Kerry's Youth Vote Bus Tour & GOTV Rally Comes to UNM on Friday

Chris Heinz, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl Headline Youth Vote Bus Tour

Washington, DC - Chris Heinz will reunite with Tom DeLonge of Blink-182, Max Weinberg of the “E” Street Band and Scott Wolf of Party of Five for a two week “get out the vote” bus tour through ten battleground states. The GOTV team traveled through Iowa and New Hampshire together during the primary contests in an RV.

The campus bus tour kicked off in Las Vegas Tuesday evening with a rare public appearance by Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, formerly of Nirvana. The former band-mates have remained close friends, but the early vote rally will mark their first formal public appearance together in over ten years.

During the first week, the bus, which includes Wolf, his wife Kelly Limp of the Real World-New Orleans, Melissa Fitgerald from the West Wing, Novaselic, Grohl, Heinz and DeLonge, will reach schools in Nevada, Colorado and New Mexico. The tour will pick up in Minnesota the following Monday and travel through Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania before November 2nd. Max Weinberg will join tour during the second week. Celebrities, sports stars and other elected officials will join Heinz throughout the tour.

The Kerry-Edwards campaign has spent the last two months visiting college campuses across the country. A recent online registration tracking effort by the Kerry campaign showed that over 112,000 new Democratic student voters have registered on campuses across the country. In 2000, Al Gore won several states by margins approximating the size of one college dorm-for instance, New Mexico by 366 votes and Florida by 537 votes.

Heinz and company will encourage students to vote early and volunteer for the final push to November 2nd. Young Americans are facing tough choices with skyrocketing educations costs, a dwindling job market and a war in Iraq with no foreseeable end. John Kerry and John Edwards offer students hope for the future by investing in education, creating jobs and keeping our country safe by building international alliances to work for peace in Iraq.

Here's the info on the UNM visit:

Friday, October 22
6:00 PM MT -ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Ten Day Countdown GOTV Rally
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM

Click through to the continuation page for appearances in other states. From the John Kerry Blog.

Tuesday, October 19
6:00 PM PT (9 PM ET)-LAS VEGAS, NV
CHRIS HEINZ, ALEX KERRY, TOM DELONGE, DAVE GROHL, KRIST NOVASELIC, SCOTT WOLFE, KELLY LIMP AND MELISSA FITZGERALD
College Campus Bus Tour Kick Off Rally
University of Nevada – Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV

Wednesday, October 20
12:00 PM MT (2:00 PM ET)-FORT COLLINS, CO
Turn Colorado Blue “GOTV” Rally
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO

2:30 PM MT (4:30 PM ET)-GREELEY, CO
Turn Colorado Blue GOTV Rally
University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO

5:30 PM MT (7:30 PM ET)-BOULDER, CO
Turn Colorado Blue GOTV Rally
University of Colorado -- Boulder
Boulder, CO

Thursday, October 21
12:00 PM MT (2:00 PM ET)-DENVER, CO
Turn Colorado Blue GOTV Rally
University of Denver
Denver, CO

6:00 PM MT (8:00 PM ET)-DENVER, CO
Reception for Ken Salazar/CO Coordinated Campaign
Location TBA
Denver, CO

Friday, October 22
11:00 AM MT (1:00 PM ET)-COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
Turn Colorado Blue GOTV Rally
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, CO