HENRY ROLLINS, KEITH MORRIS Joins Forces For WEST MEMPHIS 3 Benefit Tour

May 13, 2003

Punk rock icon Henry Rollins will join forces with ex-THE CIRCLE JERKS singer Keith Morris to perform a set of BLACK FLAG classics to benefit the West Memphis 3 defense fund.

Confirmed tour dates are as follows:

Jun. 01 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theater
Jun. 03 - Ft. Worth, TX @ The Ridglea Theater
Jun. 04 - Memphis, TN @ New Daisy Theatre
Jun. 05 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
Jun. 06 - Tampa, FL @ Masquerade
Jun. 07 - Boynton Beach, FL @ Ovation
Jun. 09 - Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues
Jun. 12 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Jun. 13 - Norfolk, VA @ Norva Theater
Jun. 14 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza

Proceeds from the tour will go toward the legal defense of Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley — a.k.a. the West Memphis Three — who were convicted of murdering three young boys in West Memphis, Arkansas, in 1993. Baldwin and Misskelly were sentenced to life, while Echols received the death penalty. All three were teenagers when they were tried in 1994.

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