The One World Concert, a festival-style music event in the Carrier Dome, released its full list of more than 20 musical artists set to perform, including Nelly Furtado, Phillip Phillips, Cyndi Lauper and Natasha Bedingfield.

The concert is part of a “landmark” two-day forum, “Common Ground for Peace,” at Syracuse University on Oct. 8 – 9. The event is produced and sponsored by the One World Community Foundation, an organization established by SU trustee Samuel Nappi.

The forum features a public talk by the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet, as well as panel discussions for faculty and students. The event is meant to bring together international thought leaders and the Syracuse community on SU’s campus to discuss moving toward peaceful, global consciousness.

The full list of artists includes:

— Dave Matthews

— Counting Crows

— Cyndi Lauper

— Nelly Furtado

— Phillip Phillips

— Andy Grammer

— Nas

— David Crosby

— Don Was and his All-Star Band

— A.R. Rahman

— Angélique Kidjo

— Voices of Afghanistan

— Matisyahu

— Souad Massi

— Emmanuel Jal

— Liel Kolet

— Andy Madadlan

— Engelburt Humperdinck

— Natasha Bedingfield

— Swizz Beatz

— Bebe Winans

— Roberta Flack

— David Sanborn

— Joanne Shenandoah

 

Published on September 6, 2012 at 3:13 am

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