NASHVILLE |DT: JANUARY 8, 2015
FR: LIBBY COFFEY/MSO PR
ADOPT THE ARTS:
TUNE-IN TOMORROW (FRI. JAN 9) TO WATCH CO-FOUNDER MATT SORUM
BE INTERVIEWED LIVE AT 9:00 AM ON KLOS 99.5FM’s “HEIDI AND FRANK SHOW” AND ON
FOX TV LA’s “STUDIO 11 L.A.” AT 5:00 PM PT
MUSIC LUMINARIES TO PERFORM WITH AND HONOR
BILLY GIBBONS (ZZ Top) & BUTCH TRUCKS (Allman Brothers Band)
ON MONDAY, JANUARY 12 AT THE ROXY
FOR ADOPT THE ARTS BENEFIT CONCERT AND LIVE AUCTION FOR LAUSD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
RED CARPET (6:00-7:00 PM), CONCERT AND LIVE AUCTION BEGIN (7:00 PM)
Invite photo link: http://msopr.com/files/roxy_invite_med_res57.jpg
Tune in tomorrow (Friday, Jan. 9) to watch Matt Sorum (Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver) talk about the forthcoming ADOPT THE ARTS benefit concert live on FOX 11 TV’s “Studio 11A” around 5:00PM PT (www.myfoxla.com). Early tomorrow morning, MATT will also stop by the “Heidi and Frank” show KLOS 99.5 FM around 9:00AM PT for an interview (www.955klos.com).
The ADOPT THE ARTS concert, set for Monday, January 12 at The Roxy, will honor music legends BILLY GIBBONS (ZZ Top) and BUTCH TRUCKS (Allman Brothers Band). Proceeds from the concert and live auction (see performers and auction items below) will go to the ADOPT THE ARTS music programs in LAUSD elementary schools. Music luminaries will gather to both perform with and honor BILLY GIBBONS and BUTCH TRUCKS for their contributions to American art and culture. Artists confirmed to perform so far include honorees BILLY GIBBONS and BUTCH TRUCKS, SLASH, DUFF MCKAGAN (Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver), RICHIE SAMBORA (Bon Jovi), STEVE LUKATHER (Toto), ORIANTHI (Michael Jackson, Alice Cooper), EDGAR WINTER, JIMMY VIVINO (Conan O’Brien) vocalist FRANKIE PEREZ, ADOPT THE ARTS founder MATT SORUM (Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver) and many more special guests. THE DISREPUTABLE FEW, a group of surprise killer musicians, will serve as the backing band for the night. Proceeds from the one-night-only event will go to the ADOPT THE ARTS music programs in LAUSD elementary schools (see VIP ticket/donation below). Tickets are on-sale now at http://adoptthearts.org.
ADOPT THE ARTS: Concert and Live Auction
Monday, January 12 at The Roxy (9009 Sunset Blvd. LA, CA 90069)
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5:30pm |
Media Check In & Media Set up on Red Carpet. |
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6:00pm |
Red Carpet Begins in front of Roxy |
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7:00pm |
Red Carpet Ends. |
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7:00pm |
Show & Concert Begins. |
Intermittent between live performances guests will enjoy a live and silent auction featuring some of the following items from ADOPT THE ARTS supporters:
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Sofitel Hotel Los Angeles (www.sofitel-los-angeles.com/en)
-2 night Stay and Spa package.
- Villa del Palmar Resorts (www.villadelpalmarloreto.com)
-Vacation Package.
- John Varvatos (www.johnvarvatos.com)
– John Varvatos clothing and leather goods.
-John Varvatos $1,500 gift certificate.
- Fender (www.fender.com)
– Billy Gibbons signed Stratocasters.
- Gibson (www.gibson.com)
-Slash and Steve Lukather signed guitars.
- Matt Sorum
-Signed Guns N’ Roses Bass drumhead.
- America (band)
-Signed lyrics to “Ventura Highway.”
- Shepard Fairey (www.obeygiant.com)
-5 hand-signed prints.
- Tommy Hollenstein Art (www.tommyhollenstein.com)
-Premier Wheelchair artist original piece.
- Mathieu Jean Art (www.mjeanphotography.com)
-Hand painted original art.
- Gene Kirkland Photography (www.genekirklandphotography.com)
-Signed Slash and Billy Gibbons prints.
-Photo of Van Halen with Hank Jr.
- Dr. Garth Fisher MD, FACS Beverly Hills
-$2000.00 care package with skin products and treatments.
- Real Food Daily (organic vegetarian & vegan cuisine)
-$50.00 gift certificate.
ADOPT THE ARTS (adoptthearts.org)–a Los Angeles-based charity co-founded by musician Matt Sorum (Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver) and activist Abby Berman–works to preserve arts programs in U.S. public schools. To raise awareness, ADOPT THE ARTS honors individuals who’ve had a long-lasting impact on music culture and who inspire young musicians to follow in their footsteps. Actress JANE LYNCH was the first celebrity to sign onto ADOPT THE ARTS and is on the Board of Directors; the advisory board also includes: SLASH, JOHN STAMOS, BILLY BOB THORTON, STEVE STEVENS, JULIETTE LEWIS, DANNY MASTERSON, SHEPARD FAIREY, ADRIAN YOUNG and GINA GERSHON.
