Press Release

Tickets-for-Charity^® Offers Music Fans the Ultimate Opportunity to Experience 2 VIP Concerts Featuring the Biggest Names in Music Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame While Raising Funds for Leading Charities

Music Legends U2, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Metallica, Aretha Franklin, Simon & Garfunkel; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Friends; Paul Simon & Stevie Wonder Perform Live at 2 Star-Studded Concerts at Madison Square Garden October 29 & 30

Tickets-for-Charity offers New York music fans the ultimate VIP opportunity to experience the 2 star-studded, highly anticipated concerts celebrating the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s 25th Anniversary at Madison Square Garden in New York on October 29th & 30th, while raising critically-needed funds for vital non-profit organizations especially challenged in today’s economy. On October 29th music fans will be treated to live performances by artists who created Rock & Roll music as we know it today, including: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band; Simon & Garfunkel; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Friends, Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder. The following night, on October 30th, the line-up will feature musical legends Eric Clapton, Aretha Franklin, Metallica and U2.

Tickets-for-Charity’s VIP Silver Packages feature a pre-show catered dinner, exclusive gift item, one year membership to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and a private VIP entrance into the show and VIP collectible laminate. The Hot Seat Packages being offered include an exclusive gift item and VIP collectible laminate. Package pricing includes a donation directed to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, which strives to educate fans and to preserve music history.

Tickets-for-Charity has already generated $3 million in donations for over 30 of the world’s most respected charities, including Feeding America, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Through its innovative fundraising platform at www.ticketsforcharity.com, Tickets-for-Charity offers music fans the nation’s first socially-positive alternative to the thousands of unauthorized ticket brokers and scalpers in the multi-billion dollar secondary ticket market. Tickets-for-Charity provides fans with a convenient way to access great seats at typically the same or better prices than they pay elsewhere, where 100% of the benefit above face value supports fan and artist-selected charities addressing today’s most urgent issues from children’s cancer to hunger. It costs nothing for charities or artists to participate.

Enabling people to feel good about their entertainment purchases, Tickets-for-Charity connects fans and artists through the music they love – and the worthy organizations they support – to improve the lives of millions in communities across America and around the world.

Select Artist Partners

The Rolling Stones, The Police, Barbra Streisand, James Taylor, Lionel Richie, Farm Aid, John Mayer, Usher, Elton John & Billy Joel, James Taylor, Brad Paisley, Coldplay, Carlos Santana, Kenny Chesney, Sugarland, Creed, Diana Krall, the Allman Brothers Band, Dane Cook, REO Speedwagon, Styx, Chickenfoot, Counting Crows, Tori Amos and Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Partner Charities

The Actors Fund, Artists Against Hunger & Poverty: A Program of WHY, Autism Speaks, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, CARE, Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, City Year, Communities In Schools, CureSearch National Childhood Cancer Foundation, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Farm Aid, Feeding America, The GRAMMY® Foundation, Habitat for Humanity International, The Humane Society of the United States, Jack & Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation, Jumpstart for Young Children, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, The Leary Firefighters Foundation, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Malaria No More, MusiCares® Foundation, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, The National Children’s Cancer Society, National Federation of the Blind, Natural Resources Defense Council, Outward Bound, Oxfam America, The Partnership for a Drug-Free America, Peace Games, Rainforest Foundation, Team 25, United Way of America, Urban Farming, Wildlife Conservation Society and YouthBuild.