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Springsteen, Bragg celebrate Seeger's 90th

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Mar 31, 2009 Updated Jul 1, 2009

Pete Seeger's 90th birthday bash is to be a star-studded concert with a guestlist including Bruce Springsteen, Steve Earle and Ben Harper.

The celebration to honour the folk icon at New York City's Madison Square Garden is also a benfit concert for the 'Hudson River Sloop Clearwater', a charity founded by Seeger, which aims to preserve and protect the Hudson River.

The starting price for tickets is $19.19 - acknowledging Seeger's year of birth, 1919.

Read the full list of performers at seeger90.com.

Source: Billboard Magazine external link

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