Review of concert from 2002-10-29: NYC, Hammerstein Ballroom, Manhattan Center; Seconding The First - Solo
InStyle, 2002-10-31

 

the creative coalition's benefit concert

the event: The Creative Coalition's 2002 Seconding the First Gala benefit concert celebrating the First Amendment, at New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom, October 29th. The party was dedicated to music that has been banned or censored in the United States.

the guest list: Coalition president and gala host William Baldwin, Harry Belafonte, Marlo Thomas, Chloë Sevigny, Cynthia Nixon, Peter Boyle, Liev Schreiber, Bebe Neuwirth, Danny Glover, Keri Russell, Nia Vardalos, Andrew Cuomo and many others.

the setting: Following cocktails and a buffet dinner, guests gamely bid on auction items such as a tour of the Playboy mansion and a co-hosting spot on The Caroline Rhea Show. For many, however, the highlight of the evening was performances by Elvis Costello, who sang his new single "Alibi"; Lou Reed with Rubén Blades, dueting on Blades's song "Nothing But the Truth"; Chuck D performing Public Enemy's "Gotta Give the Peeps What They Need"; and Shawn Colvin singing "Goodnight Irene" and "I Ain't a Marchin'."

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