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Seal To Headline Charity Benefit Concert

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January 23, 2008 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.”