According to Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), 50% of elementary school children in the district are not receiving arts education of any kind. As in many school districts around the country, LAUSD has been slowly eroding its commitment to arts education, reducing the budget incrementally. The LAUSD district also estimates that 80% of its student body is living at or below the poverty line, which means the vast majority of these elementary school children will not have access to the arts outside of school.
“Adopt the Arts was born out of the frustration for my own children losing education in the arts,” explains ADOPT THE ARTS Co-Founder Abby Berman. “When the system is failing, we have to take action. With influential people like my Co-Founder Matt Sorum adopting schools, we can preserve this valuable component to childhood development, which is also known to boost test scores. Because Federal and State funding is falling short, the responsibility is upon us as concerned parents and citizens to ensure we’re raising a new generation of healthy and well-rounded individuals.”
ADOPT THE ARTS Co-Executive Director and Co-Founder Matt Sorum adds, “We’re starting in our own backyard here in Los Angeles, and we’ll continue to adopt schools across the nation. We believe that art is a universal and necessary language that unites us all, regardless of our backgrounds.”
A limited amount of tickets are available and can be purchased at http://adoptthearts.org. Ticket prices for the ADOPT THE ARTS event are below; all donations are tax deductable:
1) General: $75
2) VIP: $125 (includes seating in VIP section w/hors d’oeuvres)
3) VVIP: $250 (includes V-VIP section w/hors d’oeuvres and artist Meet and Greet at soundcheck)
About Adopt the Arts
Founded in 2010, Adopt the Arts Foundation brings together well-known artists, public figures, and the general public to save the arts in America’s public schools. Co-founders Abby Berman and Matt Sorum believe that it is morally and ethically incumbent upon the public-at-large to foster the creativity, dreams, hopes, and imaginations of our children. Adopt the Arts is dedicated to improving the academic performance of every child through the gift of making art and music available to public school students. In 2011, Adopt the Arts chose Rosewood Avenue Elementary (West Hollywood, CA) as its pilot school, working directly with the principal and the booster club to ensure that the students receive exposure to all the arts disciplines, including music, dance, theater, and visual arts. Adopt the Arts is paying the salary of the music teacher and has outfitted a music room with donated keyboards, guitars, and drums. With the help of the arts education branch of LAUSD, Adopt the Arts is identifying the most underserved schools in the district as it prepares for its next series of adoptions. In September 2012, Adopt the Arts donated 1,000 musical instruments (i.e. drum kits, keyboards, guitars, bass guitars) to LAUSD elementary schools. Each school site is available to be “adopted” by anyone that wants to help—whether a business, a working artist, celebrity or public figure—to underscore the importance of community involvement. As of December 2014, Adopt the Arts has now adopted Westminster Elementary School in Venice, CA and their music program will begin at the school in January 2015. (adoptthearts.org)
About Matt Sorum
Matt Sorum is an American drummer and percussionist. He is best known as both a former member of the hard rock band Guns N’ Roses, with whom he recorded three studio albums, and as a member of the supergroup Velvet Revolver. Sorum is currently a member of the touring project, Kings of Chaos, and is a former member of both The Cult and Y Kant Tori Read. Sorum was also a member of Guns N’ Roses side-projects, Slash’s Snakepit and Neurotic Outsiders, and released a solo album, Hollywood Zen, in 2004. In 2012, Sorum was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Guns N’ Roses.
About Billy Gibbons
Billy Gibbons is an American musician, producer and actor, best known as the guitarist of the American rock band ZZ Top. Gibbons formed ZZ Top in late 1969 and released ZZ Top’s First Album in 1971. The albums that followed, Rio Grande Mud (1972) and Tres Hombres (1973), along with extensive touring, solidified the group’s reputation as a hard-rocking power trio. In the 1980s, ZZ Top released their three biggest-selling albums: Eliminator (1983), Afterburner (1985) and Recycler (1990). A wave of music videos for the hit singles “Legs“, “Gimme All Your Lovin’“, and “Sharp Dressed Man“, among others, became mainstays on MTV. Gibbons was ranked at number 32 on the 2011 Rolling Stone list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. ZZ Top was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004
About Butch Trucks
Butch Trucks is an American drummer who is one of the founding members of The Allman Brothers Band. Trucks helped form The Allman Brothers Band in 1969, along with Duane Allman (guitar), Gregg Allman (vocals and organ), Dickey Betts (guitar), Berry Oakley (bass), and fellow drummer Jai Johanny Johanson. Trucks continues to record and perform with the Allman Brothers Band today. As the principal architects of Southern rock, the Allman Brothers Band forged a new musical sound built on elements of blues, jazz, soul, R&B and rock and roll and help advance rock as a medium for improvisation. Their kind of jamming required a level of technical virtuosity and musical literacy that was relatively new to rock & roll, The Allman Brothers Band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.
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