Find out how to get free tickets to the latest blockbuster Central Park concert.
Neil Young, Foo Fighters, the Black Keys, & more to play FREE Central Park concert:
Yep, those big-name acts, as well as K'Naan and Band of Horses, will play a big FREE Central Park charity concert on Sept. 29th. Called Global Festival, the show, which also features is meant to focus on ending extreme poverty. To enter the drawing for free tickets, you'll need to register at GlobalCitizen.org and earn a few "points" by signing petitions, tweeting, etc. You can also buy tickets outright for the concert (for about $190), which will be held on the Great Lawn. (via Village Voice)
[UPDATE: You can watch the Global Festival concert via live webcast here; just click on "View Live Stream." There will be three showings for different parts of the world.]
Listen to new songs from Stars, the xx, Mumford & Sons, and Thee Oh Sees:
As for the new songs, one of them is from Mumford and Sons, who played to 15,000-plus fans last week on Hoboken's Pier A park. The band played a number of new tunes there, attendees said, and the one may well have been one of them. (The group also played a cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "The Boxer.")
* "Backlines" by Stars, from their forthcoming album "North," due Sept. 4th (via NPR Music)
* "I Will Wait" by Mumford and Sons, from their forthcoming album "Babel," due Sept. 24th
* "Chained" by The xx, from their new album "Coexist" (via Consequence of Sound)
* "Flood's New Light" by Thee Oh Sees, from their new album "Putrifiers II," due Sept. 11th (via Consequence of Sound)
* "Ireland" by Jess Klein (free download), part of her project to re-record some of her fans' favorite songs in new acoustic versions
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