Look To The Stars News: Little Kids Rock

Win Jack Johnson Prizes With Charity Album Orders

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Jack Johnson has two new songs – In The Morning and Angel (Holiday) – on Brushfire Records new release “This Warm December, A Brushfire Holiday Vol. 2”.

You can order the album directly from thiswarmdecember.com. All orders placed before December 1st are eligible to win some cool prizes from the Brushfire family and friends like an autographed Koaloha ukulele from Jack, an autographed Fender Sonoran Acoustic guitar from Rogue Wave and Zee Avi as well as an autographed microphone from G. Love, a Matt Costa snowboard, and even a one-of-kind Money Mark autographed Bobble head!

New Jack Johnson Songs To Benefit Charity

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:30:00 +0000

Jack Johnson has two songs on the new Brushfire Records Christmas album, being released on November 15.

This Warm December Vol 2 will feature all new recordings of original songs and classic tracks from the Brushfire crew and friends, including In The Morning and Angel (Holiday) by Jack Johnson. Other tracks include:

Party Hard – Zach Gill

Lady Gaga Honors Clarence Clemons At Charity Event

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:45:00 +0000

The late great Clarence Clemons was honored as Big Man of The Year at a special charity ceremony which featured Lady Gaga last week.

Clarence – best known for his work with Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band – passed away earlier this year, but his charity legacy rocks on. In 2009, Little Kids Rock created the Big Man of the Year Award to celebrate his giving spirit and the support he showed to children around the world. Each year, Little Kids Rock give the honor to a musician who is passionate about helping the charity provide musical education to school children who would otherwise miss out.

Lady Gaga was on hand at the event in New York on Thursday, October 20, to hand the award to Clarence’s widow, Victoria.

Taboo Helps Little Kids Rock

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Taboo of the six-time Grammy Award-winning group, The Black Eyed Peas, surprised students at Miramonte Elementary when he delivered free instruments and performed with students at their annual spring concert on Friday, June 17th.

The event was in partnership with Little Kids Rock, a leading nonprofit provider of free musical instruments and teacher trainings to U.S. public schools, including the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).

Taboo helped Little Kids Rock augment the program at Miramonte Elementary by delivering 10 free, electric guitars provided by Fender, and performed with the students at their annual spring concert. The donation is part of the more than $1 million dollars worth of instruments and resources Little Kids Rock has donated to the LAUSD since 2004.

Clarence Clemons' Charity Legacy

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 11:00:00 +0000

Clarence Clemons, best known as Bruce Springsteen’s sax player in the E Street Band, has passed away at the age of 69, leaving behind a charity legacy.

Known by his fans as “The Big Man”, Clarence had a heart of gold. He hosted many charity events, including an annual celebrity charity gala and auction for Home Safe’s work improving the lives of children and families, and charity concerts for the Bicol Clinic Foundation.

“Home Safe is close to me, it’s in my neck of the woods and you want to start as close to yourself as possible,” Clarence said in 2010. “It gives you more time to reach out since its right here at home.”

Metallica And Ozzy Donate To Charity

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:30:00 +0000

Heavy metal legends Metallica will kick off their latest tour with two charity shows.

The Rock Gods will play a gig at O2 World in Berlin on September 12, to be followed by a concert at the O2 Arena in London three days later, with proceeds going to local charities which will be revealed in the next few weeks. Tickets are only available to the band’s fan club members and subscribers to www.MissionMetallica.com – the band’s website dedicated to their new album, Death Magnetic. The ticket price will be as low as £5 (US$10).

The band – who have performed at a variety of benefit concerts in the past, including Live Earth, the Bridge School concerts, and the Silverlake Conservancy – are no strangers to giving their concert proceeds to charity. Following their performance at Live Earth, the band’s drummer Lars Ulrich announced that fans could download the performance, with all money raised benefiting climate charities hand-selected by the band – including the Sierra Club, Apollo Alliance, WWF, and the Rainforest Action Network.