Benefit Updates: United We Stand, Country Freedom Concert, & More

NEW YORK (AP) - In what could go down as a lineup for the ages, the latest Sept. 11 benefit concert is shaping up to be the most star-studded yet.

'NSync, Backstreet Boys, Michael Jackson, Ricky Martin, Mick Jagger, Aerosmith, Al Green, James Brown, Carlos Santana, Kiss, Bon Jovi, Goo Goo Dolls, and Aaron Carter have all signed on for the United We Stand benefit concert at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 21, according to the BBC. Bruce Springsteen and Britney Spears have also reportedly been asked to participate.

All proceeds from the event will go to the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army, and the Pentagon Relief Fund. Tickets for the event go on sale this Friday (Oct. 12).

Meanwhile, Tim McGraw, Vince Gill, George Jones, Clint Black, Lonestar, Lee Ann Womack, Charlie Daniels, and Sara Evans join the list of performers for the Country Freedom Concert on Oct. 21 in Nashville. As previously reported, the concert - hosted in conjunction with Clear Channel Entertainment - also features George Strait, Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, and Martina McBride (allstar, Oct. 4). CMT will telecast the show live from 8-10 p.m. ET.

In other benefit news, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, Mariah Carey, and Celine Dion are among the artists donating tunes to God Bless America, a patriotic Columbia Records benefit CD due Tuesday (Oct. 16).

Here is the track listing to God Bless America:

1. "God Bless America," Celine Dion
2. "Land of Hope and Dreams," Bruce Springsteen
3. "Hero," Mariah Carey
4. "Amazing Grace," Tramaine Hawkins
5. "Blowin' in the Wind," Bob Dylan
6. "Bridge Over Troubled Water," Simon & Garfunkel
7. "Peaceful World," John Mellencamp
8. "There's a Hero," Billy Gilman
9. "America the Beautiful," Frank Sinatra
10. "God Bless the U.S.A.," Lee Greenwood
11. "This Land Is Your Land," Pete Seeger
12. "Coming Out of the Dark," Gloria Estefan
13. "We Shall Overcome," Mahalia Jackson
14. "The Star-Spangled Banner," The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
15. "Lean on Me," Bill Withers