OT-Benefit set for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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Cream's Jack Bruce, Traffic co-founder Dave Mason, Jefferson Starship members and Styx's Dennis DeYoung are among the artists lined up to play a benefit to raise money for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and the John Entwistle Foundation. The two-day festival is slated to take place September 19th and 20th at the Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary, North Carolina.

According to LiveDaily.com, the first night will be headlined by Mason, and the second night will feature Jefferson Starship with original Jefferson Airplane founders Marty Balin and Paul Kantner, along with Grateful Dead keyboardist Tom Constanten. Also set to perform are members of the former John Entwistle Band, ex-Deep Purple and Rainbow lead vocalist Joe Lynn Turner, Blue Oyster Cult lead singer Buck Dharma, and former Grand Funk Railroad frontman Mark Farner. Bruce is expected to close his set with some Cream hits. Then the headlining artists will do an encore tribute to the late Who bassist John Entwistle.

Proceeds will go to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's educational outreach program , as well as the John Entwistle Foundation, which provides musical instruments and music lessons to disadvantaged kids.