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Bruce Springsteen says he accepts the risks of partisanship.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Tom Moon
PHILADELPHIA _ When the music quiets and Bruce Springsteen begins what he calls the "public-service announcement" portion of his set at Friday night's Vote for Change concert at the Wachovia Center, the New Jersey rocker will do something he has resisted throughout a career of more than 30 years: make an overtly partisan political statement.
"There's some reluctance, certainly, to be coming out and doing what we're doing now," Springsteen said Tuesday in a phone interview about the series of 37 benefit performances he helped organize for Americans Coming Together, the group that's mobilizing voters for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.
The barnstorming tour of 12 swing states _ which involves Pearl Jam, the Dave Matthews Band, the Dixie Chicks, R.E.M., Sheryl Crow, Keb' Mo', and others _ represents a significant change in the delicate mix of rock and politics. While stars have often lent their skills to causes (famine relief, nuclear disarmament, aid to farmers), there has never been such a coordinated ...
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