Whoopi Goldberg signs on as Guest Presenter and Alicia Keys, Ludacris, Mira Sorvino and Petra Nemcova added to Concert’s Host Committee.

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc. announced today that Garth Brooks, Joss Stone, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, and Queen Latifah have joined the all-star line up for The Dream Concert to benefit the building of the Memorial on the National Mall.
Tickets for The Dream Concert, which will be held at Radio City Music Hall on September 18, 2007 at 8 p.m., go on sale to the public on Monday, July 30th at 9:00 a.m. Tickets are priced at $250, $500 and $1,000 and are available through TicketMaster phones and outlets and at www.ticketmaster.com. Go to www.thedreamconcert.com for more information.

Garth Brooks, Queen Latifah, Joss Stone and Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds join the world’s top artists including Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Carlos Santana, Robin Thicke, Bebe Winans, Cece Winans and Jessye Norman for a once-in-a-lifetime concert. Whoopi Goldberg has joined as a special guest presenter and Grammy-award winner Alicia Keys, along with Oscar-winner Mira Sorvino, Petra Nemcova and Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, are the newest additions to The Dream Concert Host Committee. Rickey Minor has signed on as Musical Director.

Tommy Hilfiger, Russell Simmons, Joel Horowitz, Quincy Jones, David Stern and Edgar Bronfman, Jr. are co-chairing The Dream Concert, a historic gathering of the top musicians in the country, as well as prominent figures from politics, sports and entertainment to benefit the building of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington, DC. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis serve as the event’s artistic directors and Ben Affleck, Muhammad Ali, Angela Bassett, Jamie Foxx, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neal, LaDainian Tomlinson, Kerry Washington and former Mayor David Dinkins
are the previously announced Host Committee members. Al Roker will also appear during the concert as a special guest presenter.

The Dream Concert will embody the ideals of hope, love, democracy, and justice for which Dr. King stood. The concert will capture the essence of his lasting teaching by joining together musicians from across genre lines, featuring unique musical combinations not usually found on the same stage. The Memorial Foundation has already raised $81 million of the $100 million needed to complete and maintain the memorial, and this event will help secure the additional funds.