Posted by D. Stratford at qncya030-0190.splitrock.net on April 27, 2000 at 11:02:33:
Reed, Morissette To Play Vatican
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope John Paul II, proponent of Christian family values, and Lou Reed, poet of transgender risk-taking, are headlining a May Day concert on Monday.
Rome is laying on a mega-party this Jubilee year for the celebration of workers. Organizers expect about 600,000 people at the day-long event, which begins with a papal Mass.
Tenor Andrea Bocelli, the ``voice of the Jubilee,'' will sing following the Mass. The music begins in earnest a few hours later with stars including Reed, Alanis Morissette and the Eurythmics.
The pope will be gone by the time the main music program begins.