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Dave Matthews to perform free show for Barack Obama

Dave Matthews Band                                                                  Pic: PA Photos

Dave Matthews Band Pic: PA Photos

Tim Reynolds will join him in Indiana

Dave Matthews, frontman of the Dave Matthews Band, has announced he will play a special show this weekend in support of Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Matthews will be joined by long-time collaborator Tim Reynolds for the gig, entitled 'Change Rocks - A Very Special Evening with Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds', which they will play on Sunday (April 6) at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN[/b].

The show is being presented by the Indiana University Union Board which does not endorse any one political candidate, and the event will be free to all Indiana residents, who must show their Indiana ID to gain admission.

Doors open at 5.30pm.

--By our New York staff.
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