This Sunday: The Obama Inagural Celebration

Bono(U2), Beyonce have united with Bruce Springsteen to participate in the inagural celebration of president elect Barack Obama. They will offer a free concert at the Lincoln Memorial in  Washington D.C. next sunday January 18 at (7:00-9:00 p.m. ET/PT) televised exclusively by HBO. Besides Bono, Beyonce, and Springsteen other musical performers scheduled for the event include Mary J. Blige, Garth Brooks, Sheryl Crow, Renee Fleming, Josh Groban, Herbie Hancock, Heather Headley, John Legend, Jennifer Nettles, John Mellencamp, Usher Raymond IV, Shakira, James Taylor, Will.i.Am, and Stevie Wonder.  Among those reading historical passages will be Jamie Foxx, Martin Luther King III, Queen Latifah and Denzel Washington. The event will be free and open to the public, kicking off the most open and accessible Inauguration in history. We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration is the theme of this historical event.