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Free indie rock concert's on in Carrboro(Herald-Sun, The (Durham, NC) (KRT) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Apr. 24--CARRBORO -- It's true, and it's confirmed. The independent rock bands Arcade Fire and Superchunk are scheduled to play at a free concert May 2 at the Carrboro Town Commons in support of Barack Obama. The Obama campaign announced the news on its Web site early Thursday, detailing information about the "Change Rocks" concert in Carrboro and another one in Greensboro. The concerts are designed to attract potential voters who can then cast their ballots during One-Stop Early Voting. In Carrboro, the site for the concert is the farmers market site, next to the Carrboro Town Hall, one of four early-voting sites in Orange County. Only people who live in Orange County will be able to vote at the Town Hall. The concert is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. Friday. In Greensboro, the same two bands will play in the parking lot of the Greensboro Coliseum Pavilion, a larger venue with more parking than the Carrboro Town Commons. The Greensboro concert will take place on Thursday, May 1. Gates open at 1 p.m. Superchunk was founded in Chapel Hill in 1989, and is a popular independent band that has recorded more than eight albums, written a film score and headlined benefit concerts. Members of Superchunk formed their own record label, Merge Records, which is Arcade Fire's record label as well. Arcade Fire is a band that is Quebec-based and that recently finished a worldwide tour. Their albums, Funeral and Neon Bible, have been nominated for Grammys in the best alternative rock album category. Arcade Fire played at two concerts for Obama in Ohio in March. "This is a defining moment for this country," said Win Butler of Arcade Fire. "We want to encourage people to get up, get out and go vote." The Obama campaign has suggested that about 1,000 people may show up for the concert in Carrboro, said Capt. Joel Booker of the Carrboro Police Department. But "we think that this is going to be bigger than the Obama campaign is saying," he said. The police department is making plans for how it will control concert traffic as well as allowing people who want to go to the Town Hall to vote or for other reasons. Because parking is so scarce near the Town Hall, people will be encouraged to walk, carpool, take the bus or ride a bicycle. No Obama in person The Obama campaign staff has told Booker that the candidate is not scheduled to appear at the concert in Carr-boro, but Obama is reportedly going to be in Raleigh later that day for the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner sponsored by the N.C. Democratic Party. Tickets for the concert are free, and they are available beginning this morning outside the Morehead Planetarium at 250 East Franklin St. in Chapel Hill and at Balloons and Tunes at 208 West Main St. The planetarium site will be open on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. In Carrboro, the site will be open on weekdays from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. and on Sat. April 26 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Only one ticket per person may be picked up. Tickets for the Carrboro concert also will be available in Durham at the old Durham Bulls stadium, the Durham Athletic Park, and at the Morning Times Cafâ??© in Raleigh. Tickets for the concert in Greensboro are available in Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Asheboro and High Point. For more information about tickets and the times and locations, go to: my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/zachedwards/gGCBQr To see more of The Herald-Sun, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.herald-sun.com. Copyright (c) 2008, The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email [email protected], call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA. |