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A lineup of top Western and Soviet metal acts is planning to follow two Moscow anti-drug concerts in August with a similar festival around Labor Day in Southern California. Formal plans for the “Moscow Music and Peace Summit” in Lenin Park on Aug. 12 and 13, featuring Bon Jovi, Scorpions, Motley Crue, Cinderella and the Soviet band Gorky Park, were officially announced Monday at a Los Angeles press conference, but no specifics on the Southern California dates and location were given. MTV, Showtime and Westwood One radio will broadcast from the Moscow event, which is expected to draw 140,000 people each day. Proceeds will benefit the Raleigh, N.C.-based Make a Difference Foundation, which plans to set up an anti-drug program in the Soviet Union. “The concert will give both countries a chance to open their hearts and minds to a problem that knows no borders,” singer Jon Bon Jovi told The Times. “The more the world is aware of the insidiousness of drugs and alcohol addiction, the more the world will be a better place to live in.”