Thursday, January 22, 2009

Charles Neville and Friends Take On Vt. Yankee: A Benefit Concert for VCAN

Sunday January 25
2:30 pm
Butterfly Restaurant, Back Banquet Room Rt 9,48 Russell St (Rt. 9), Hadley, MA

Charles Neville will perform a benefit show to support the Vermont Citizens
Action Network's (VCAN) campaign to shut down Vt. Yankee.

Vt. Yankee is one of the oldest nuclear facilities in the country, and has
consistently made headlines with potentially disastrous equipment malfunctions.
The Vermont state legislature is on the brink of voting on the fate of Vt.
Yankee. The Citizens Action Network is head to head with corporate lobbyists to
get the majority vote to shut Vt. Yankee down. Charles Neville and Friends are
entering the fray with a benefit show to support the lobbying work of VCAN.

Neville will be joined by local musicians Kate O'Connor, Rico Spence,Ricardo
Barrett, and Jimmy Connors

Doors open at 2.

Tickets are $17 in advance
$20 at the door
anyone under 21 pays $10.

Tickets are available at the Northampton Box office 1-800-THE TICK or 586-8686.
All proceeds go directly to democracy.

Contact: Jimmy Connors 413.364.7072 or jollytinkerman@hotmail.com

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