The Pharcyde is the Latest Act to Join Concert at Foot of the RNC

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St. Paul, Minn. - Alternative Rap group The Pharcyde is the latest act to join the Service Employees International Union's (SEIU) September 1st Take Back Labor Day Festival at the foot of the Republican National Convention.

Events will kick off at noon at Harriet Island Regional Park with a family area and other activities. The concert will run from 3-7 p.m. with musicians The Pharcyde, Mos Def, Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, Atmosphere, Billy Bragg, and Tom Morello & friends. Joining the performers for the afternoon concert will be SEIU leaders Andy Stern and Anna Burger, progressive syndicated talk show host Thom Hartmann, and other special guests.

In addition to music and entertainment, the festival will celebrate workers' achievements and promote a New Vision for the 21st Century that includes:

Affordable, quality healthcare for everyone;
Wages that can support families;
Freedom to join unions without intimidation;
Retirement security.

A press conference will be held at 2 pm on September 1st. Performers and SEIU members and leaders will be available for interview from 2pm- 3pm, prior to the 3 p.m. concert.

Tickets for the Labor Day celebration are now available for $10 through all Ticketmaster outlets and at Fifth Element Records in Minneapolis. They will be sold on site the day of the concert for $15.

The Labor Day concert and festival will mark the end of a three-state Labor Day Tour from August 29-31 that will offer journalists three days of interviews and discussions with working men and women from across the U.S. and at stops along the way.

Go to www.takebacklaborday.com for updated information.

About the Artists:

Allison Moorer is an Academy Award and Grammy Award nominated singer songwriter whose 2008 album, Mockingbird, was released to critical acclaim.

Atmosphere is a Hip-Hop duo from Minneapolis comprised of members Slug and Ant. Since joining forces 11 years ago they've release six albums and participated in a a variety of side-projects. They recently released the album, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold.

Billy Bragg is a British rocker and Grammy-nominated folk musician who has been called "England's troubadour" and "a national treasure." Woody Guthrie's daughter Nora chose Bragg to set new music to unrecorded Woody Guthrie lyrics, recorded with Wilco on the album, Mermaid Avenue.

Mos Def is an actor and Grammy-nominated musician who was most recently seen alongside Jack Black in the film, Be Kind Rewind. He has previously released 5 rap albums, and he is renowned for helping to popularize a style of Hip-Hop that stresses socially conscious themes.

Steve Earle's Washington Square Serenade in late 2007 earned him his second Grammy Award. He hosts the Sirius Satellite Radio program Hardcore Troubadour Radio, and he was recently featured in the HBO series The Wire.

Tom Morello recently launched The Justice Tour, a nationwide concert tour to benefit a local charity at each stop, and he also spent a day as a child care provider working with SEIU members. He appears with Bruce Springsteen on a new live EP performing "Ghost of Tom Joad." His solo album, The Fabled City, will be released this September.

The Pharcyde is a legendary alternative rap collective from Los Angeles. This performance will feature all the original members: Imani (Emandu Wilcox), Slimkid3 (Tre Hardson), Bootie Brown, (Romye Robinson), and Fatlip Derrick Stewart).

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