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Blackberry Smoke donates $30,000 during Homecoming shows at The Tabernacle in Atlanta

November 30, 2015

With Giving Tuesday approaching, let’s honor Blackberry Smoke for their amazing recent contributions during their homecoming shows at The Tabernacle in Atlanta. Check out the latest news: Blackberry Smoke Donates $15,000 to CURE Childhood Cancer and $15,000 to The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt during Homecoming Show at The Tabernacle in Atlanta In what has become an annual tradition, Blackberry Smoke performed at a sold-out homecoming show at the Tabernacle in Atlanta, Ga., last Friday, where they donated $15,000 to CURE Childhood Cancer and $15,000 to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. The money was raised through the sale of VIP Meet & Greet packages at their 2015 shows. This latest donation brings the total given by the band to childhood cancer non-profits and research to more than $130,000 over the past three years. Blackberry Smoke’s desire to give was inspired by Lana Turner, the daughter of drummer Brit Turner, who was diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma at the age of three. Thanks to the incredible care she received from the Children’s [Read More]

Inspiring teenager, Stephen Sutton dies after battle with cancer, he raised over $5.4 million in donations

May 14, 2014

Stephen Sutton, the inspirational young teenager who battled cancer has died. Stephen was diagnosed with cancer at age 15 and through his Stephen’s Story site, he touched the hearts of many. What began as a bucket list for him, turned into an amazing fund raising effort that his hard to believe. Stephen has raised over $5.4 MILLION dollars in donations for the Teenage Cancer Trust. Just a few days ago, Stephen posted on his Facebook page that he was returning to the hospital due to breathing difficulties and recently Stephen’s mother made the following post: My heart is bursting with pride but breaking with pain for my courageous, selfless, inspirational son who passed away peacefully in his sleep in the early hours of this morning, Wednesday 14th May. The ongoing support and outpouring of love for Stephen will help greatly at this difficult time, in the same way as it helped Stephen throughout his journey. We all know he will never be forgotten, his spirit will live on, in all that he achieved and shared [Read More]

ATTENTION DENVER AREA: Don’t miss a great night of music and help out a great cause!

February 27, 2014

Us at Music Junkie Press are firm believers of how music can help, inspire, and heal. It is great to see how Terra Rising Records with Beat Teams are helping to spread the power of music to those in need. What is even better, is that you can help the organization as well as enjoy an evening filled with great rock and indie music. So Denver area, get ready you are next. Terra Rising Records and LadyLake Music have a great night planned for you. Tomorrow night, February 28th Terra Rising Records with Beat Teams will be kicking off Mardi Gras weekend with a live instrument donation event being held at the Toad Tavern. There will be some great bands performing such as: Dirty Kings, The Dead End Drivers, The Lindsey Saunders Band, Ambiance Duo, and the Treehouse Sanctum. How can you help? Bring an instrument to donate, tell your friends and have them come and bring instruments and then be prepared for a great night of fun. The instruments donated are being collected by Beat Teams [Read More]

Remembering Ty Longley as his son Acey honors his father with his cause B.E.A.T.S.

February 20, 2014

11 years ago was the tragic fire at the Great White concert at the Station Nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island. During that tragic fire 100 lives were lost. I remember that night very well. From when I first heard the news of the fire on the television, I was glued to the reports in hopes that everyone would be found. Through the night and into the morning, we heard more and more about the loss of lives. I remember being on AOL back at the time in the chat rooms where we were trying to get news about the people we knew who were there and hearing about the band members and how they escaped the fire. I was waiting for the news of Ty Longley and unfortunately it was days later when it was confirmed that guitarist Ty Longley lost is life along with 100 others during the Station nightclub fire. Ty was expecting his first child at the time with his then girlfriend Heidi. Fast forward to today and Ty’s son Acey [Read More]

Solo Artist and Eddie Money drummer needs your help in his fight against cancer!

May 7, 2013

Glenn Symmonds I recently got the news that a long time musician/friend has been diagnosed with cancer and is to start undergoing treatment. If that isn’t bad enough, he is without insurance during this ordeal and will have to personally take care of all of his medical expenses which can be quite costly. Please join me in helping this great musician who you know as Glenn Symmonds – long time drummer for Eddie Money and has an extensive catalog of his solo work. Here is the information from Glenn’s page: Glenn was diagnosed with bladder cancer on April 23rd. He had surgery to remove a tumor from his bladder on April 29th. He is scheduled to begin a 12-week round of chemotherapy on June 3rd. He will have another surgery after the chemo treatment. Like many professional musicians, Glenn is uninsured. Cancer is expensive…. please help in anyway you can. Big Love from Team Symmonds! Glenn has been a musician most of his life, recording and touring with artists like Coke Escovedo, Dave Mason, Juice Newton, Duncan Sheik and [Read More]