5.

While the tour's activism highlights the hard work that must be done to achieve social justice, its mood is celebratory. "Each night of this tour is going to be a freedom party," Morello said. "We are going to create a little bit of the world we'd like to see."

Boots Riley, Shooter Jennings and Maynard James Keenan from Tool are also confirmed to be taking part in the tour. Organizers in each market are determining the combinations of special guests, to be announced at a later date. Other causes supported on tour include safe and affordable housing, living wage, peace and veterans care, labor organization and affordable healthcare.

Morello described the goal of the events as "musicians, fans of music and grass roots activist organizations working together to fight for social justice. We tend to do that and have a great time, too. It'll be a cool variety of musicians going to different places and not only playing shows. It will benefit specific good causes, whether it's supporting anti-war efforts or supporting Iraq Veterans Against the War or repairing destroyed New Orleans."

The Nightwatchman recently contributed a track to the "Body Of War," double-disc benefit collection for Justice Tour partner Iraq Veterans Against the War.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/art ... 1003783217

OzMic · Post by **OzMic** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:16 pm

MUCH RESPECT !!!

vikkivale · Post by **vikkivale** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:40 am

I'm going to the LA show at the Troub tonite...If I can get my good camera in, I should have some good quality pics to share with all of you...I'll post whatever I take after the show.

nexis · Post by **nexis** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:39 pm

vikkivale wrote:I'm going to the LA show at the Troub tonite...If I can get my good camera in, I should have some good quality pics to share with all of you...I'll post whatever I take after the show.

Thanks Vikki. Looking forward to it

vikkivale · Post by **vikkivale** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:03 am

I feel like I was either transported to Heaven or Mars tonight! Amazing show...just when you thought it couldn't get better another legend came out on stage! Tom Morello, Perry, Carl, Etty, Dave Navarro(!), Flea, Slash, Steve Vai, Stuart Copeland, Pete Yorn, Wayne Kramer, Travis Barker, Davey Havok, Jerry Cantrell, Cypress Hill, a killer Boston band that I'd never heard- State Radio! Insanity! Almost 4 hours of non-stop rock and JAMS that got everyone up and jumping.

Perry, Etty and Carl performed Here Comes Trouble, BCS and Stop! Then Dave and Flea came out for Mountain Song. I have a ridiculous amount of pics from tonight (of EVERYONE), but I have to crash for my day job, so here are two for now...in the next few days I'll put a bunch of others up in the share section.

scabdates · Post by **scabdates** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:23 am

VERY nice! Thanks a bunch, look forward to the rest of the pics.

Post by **hydro** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:25 am

omg i want to cry!!!
that first pic of perry and dave, man thats what it all about!!!

thanks vikkivale,im glad you had a wonderful night!it would be awesome to be apart of that!

StickyFingers · Post by **StickyFingers** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:12 am

Perry and Dave playin together .....,
Eric playin with Jane's together again......

What a wonderful world