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date: 26 January 2010

embargo: For immediate release

British stars stand up for Haiti

Alan Rickman, Billy Bragg, Tom Wilkinson, Frances De la Tour and Benjamin Zephaniah are just some of the names headlining a TUC Concert for Haiti next Wednesday (3 February) in London.

The concert - organised by the TUC and the Cuba Solidarity Campaign - will raise money for the victims of the 12 January earthquake through the TUC Aid Haiti Appeal. It takes place at Congress House, 23-28 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS. Doors open at 6.30pm and the night gets underway at 7pm.

Performing alongside Billy Bragg will be Cuban band Son Mas, featuring jazz violinist Omar Puente. There will also be readings from Jamaican poet Jean Binta Breeze and speeches from Tony Benn, Ken Loach and actors Frances and Andy de la Tour, who appear alongside Hollywood stars Tom Wilkinson and Alan Rickman.

Tickets for the night cost £10 and are available at www.concertforhaiti.co.uk or by calling 0208 800 0155. Ticket sales from the concert and donations to the TUC Aid Haiti Earthquake Appeal on the night are expected to raise over £100,000.

Since disaster struck two weeks ago, the TUC Aid appeal has funded the purchase of tents, medicines and food which have been transported into the country via trucks from the Dominican Republic.

The latest information about the concert is available at www.concertforhaiti.co.uk

and donations to TUC Aid Haiti Earthquake Appeal can be made at www.tuc.org.uk/haitiappeal

NOTES TO EDITORS:

-Congress House is just three minutes' walk from Tottenham Court Road tube station (exit 3).

Contacts:

Media enquiries:
Liz Chinchen T: 020 7467 1248 M: 07778 158175 E: media@tuc.org.uk
Rob Holdsworth T: 020 7467 1372 M: 07717 531150 E: rholdsworth@tuc.org.uk
Elly Brenchley T: 020 7467 1337 M: 07900 910624 E: ebrenchley@tuc.org.uk

Concert Organisers and artist interviews:

Rob Miller, Cuba Solidarity Campaign, T: 020 8800 0155 M: 07930 693900 E: director@cuba-solidarity.org.uk

Press release (400 words) issued 26 Jan 2010