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Elvis donates tickets and "meet-'n-greets"

Elvis has donated concert tickets and special experiences in an online auction for Music Clearing Minefields, an initiative of the United Nations Association's Adopt-A-Minefield Campaign.

NEW YORK (AP) — Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, Maroon 5 and other music acts have donated concert tickets and special experiences in an online auction for Music Clearing Minefields, an initiative of the United Nations Association's Adopt-A-Minefield Campaign.

"Heather and I have worked hard to raise funds and awareness for Adopt-A-Minefield," McCartney said in a statement Tuesday. "We hope that through Music Clearing Minefields, others will become as impassioned about this cause as we are."

McCartney has donated VIP tickets to his sold-out fall tour to the online auction, which was set to go live Wednesday on the Charity Folks Web site. Coldplay, Meat Loaf, Avril Lavigne, Elvis Costello, Brian Wilson, Jack Johnson, B.B. King and others also have donated concert tickets and "meet-and-greets."
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' Elvis Costello

Get up close with these VIP tickets donated byElvis Costello for the Music Clearing Minefields Campaign. '

Date Time City Venue


Sun, 07/17/05 08:00 PM Atlanta, GA Chastain Park Amphitheatre


Tue, 07/19/05 06:00 PM Central Park - New York, NY Central Park Summerstage


Wed, 07/20/05 08:00 PM Upper Darby, PA Tower Theatre

Fri, 07/22/05 07:30 PM Wallingford, CT Oakdale Theatre

Sat, 07/23/05 08:00 PM Boston, MA Bank of America Pavilion


Sun, 07/24/05 07:00 PM Pittsburgh, PA Chevrolet Amphitheatre At Station Square


Tue, 07/26/05 08:00 PM Rochester Hills, MI Meadow Brook Music Festival


Wed, 07/27/05 08:00 PM Chicago, IL Ravina


Fri, 07/29/05 08:00 PM Kettering, OH Fraze Pavilion

Sat, 07/30/05 06:00 PM Columbus, OH PromoWest Pavilion

Sun, 07/31/05 08:00 PM Vienna, VA USA Wolf Trap Filene Center