Dave Matthews, Nelly Furtado to play for Dalai Lama

Dave Matthews performs on stage during John Varvatos 9th Annual Stuart House Benefit on March 11, 2012, in West Hollywood, Calif.

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(CBS/AP) Tickets are going on sale for an appearance by the Dalai Lama and a related concert in central New York. Syracuse University says it's hosting the two-day "Common Ground for Peace" event on Oct. 8 and 9 featuring the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet.

The Carrier Dome concert will feature some big names, including Dave Matthews, Counting Crows, Nas, Swizz Beatz, Cyndi Lauper, Engelbert Humperdinck, Roberta Flack, David Crosby and Nelly Furtado.

Among those joining the Dalai Lama at the event are Nobel Peace Laureate Mohamed ElBaradei ; human rights advocate Martin Luther King III; former Central Intelligence Agency head R. James Woolsey, Jr.; and former U.N. ambassador Andrew Young.

Tickets covering both days are priced from $35 to $55. They're available through Ticketmaster and the Carrier Dome box office starting at 10 a.m. Monday.

[fitstshu]

The Dalai Lama is a good guy.I suggest that Congress should attend.