For Immediate Release
Tuesday, September 30, 2008

SATURDAY: Springsteen to Join Rally for Obama in Philadelphia
Free concert for Pennsylvanians will be huge opportunity to register voters and sign up volunteers; preferred tickets must be picked up at campaign offices

PHILADELPHIA - Bruce Springsteen is coming to Philadelphia this weekend to perform an acoustic set at a rally on the Ben Franklin Parkway in order to assist the Obama campaign’s voter registration and volunteer recruitment efforts.

The concert will take place on the Saturday before Pennsylvania’s voter registration deadline on Monday.

OH MY GODDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“Senator Obama is a great fan of Bruce Springsteen and is honored to
have his support. This will be a great opportunity to gather tens of
thousands of our supporters together in one place as we register new
voters and bring new volunteers into this campaign for change,” said
Craig Schirmer, the Pennsylvania State Director of the Obama-Biden
campaign.

The campaign has already registered and mobilized an unprecedented
number of voters in the state, and the makeup of the electorate will be
fundamentally different than it was in 2004. In that election, John
Kerry beat George Bush by 144,000 votes at a time when Democrats
outnumbered Republicans by 580,000 voters. This year, that advantage
will be about 1.2 million.

The New Jersey native endorsed Senator Obama in April, writing that the
Democratic nominee “speaks to the America I’ve envisioned in my
music…a country that’s interested in its collective destiny and in the
potential of its gathered spirit.”

The concert will take place on Saturday at Benjamin Franklin Parkway
between 20th and 22nd Streets.

Gates open at 2:00 and the program will begin at 3:30.

For access to the best viewing area, preferred tickets will be
distributed to those who sign up to volunteer. This can be done
beginning at 10:00 AM on Wednesday at the Obama-Biden campaign for
change offices listed below.

General admission tickets can be secured at the following website:
pa.barackobama.com/springsteen

Media Coverage: The event is open to the press. Space will be extremely
limited, as will access to sound. Please direct all inquiries to
dsecatore@barackobama.com.

Ticket locations:

Center City
1500 Sansom, Suite 400
Philadelphia, PA 19102
267-886-8591

South Philly
1501 Christian St
Philadelphia, PA 19146
267-298-8615

West Philly
246 S 52nd St
Philadelphia, PA 19139
267-975-3529

Fishtown
260 East Girard Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19125
267-298-8673

North Philly
2221 N. Broad, 4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19132
267-298-8680

Frankford
7727 Frankford Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19136
215-904-6004

Ward 23
4915 Frankford Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19124
267-343-8912

Germantown
7102 Germantown Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19119
267-298-8768

Oaklanes
6521 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19126
215-224-9410

University City
4001 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
267-972-7315

Norristown
1790 Markley St
Norristown, PA 19401
484-684-6072

Pottstown
235 East High St
Pottstown, PA 19464
484-624-5882

Jenkintown
1657 The Fairway
Jenkintown, PA 19046
215-884-2884

Ardmore
6 Greenfield Ave
Ardmore, PA 19143
610-649-7218

Ambler
1123 Bethlehem Pike
Ambler , PA 19002
267-470-4782

Media
362 West Baltimore Ave
Media, PA 19063
484-442-8611

Upper Darby
1404 Bywood Ave
Upper Darby, PA 19082
484-461-1435

Bristol
234 Mill St
Bristol, PA 19007
267-812-5719

Doylestown
72 North Main St
Doylestown, PA 18901
267-880-6673

Bethlehem
531 Main St
Bethlehem, PA 18108
610-807-3690

Allentown
4140 West Tilghman St
Allentown, PA 18104
610-564-4361

Easton
355 Ferry St
Easton, PA 18042
610-564-4777

West Chester
543 East Gay St
West Chester, PA 19380
484-947-5573

Phoenixville
22 South Main Street
Phoenixville, PA 19460
610-241-0247

Reading
147 N 5th St
Reading, PA 19601
610-370-7031

York
200 West Market St
York, PA 17401
717-668-8536

Lancaster
252 Harrisburg Pike
Lancaster, PA 17603
717-435-8197

Harrisburg
401 North 2nd St.
Harrisburg, PA 17101
717-695-6912

Scranton
222 Wyoming Ave 1A
Scranton, PA 18503
570-909-9386

Wilkes-Barre
238 Kidder St
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702
570-951-9259

Pittsburgh
213 Smithfield St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
412-867-6673



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