Bowie sets up sound and vision for N.Y. festival

The festival will include music, performance, film, comedy and visual art.

It will be held May 9-19 in venues near the High Line, an elevated rail structure on the city's west side, with events also to be held at Radio City Hall and Irving Plaza. A portion of the proceeds will go to benefit Friends of the High Line, an organization working with the city to transform the 1930s rail structure into a park. Bowie, a co-founder of the festival, is the curator of this year's event.

Also set to appear: The Polyphonic Spree, Air, Deerhoof, The Secret Machines, Laurie Anderson and 87-year-old spoken-word poet Ken Nordine. Usher is engaged to his longtime girlfriend, stylist Tameka Foster. The R B singer said he could be walking down the aisle before the end of the year.

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The Black Keys will back Ike Turner on his upcoming album to be produced by Gnarls Barkley member Danger Mouse...

. KoRn and Evanescence will co-headline this year's Family Values tour, which will visit 31 North American cities this summer, including Tampa. Exact dates have not been announced.

Last modified: April 02. 2007 4:02AM
David Bowie has selected comedian Ricky Gervais and The Arcade Fire, among other acts, to perform at the inaugural High Line Festival in Manhattan. For free access to this article, you must be a member of HeraldTribune.

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