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Nine Inch Nails to rock New Orleans
Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor promises to deliver a jolt of industrial rock to weary relief workers in New Orleans this weekend.
The Grammy-winning group will headline the Voodoo Music Experience on Saturday -- a free, invitation-only show for police, firefighters, military, National Guard and rescue personnel working in the city ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.
The two-day festival, originally set for New Orleans on the October 31 Halloween weekend, was moved to Memphis, Tennessee, after Katrina slammed into the Gulf in August.
Now, at Reznor's urging, half of the festival will take place in New Orleans.
"My manager and I were discussing if it would be feasible to actually have it in New Orleans to send the message out that the city isn't dead," the former New Orleans resident told Reuters on Thursday.
Alternative rockers Queens of the Stone Age, punk veterans New York Dolls and Dutch DJ Tiesto will also donate performances.
Only members of the public who bought tickets to the original event before September 22 can attend. The rest of the seats are reserved for aid workers.
Organizers will donate profits from the second half of the show in Memphis on Sunday to a fund to help rebuild New Orleans.
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