Farm Aid Heads to Big Apple

Farm Aid is moving to New York City it was announced Monday. The event will take place at Randalls Island on September 9th. Farm Aid co-founders Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp made the announcement in NYC’s Union Square with mayor Michael Bloomberg. This year’s line-up will include both Nelson, Mellencamp as well as Neil Young and Dave Matthews.Since its inception in 1985 the organization has raised more than $30 million for farmers and the agriculture system. This will be the first-ever Farm Aid in New York City in the event’s 22-year run. Last year it was held in Camden, New Jersey and just outside of Chicago, in Tinley Park, Illinois, two years ago.Neil Young “Hey Hey My My” (Farm Aid 1985)Tickets for the 2007 Farm Aid go on sale at 10AM this Saturday via TicketmasterSOURCE:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070611/ap_en_ot/farm_aid_nyc;_ylt=Antup6L9PeYMEgsPXWecOLBxFb8C