Look To The Stars News: Musicians on Call

Springsteen Shows His Heart

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:13:18 -0000

Bruce Springsteen recently showed a young special needs boy at one of his concerts exactly why he is still one of the biggest and best acts in rock.

Charity Buzz, an online auction site, is currently selling tickets to a number of Springsteen’s shows in a giant, ongoing auction to raise funds for Musicians on Call and the Kristen Ann Carr Fund, and the 58-year-old superstar took time out from one of his concerts to meet a winning bidder last week. The rocker left the stage during his show at the Toyota Center in Houston, Dallas, on April 14 to talk with the boy, who was confined to a wheelchair. The boy’s mother, who cried tears of happiness over the singer’s generous act, said he shared a conversation with her son and had his photo taken with the young fan.

The concert took place just a few days before the death of Spingsteen’s longtime keyboardist, Danny Federici, who passed away from melanoma on April 17 at the age of 58.

“Danny and I worked together for 40 years – he was the most wonderfully fluid keyboard player and a pure natural musician,” said Springsteen. “I loved him very much…we grew up together.”

As well as raising funds for Musicians on Call and the Kristen Ann Carr Fund through his auctions, Springsteen is also set to play some spectacular benefit gigs over the next few weeks. The first of these will take place at the Greensboro Coliseum on April 28, and will raise money for Project Green Leaf, an organization dedicated to sustaining local agriculture by strengthening community between farmers and consumers. The singer heard about the cause through the World Hunger Year organization, which he has supported for a number of years. As well as collecting money for the cause on the night, Springsteen has also donated tickets to the show to a charity auction being held over at www.charityfolks.com.

Springsteen will also perform a benefit concert at the Count Basie Theatre in New Jersey on Wednesday, May 7, to benefit the historic Count Basie Theatre and help offset the cost of the renovation and restoration of the theatre that will begin this summer. A portion of the concert proceeds will also support other programs and operations at the Theatre. Springsteen’s wife and bandmate, Patti Scialfa, serves on the Board of the Basie Foundation and as Honorary Chair of the Capital Campaign.

“We are excited that Bruce Springsteen will be performing a benefit concert and deeply appreciate his willingness to help preserve and restore the Basie,” said Rusty Young, CEO of the Basie Foundation.

Tickets are available to the public through an online “Make Your Best Offer” auction at www.countbasietheatrefoundation.org.

Springsteen has also thrown his substantial musical weight behind the Barack Obama presidential campaign.

“He has the depth, the reflectiveness, and the resilience to be our next President,” said Springsteen. “He speaks to the America I’ve envisioned in my music for the past 35 years, a generous nation with a citizenry willing to tackle nuanced and complex problems, a country that’s interested in its collective destiny and in the potential of its gathered spirit. After the terrible damage done over the past eight years, a great American reclamation project needs to be undertaken. I believe that Senator Obama is the best candidate to lead that project and to lead us into the 21st Century with a renewed sense of moral purpose and of ourselves as Americans.”

I guess you could say that Springsteen thinks Obama was “born to run” the country.

Tickets To Sold-Out Zootopia Concert Available

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:49:14 -0000

Written by Tim Saunders

Z100’s super-fabulous Zootopia 2008 concert is set to be one of the biggest happenings of the year, and features artists such as Miley Ray Cyrus, Jordin Sparks, Gavin DeGraw, OneRepublic, and a newly reformed New Kids On The Block. Sadly, the May 17 show is sold-out… however, a limited number of seats for the New York event have just come available, with proceeds going to a great cause.

The level 1 tickets are $825, with the proceeds going to Musicians on Call, a non-profit organization that brings live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities. The fantastic seats are available by contacting info@musiciansoncall.org or by calling Jonah at 212-741-2709.

This sensational offer will sell out soon, so be quick. In the words of New Kids On The Block, it gives everyone another chance to “see the girls with the curls in their hair… the buttons and the pins and the loud fanfares… Tonight, tonight… la la la la la la… Tonight.”

Weren’t the 90s great?!

P.O.D. Hold Parties And Gigs For Musicians On Call

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:08:55 -0000

Written by Regina Walton

Grammy-nominated, multiple platinum selling nu metal band P.O.D. will release their new album, When Angels and Serpents Dance, on April 8, and the band will hold listening parties today, March 18, at Hard Rock locations in Atlanta, Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Orlando, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. Instead of an entrance fee, they are asking for a voluntary $5 donation to Musicians on Call, and the band will appear live via a video chat during the parties to interact with their fans.

In addition to the listening parties, P.O.D. will take part in the Hard Rock Café’s month long charity drive for Musicians on Call. P.O.D. will perform at eight Hard Rock locations throughout the USA.

March

25 Hollywood, CA – Universal Studios
28 Miami, FL – 401 Biscayne Blvd.
29 Washington DC – 999 E. Street N.W.
31 Chicago, IL – 63 W. Ontario

April

1 St. Louis, MO – 450 St. Louis Union Station
2 Denver, CO – 500 16th Street Mall
3 Phoenix, AZ – 3 South 2nd Street
7 San Diego, CA – 801 4th Avenue

Musicians on Call is a nonprofit organization formed in 1999, bringing live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities. The goal of Musicians on Call is to use music to promote and complement the healing process for patients, families, and caregivers.

Ticket information can be found at http://www.payableondeath.com/hardrocktour/.

Seal To Headline Charity Benefit Concert

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:07:38 -0000

Written by Myrlia Purcell

Seal is set to headline the 4th Annual Benefit Concert for Musicians on Call, an event scheduled to take place at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York’s Times Square on January 29. Concert organizers hope to raise money for the charity to continue its work in bringing music therapy into hospitals, and the show will also feature the sibling country quartet, Jypsi

The Annual Benefit is accompanied by an auction at CharityBuzz featuring over 100 items, such as a Sting autographed Fender Bass guitar, front row tickets to see Melissa Etheridge, a Bon Jovi autographed acoustic guitar, and VIP tickets to the Late Show With David Letterman. The auction ends February 7, though some items will be auctioned live at the event on the 29th.

Musicians on Call was founded in 1999 with the mission of bringing live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities to enhance the healing process. To date, their volunteers have played for almost 90,000 people. Musicians On Call continues their mission through room-to-room hospital performances by both local musicians and national celebrities, as well as their CD Pharmacies and Project Playback programs.

The charity has partnered with Hard Rock International for the concert and auction, and has raised close to $1 million through its past three benefit events. Items from some of those past events include a signed 1952 reissued Telecaster from Bruce Springsteen, a harmonica from the Johnny Cash Estate, a Carrie Underwood package ( which included front row tickets, a meet and greet, a signed set list, and an article of clothing worn at her show), time in the studio with Maroon 5, a VIP Grammy Awards Show package, artwork from John Lennon stamped by Yoko Ono, and a signed basketball from Justin Timberlake.

“Musicians On Call’s campaign to bring music straight to the bedsides of patients in hospitals would not be able to continue to expand without the donations made at our annual event,” said Leslie Faerstein, Executive Director of Musicians On Call. “It’s an exciting night made even more special by a performance by Seal. The impact of this one night has a profound effect throughout the rest of the year improving the health and spirits of thousands of patients one by one, bedside to bedside.”

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