Todays News

DirecTV to broadcast Farm Aid’s New England music festival to be held in Comcast Center, Mansfield, Massachusetts on Sept. 20 on DIRECTV’s The 101 Network. DirecTV will broadcast Farm Aid 2008 in high-definition on The 101 Network from 4 PM to 11 PM. The show will be presented by Whole Foods Market and Horizon Organic and performances by Willie Nelson, Farm Aid president and founder, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews, board members and also by Kenny Chesney.

Apart from these lead performers, Arlo Guthrie, Jerry Lee Lewis, Nation Beat, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Jakob Dylan and The Gold Mountain Rebels, Danielle Evin, Jamey Johnson, Jesse Lenat, Will Dailey and One Flew South also to join the show.

The 101 Network broadcast will also feature interviews with artists, farmers and food activists, clips from the pre-concert press event, exclusive backstage coverage and footage from Farm Aid’s unique, interactive HOMEGROWN Village, which showcases the direct connection between who is growing our food and what we eat every day. The 7-hour broadcast will be filmed entirely in high definition and air in 5.1 surround sound.

Apart from DirecTV bringing live coverage, the satcaster will start its rebroadcast starting immediately following the end of the live broadcast and will also three times on Sunday, Sept. 21.