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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">DAS RACIST added to 22<sup>nd</sup> Annual Tibet House Benefit Concert Line-Up</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">February 13<sup>th</sup> at Carnegie Hall – 7:30pm</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">(L to R: Stephin Merritt, Antony, Laurie Anderson, Das Racist, Philip Glass, Lou Reed, James Blake, Rahzel, Dechen Shak-Dagsay)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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Philip Glass, Lou Reed, James Blake, Das Racist, Antony, Laurie Anderson, Stephin Merritt, Rahzel and Dechen Shak-Dagsay</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>WHAT: 22<sup>nd</sup> Annual Tibet House Benefit Concert</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>WHEN: Monday, February 13, 2012 at 7:30pm</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>WHERE: Carnegie Hall - <span class="st">Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="st"><b>TICKET INFO: </b>Concert-only tickets<b>
</b></span>($33 - $95) are <span class="st">available through<b> </b></span>Carnegie Charge at 212.247.7800, on
<a href="http://www.carnegiehall.org">www.carnegiehall.org</a>, or in person at the Carnegie Hall Box Office (57th Street and Seventh Avenue). Benefit package tickets (prime concert seats and entrance to a post-concert dinner party) are available exclusively
through Tibet House US at 212-807-0563 and <a href="http://www.tibethouse.us" target="_blank">
www.tibethouse.us</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span class="st"><b> </b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span class="st"><b>DETAILS:</b> Esteemed composer <b>Philip Glass,</b> who has just kicked off his 75<sup>th</sup> Birthday Season, has curated the concert’s incredible line-up and will once again be the artist director for the evening.
<b>Maggie Gyllenhaal and</b> <b>Peter</b> </span><em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal">Sarsgaard
</span></b></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal">are t</span></em><span class="st">his year’s Honorary Chairpersons for the
</span>concert, which commemorates the <b>Monlam Prayer Festival</b> traditionally held at the time of the Tibetan New Year – this year is the Year of the Water Dragon. The festival drew vast numbers of monks, citizens and pilgrims from all over the country
who gathered to pray for world peace and prosperity. Tibet House US is a non-profit organization founded in 1987 at the request of
<b>His Holiness the Dalai Lama</b> to serve as a center for the preservation and presentation of the endangered Tibetan culture. Proceeds support the work of the Tibet House US, the Tibetan Community of New York and New Jersey and other organizations yet to
be<o:p></o:p></p>
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