Rihanna, Eminem and Bruce Springsteen are among the artists booked for a televised live concert from the National Mall in Washington next month to raise awareness of issues concerning veterans.
“The Concert for Valor” is planned for 7 p.m. EDT on Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11. It will be televised by HBO, which will provide its signal free to non-subscribers.
Other participants will be announced in the coming weeks.
Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz is spearheading the event. The concert is free, but sponsors hope to direct fans to ways they can volunteer or donate money to causes helping war veterans.
“They’ve stepped up,” Schultz said. “Now it’s our turn.”
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