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Sunday, December 29, 2002

First published Sept. 22, 2002
By Martha Rial

Kid Rock joined Farm Aid founder Willie Nelson, Toby Keith, Dave Matthews and other charitable musicians, performing for more than 23,000 people who packed the Post-Gazette Pavilion in Burgettstown for the 15th Farm Aid concert to raise money for small family farms. Since Farm Aid began in 1985, it has granted $15 million to farm and service agencies and church groups in 44 states. In his review of the concert, Post-Gazette pop critic Ed Masley wrote of Kid Rock's set, "No act could have touched it in terms of excitement, intensity, showmanship or fun." The story.