Musicians
Punk Legends Bad Religion Join Bill Maher, Eddie Izzard & Dozens More For Historic Secular Movement Rally
Punk Legends Bad Religion Join Bill Maher, Eddie Izzard & Dozens More For Historic Secular Movement Rally Some people are vehement about animal rights; others walk miles to raise money for breast cancer research or volunteer at their local homeless shelter. The causes people are passionate about are numerous and wide. This March 24, at the National…
Actor Taylor Kitsch's No. 1 Charity: African Children's Choir
Actor Taylor Kitsch's No. 1 Charity: African Children's Choir Taylor Kitsch at the home of one of the African Children's Choir students It's a long way from Vancouver to Uganda, but Canadian-born action star Taylor Kitsch (John Carter, Battleship) has embraced Africa to the extent that he reportedly has "hakuna majuto" — Swahili for "no regrets…
The Office's Ed Helms Talks Tree People For This Year's Bluegrass Festival
The Office's Ed Helms Talks Tree People For This Year's Bluegrass Festival It's taken a while for Ed Helms' first love, music, to find its way onscreen. As Andy Bernard on television series The Office, he's played his instrument-of-choice - the banjo. And he supplied a musical moment in The Hangover: Part 2 playing a spoof of Billy Joel's "…
Sarah McLachlan VIP Symphony Ticket Sales To Go To Her Charity
Sarah McLachlan VIP Symphony Ticket Sales To Go To Her Charity For Sarah McLachlan's symphony tour this summer, the multi-platinum-selling singer-songwriter has teamed with Tickets-for-Charity.com, which offers seats for various events "at the same or better price you'll find elsewhere -- and support great causes in the process." McLachlan's VIP…
Simple Plan Hopes Humanitarian Award Will Make A Big Impact
Simple Plan Hopes Humanitarian Award Will Make A Big Impact Simple Plan performs acoustically at MAA benefit lunch — Photo credit: Steven Campbell and Adrian Diaz. Montreal pop-rock band Simple Plan, whose eponymous Foundation has made substantial donations over the past seven years to various child and youth related causes, will be honoured with the…
Young Rock Photographer First-Ever Ambassador Of American MS Organization
Young Rock Photographer First-Ever Ambassador Of American MS Organization Rising young rock photographer Anna Webber has been named the first-ever ambassador in the history of The Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA). The 25-year-old, whose work has appeared in such publications as Rolling Stone, Spin, People, Billboard and Variety, will…
Talkic's Click For Cause Site Benefits 20 Charities — And Indie Musicians
Talkic's Click For Cause Site Benefits 20 Charities — And Indie Musicians David Katz in Jack The Donkey costumeA social network for social change. That is the mandate of recently launched website Talkic.com, the brainchild of altruistic-minded Toronto entrepreneur David Katz. He also runs a free indie music promotion service, TalkicMusic.com, for…
Hanson Get Action, Inspire Worldwide MMMovement
Hanson Get Action, Inspire Worldwide MMMovement Zac Hanson (in red) joins Take The Walk in the band's hometown of Tulsa — photo credit: Jeremy Charles Hanson, the band of brothers best known for their 1997 smash hit, "MMMbop," have had a dedicated fan-base since those teen idol days and as they continue to sell out shows around the world are inspiring…
Pop Band Fun. Know What They Stand For: Gay Rights
Pop Band Fun. Know What They Stand For: Gay Rights Poised to set the world on fire, the members of New York City pop band Fun., whose sophomore album, Some Nights, drops Feb. 21, have already decided what they stand for: equality — and will take that message to their fans and the media as they continue to rise in popularity. “We’re pretty serious on…
Boy Band One Direction Uses Early Fame To Put Smiles On Sick Kids
Boy Band One Direction Uses Early Fame To Put Smiles On Sick Kids Tilly, 11, is living with spinal muscular atrophy. Through Rays of Sunshine children's charity, she got to meet the boys in One DirectionThere’s Ollie, Tilly, Rebecca and Gina, all huge fans of One Direction, the newest UK boy band to enjoy adoration from millions of young people. These…
Cannibal Corpse And Metal Community Rally Around Shooting Victim
Cannibal Corpse And Metal Community Rally Around Shooting Victim The metal music community is continuing to come up with ways to raise money to help with medical expenses and eventual post-care for a 25-year-old guitarist who was paralyzed in a robbery last October in Buffalo, New York. Members of death metal legends Cannibal Corpse, whose original members are from Buffalo, have all signed a…
Cannibal Corpse And Metal Community Rally Around Guitarist Paralyzed In Robbery
Cannibal Corpse And Metal Community Rally Around Guitarist Paralyzed In Robbery (L to R): Frank Lombardi, Jack Owen (kneeling), Tony Lorenzo, Darrin Pfeiffer, Alex Webster — photo credit: Brian Pattison The metal music community is continuing to come up with ways to raise money to help with medical expenses and eventual post-care for a 25-year-old…
Lacuna Coil Helps Provide Water Wells Through Rezophonic Music Project
Lacuna Coil Helps Provide Water Wells Through Rezophonic Music Project Cristina Scabbia, co-vocalist for Italian metal band Lacuna Coil, has a water well in her name in the Kajiado area of Kenya from her contribution to Rezophonic, an ambitious collaborative album, whose proceeds go to the world renown African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF). “…
Justin Bieber Donates Half-A-Million Dollars At End of Massey Hall Concert
Justin Bieber Donates Half-A-Million Dollars At End of Massey Hall Concert Justin Bieber presents $500,000 cheque to Children's Wish Foundation of Canada — photo credit: MuchMusic/George Pimentel for WireImageCharity was far from the minds of the ecstatic girls that comprised the majority of the 2750-capacity audience at Toronto’s Massey Hall last night (…
Sarah McLachlan And Her Students Hope Their Free Christmas Song Inspires Generosity
Sarah McLachlan And Her Students Hope Their Free Christmas Song Inspires Generosity Sarah McLachlan and student from her School of MusicSarah McLachlan and students from Vancouver’s Sarah McLachlan School of Music (SoM) are offering a free original Christmas song the kids wrote and recorded with the hopes that people, in turn, will give money, however…