Farm Aid scheduled Oct. 4

Farm Aid set Oct. 4

ST. LOUIS — Farm Aid, the longest-running benefit concert in the U.S., will be Oct. 4 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in suburban St. Louis.

Ticket pre-sales for Farm Aid members began Friday with seats available to the general public next Saturday. Tickets cost $44 to $169, with lawn seats going for $39.

Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp organized the first Farm Aid concert in 1985 to raise money for family farmers and draw attention to their plight.

Dave Matthews joined the Farm Aid Board of Directors in 2001.

Farm Aid has raised nearly $35 million to help keep family farmers on their land.

For more information, go to www.farmaid.org/site.

Fox to return to ‘CSI’

LOS ANGELES — Sara Sidle is coming back to “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.”

CBS said Friday that actress Jorja Fox, who plays Sara, will be part of the season premiere and other episodes.

The show’s executive producer, Carol Mendelsohn, says viewers will find out where life has taken Sara and what brings her back to the CSI team in Las Vegas. The show returns Sept. 24, airing at 9 p.m. Thursdays.

Fox was a series regular since the show’s first season, left during its eighth season and was seen briefly last season, the ninth for “CSI.”

Today’s birthdays

Singer Brian Auger is 70. Singer Dion DiMucci is 70. Actor James Brolin is 69. Singer Martha Reeves of Martha and the Vandellas is 68. Guitarist Wally Bryson of The Raspberries is 60. Country singer Ricky Skaggs is 55. Drummer Nigel Twist of The Alarm is 51. Actress Elizabeth McGovern is 48. Keyboardist John Hermann of Widespread Panic is 47. Actor Vin Diesel is 42. Rapper M.I.A. is 34. Guitarist Daron Malakian of System Of A Down and of Scars On Broadway is 34. Drummer Tony Fagenson of Eve 6 is 31. Actress Kristen Bell (“Veronica Mars”) is 29. Singer Ryan Cabrera is 27. Drummer Aaron Gillespie of Underoath is 26. Actor Chace Crawford (“Gossip Girl”) is 24.