Usher Announces Special Guests

Usher Announces Special Guests for Project Restart Benefit Concert on October 9
Friday October 7, 9:12 pm ET

Concert Sponsors Freddie Mac, Hibernia Bank, Visa, SunTrust Bank, Armani Exchange, Hands On Network and Others Join With Superstar for Hurricane Relief

NEW YORK, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Grammy Award winning superstar Usher announced that he will be joined by celebrity guests Alicia Keys, T.I., Young Jeezy, and Usher's own US Records family (Rico Love, One Chance) as well as special surprise guests to perform at Project Restart -- a benefit concert for the victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on October 9 in Atlanta, GA at Philips Arena. Project Restart is Usher's concept and vision to assist and support Hurricane relief. BET will tape the concert and produce a Project Restart special with concert footage interviews and documentary style moments with artists, fans and evacuees in attendance and will air the one-hour special on October 19th from 8pm - 9pm EDT.

With the help of corporate sponsors such as Hibernia Bank, Visa, Giovanni The Margarita King and SunTrust Bank and civil leaders like Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, Usher has invited 5,000 Katrina and Rita evacuees who were relocated to Georgia to attend the concert for free. The evacuees have already been contacted in Atlanta and tickets have been distributed. The remaining tickets for the concert are still on sale via Ticketmaster. A limited number of corporate suites and VIP seats are also available. All proceeds will benefit the Project Restart objective, which is to help Katrina victims settle into permanent or semi-permanent homes.