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February 6, 2008

Musicians to hold benefit for anniversary of Station fire

PROVIDENCE -- Metal acts like Twisted Sister and Stryper are joining country singers Gretchen Wilson and John Rich, American Idol contestant Kellie Pickler and others for a benefit concert to mark the fifth anniversary of The Station nightclub fire that killed 100 people.

The blaze at the West Warwick nightclub also injured more than 200 people. Many survived with severe burns and other injuries that still require medical care.

Proceeds will benefit the Station Family Fund, a nonprofit group that helps survivors with the costs of treatment and rehabilitation.

The concert at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence is scheduled for February 25, five days after the fifth anniversary of the blaze. Tickets cost between $41 and $61.

-- The Associated Press

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