Legend joins lineup for Obama benefit

NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Grammy Award-winning singer John Legend has joined the lineup for a Barack Obama benefit concert in New York, Columbia Records said Monday.

The concert to raise money for the Democratic presidential candidate's campaign is to take place at Manhattan's Hammerstein Ballroom Oct. 16.

Also on the bill are Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel.

The concert is scheduled for the day after the Illinois senator's final debate with Republican party nominee, Sen. John McCain of Arizona. It marks the first time Legend, Springsteen and Joel will have performed at the same event.

Legend, who endorsed Obama this year, premiered "If You're Out There," a new song from his album "Evolver," which is due out Oct. 28, during a set at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver in August.

Columbia Records described the single in a news release as "a call-to-action and evocation of human potential" that "reflects the themes of hope and change, responsibility and leadership, and commitment to a better tomorrow expressed in the principles of Barack Obama and the hearts of the American people."