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More details surface for Moby's Area: One tour
Electronic pop star Moby has firmed up additional details for his multi-act, multi-genre Area: One tour, which kicks off on July 11 in Atlanta, Ga.
Moby, OutKast , Incubus (East Coast dates), New Order (West Coast dates), Nelly Furtado (select dates), Paul Oakenfold, the Orb, Carl Cox, the Roots and Rinocerose are confirmed acts for the 16-city venture. Tickets for shows in Holmdel, N.J.; George, Wash.; and Denver go on sale on Saturday (4/28), and a portion of the proceeds from each show will go to a variety of charities, including Greenpeace and Lifebeat.
In describing his Area: One festival, Moby likened it to the Lollapalooza events of the early '90s.
"My reason for putting together Area: One is that there is a lot of music in the world that I love that does not always get the appropriate exposure," Moby said in a press release.
As with Lollapalooza, Ozzfest and the H.O.R.D.E. tours, non-musical attractions with advertising tie-ins will be prevalent at the Area: One events. Ford Focus, for example, is sponsoring an air-conditioned tent featuring such techno artists as Paul Oakenfold, the Orb, Timo Maas and the Innovators, the latter being a Detroit collective comprising techno godfathers Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson.
