Santigold [ tickets ], Fall Out Boy [ tickets ], O.A.R. [ tickets ] and The All-American Rejects [ tickets ] will be among the acts participating in a new concert series designed to help eliminate AIDS in Africa, according to a press release.

The (RED)Nights series, presented by (RED) and Live Nation, will be comprised of 26 shows at select clubs and theaters across the US.

The Veronicas [ tickets ] will kick off the series June 12 at the House of Blues in New Orleans. Santigold will follow with a June 18 show at HoB in Dallas.

O.A.R. is scheduled to perform at two (RED)Nights events, Aug. 13-14, at Bank of America Pavilion in Boston.

Additional artists scheduled to participate include Gomez and Lisa Hannigan.

Updates--including artists, cities, venues and ticketing information--will be posted as it becomes available at the (RED)Nights official livenation.com.

In addition to lending their talent to the concert series, the (RED)Nights artists will participate in (RED)Wire, a new digital-music service that recently was launched by the AIDS awareness organization.