Garth Brooks [ tickets ], Melissa Etheridge [ tickets ], Queen Latifah [ tickets ], George Michael [ tickets ], Pet Shop Boys [ tickets ] and k.d. lang are scheduled to perform at a benefit concert dubbed Equality Rocks, set for April 29 at Washington, D.C.'s RFK Stadium. Net proceeds from the event will go to the Human Rights Campaign, a non-profit political organization that supports gay and lesbian rights.

Also scheduled to appear are actors Ellen DeGeneres, Anne Heche, Kristen Johnston and Nathan Lane, as well as the parents of Matthew Shepard, a gay Wyoming student who was murdered in 1998. The HRC expects the parents of James Byrd Jr., who was dragged to his death in Jasper, Texas in 1998, to attend as well.

In a statement, Etheridge said that the event would be "the largest concert in history that is dedicated to basic equal rights for gay Americans.''

According the the HRC, more artists will be added to the concert's lineup in the coming weeks. Tickets for the event are now on sale.