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News Briefs MTV Stages Seattle/Cape Town Gigs for AIDS DayOctober 3, 2002 A note from TheBody.com: Since this article was written, the HIV pandemic has changed, as has our understanding of HIV/AIDS and its treatment. As a result, parts of this article may be outdated. Please keep this in mind, and be sure to visit other parts of our site for more recent information! The pop music channel MTV, bidding for a world audience of at least 2 billion people, announced plans yesterday for concerts in Cape Town and Seattle to mark World AIDS Day on December 1. Grammy award winner Alicia Keys will take to the stage in South Africa on Nov. 23; the multi-platinum acts Missy Elliot and Dave Matthews will headline the Seattle concert on Nov. 7. Both shows will be edited together and aired commercial-free for World AIDS Day. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is sponsoring the concerts, along with fellow Microsoft founder Paul Allen and Levi Strauss Jeans. Houston Chronicle 10.02.02; Reuters A note from TheBody.com: Since this article was written, the HIV pandemic has changed, as has our understanding of HIV/AIDS and its treatment. As a result, parts of this article may be outdated. Please keep this in mind, and be sure to visit other parts of our site for more recent information!  This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
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