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Industry observer Peter Kafka passes along an announcement from Salesforce.com and its CEO, Marc Benioff, about the 18th Annual Tibet House Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Wednesday, February 13th.

 

Featured performers to date include Band of Horses, Ray Davies, Nawang Khechog, Marisa Monte, Sufjan Stevens and Tom Verlaine, with "more artists to be announced" soon.

 

The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. Prior to the show, Salesforce is hosting a cocktail reception at the Rohalyn/Shorin Room at Carnegie Hall beginning at 5:30 p.m. and immediately following the show, there will be "a gala dinner" at the Metropolitan Pavilion (125 W 18th Street at 6th Avenue).

 

The benefit concert is made possible in part by a major gift from the Salesforce.com Foundation, which describes its mission as to "remain the leaders in pioneering, evangelizing and implementing the 1 Percent Model," and use this model as "a means to improve the lives of people around the world."

 

Earlier this month Salesforce.com announced "Tour de Force," a worldwide road show designed to "inspire and educate customers, partners and developers" on the Force.com Platform-as-a-Service. The lollapalooza kicked off with a day-long event in San Francisco yesterday that featured Salesforce.com chairman, CEO and lead guitarist Marc Benioff with Marc Andreessen, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Ning.

 

The tour has specific tracks and sessions designed for CIOs, IT managers, and developers. A live video Webcast of Benioff's presentation from the January 17th Tour de Force event will be available on salesforce.com's site, beginning at approximately 10:00 a.m. PST.

 

Clarence So, Chief Marketing Officer, salesforce.com, said the tour is geared to providing "practical examples and specific advice for customers, partners and developers who want to use Internet platforms and cloud computing with Force.com."

 

The Tour de Force road show will hit Atlanta, Bangalore, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Dublin, Hyderabad, London, Los Angeles/Orange County, Munich, New York City, Paris, San Francisco, Seattle, Melbourne, Sydney, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Toronto and Washington D.C. Attendance is free, space is limited and registration is open.