Metallica, Tom Waits play Bridge School Benefit

This year, headliners for Neil Young's 21st annual Bridge School Benefit concert - which raises money for a children's speech impediment program co-founded by his wife, Pegi - will include Metallica, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eddie Vedder with Flea and Jack Irons, Tom Waits with Kronos Quartet, John Mayer, Tegan & Sara and Regina Spektor. Tickets for the event, which happens Oct . 27-28, go on sale this Sunday through Live Nation. Young himself will host and perform, as he has since its formation. His new studio album, Chrome Dreams II, debuts Oct. 16 on Reprise.

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