The Set List

Metallica Concert to Benefit Music School

Metallica will perform a benefit show for Flea's musical school, the Silverlake Conservatory of Music, on Wednesday at the Wiltern in Los Angeles.
Money raised will go toward programs, operations and scholarships for low-income students whose families would otherwise not be unable to afford instruments and/or lessons. The school’s summer camp program and new building initiative will also benefit from the proceeds.
Also appearing will be Scars On Broadway, the band fronted by Daron Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan from System of a Down.
Tickets go on sales Sunday at 10 a.m. for $200 each. A limited number of VIP tickets at $500 each will be available only  at Silverlake Conservatory of Music, 3920 Sunset Blvd.

Merle Haggard Plays Steam Engine In Environmental Tour

Merle Haggard and entertainment businessman Bob Wolf will announce in Nashville Monday the creation of the Green Train, a multi-concert informational train tour that will travel coast to coast.
The Green Train is scheduled to start in Portland, Ore., this summer and will pass through every geographic region in the nation during a six-week whistle stop tour. It will culminate with a volunteer outreach day in Washington, D.C. in August. Haggard and friends will ride aboard the Green Train this summer to promote global awareness.
“Merle and I felt it was important to try and unite our country through a message of common sense, simple conservation and education that carries on through our generations to come,” Wolf said. “We decided a whistle-stop train with a circus-style atmosphere should be the vessel carrying our message, along with a concert tour allowing a younger generation of entertainers to honor the stage with America’s legendary icons in a ‘pass the baton’ kind of ceremony to the next ‘breed of legends.’"

The Killer To Play Bridge School Concerts

Metallica, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tom Waits, John Mayer and Regina Spektor have all signed on for Neil Young's annual Bridge School Benefit on Oct. 27 and 28.
Tickets  go on sale Sunday through www.livenation.com.

Pete and Bruce Aid the Homeless

Bruce Springsteen and Pete Seeger have recorded the folk classic "Hobo's Lullaby" for "Give US Your Poor," a multi-artist CD devoted to fighting homelessness.Appleseed Recordings will release the disc Sept. 25.
All but two of the tracks ("Here and Now" by Mark Erelli and "1,000 Miles Away" by Jewel) are exclusives.Several of the artists collaborated with currently or previously homeless musicians.
The other tracks: "Land of 10,000 Homeless - Minnesota" – audio documentary set to music; "Show Me the Way" – Jon Bon Jovi & Mighty Sam McClain; "Baby Don't Let Me Go Homeless" – Keb Mo & Eagle Park Slim; "There Is No Good Reason" – Natalie Merchant & Friends; "So Lonely" – Sonya Kitchell; "Becky's Tune" – Michelle Shocked and Michael Sullivan; "Walking the Dog" – Bonnie Raitt & Weepin' Willie Robinson; "My Name Is Not 'Those People'" (spoken, with music) – Danny Glover; "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" – Madeleine Peyroux; "Portable Man" – Del Goldfarb & John Sebastian; "Boll Weevil" – Dan Zanes & Kyla Middleton; "Ink Falling (Father Outside)" – Buffalo Tom; "Stranger Blues" – Sweet Honey in the Rock; "Impossible Boulevard" (spoken excerpt, with music) – Tim Robbins; "Feels Like Home" – Mario Frangoulis; "When We Left Minneapolis (spoken, with music)" – Danny Glover.