New York, Aug 27: Singer/songwriter Tom Waits has joined the lineup of Healing the Divide -- A Benefit Concert for Peace and Reconciliation. Set for Sept. 21 at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall in New York, the event will also feature performances by Hamza El Din, Philip Glass, Buddhist Monks from the Gyuto Tantric Choir, Nawang Khechog, Kronos Quartet, R. Carlos Nakai, Anoushka Shankar and Foday Musa Suso.
A highlight of the event will be an address by the Dalai Lama, who will be in New York for a rare visit that will also include a public talk held in the city's Central Park. Glass and actor Richard Gere will host the show, which will benefit Healing the Divide, a non-profit organization established to improve the lives of impoverished communities throughout the Himalayan region. Tickets range from $35 to $250.
Waits is tentatively scheduled to release a new studio album in March via Anti Records.
Bureau Report