ELTON JOHN TO HONOUR SLAIN JOURNALIST
SIR ELTON JOHN and a cast of thousands will mark the start of the fifth annual Daniel Pearl World Music Days on Friday (06OCT06).
The festival will honour the slain journalist and musician and will include a world premiere of STEVE REICH’s DANIEL VARIATIONS in London and New York City.
Other events include performances by orchestras in London, South Africa, Israel, Los Angeles, Alabama and Qatar; a BO DIDDLEY and Friends concert in Louisiana; and a youth performance at San Francisco’s Hardly Strictly bluegrass festival.
Pearl, a Wall Street Journal reporter, was murdered by terrorists in Pakistan in 2002. World music days honouring him will run through to 15 October (06).
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