POP/ROCK - Aug. 25, 1987
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Country singing star, benefit organizer and host Willie Nelson will try for a second encore of Farm Aid with a Sept. 19 “megaconcert” to help the nation’s financially troubled farmers. Dubbed Farm Aid III, the eight-hour affair at the University of Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium in Lincoln will feature Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Emmylou Harris, John Denver, Neil Young and a dozen other rock and country acts.