Cancer stricken Chuck Billy of Testament pays back with concert tour

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Cancer stricken Chuck Billy of Testament pays back with concert tour

TESTAMENT’S CHUCK BILLY TO PERFORM AT THE 2008 LONGEST WALK 2  

 KICKOFF CONCERT!!!

 Chuck Billy, lead singer of legendary thrash metal band Testament  

 and proud member of the Pomo Indian Tribe will be performing at  

 theLongest Walk Kickoff Concert on Saturday, February 9. The  

 concert begins at 5:00PM at the Eastside Cultural Center in  

 Oakland, CA.  Chuck Billy will be performing alongside his brother  

 Andy and 2006 Native American GRAMMY & NAMA recipient Star Nayea.

 The Longest Walk Kickoff Concert will also feature performances by  

 7th Generation Rise, Blackhorse Blues Band, Jeremy Goodfeather, and  

 others TBA. Tickets range in price from $25-$40.

 The concert is a benefit for the Longest Walk 2, which kicks off on  

 Monday, February 11. The Longest Walk 2 is being organized and led  

 by American Indian Movement co-founder Dennis J. Banks.  

 Participants will embark on a 5 month journey across America  

 walking over 4,400 miles to Washington, D.C. arriving on July 11,  

 2008. It is an extraordinary grassroots effort on a national level  

 to bring attention to the environmental disharmony of Mother Earth.  

 For more information on the Longest Walk 2, visit www.longestwalk.org.

 Be sure to catch brothers Chuck and Andy Billy as they help to  

 kickoff the Longest Walk 2 in Oakland, CA on February 9!! And don’t  

 miss the long-awaited, nine-years-in-the-making new album from  

 Testament, due April 29 on Nuclear Blast Records. The album - “The  

 Formation of Damnation” - was engineered and mixed by the venerable  

 Andy Sneap. Testament are among the originators of thrash who paved  

 the way for many of today’s young and upcoming bands.

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