Musicians donate items to landmine charity auction
27 November 2009
A number of famous musicians
and bands have donated items to an online auction in aid of a
landmine charity.
The Music Beats Mines project is headed by the Mines Advisory
Group (MAG) and is running an auction that includes signed
Radiohead and Stone Roses artwork, a signed Elbow promo CD, an hour
on the Steinway Grand piano at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester
and tickets to Kendal Calling Festival.
The auction is being held on eBay and will end on December
6th.
Elbow lead singer Guy Garvey commented on the project in a video
on the Music Beats Mines website: "It's up to us to get rid of
mines and bombs so that people can enjoy the safe,
walking-down-the-street kind of lifestyle that we do.
"Music Beats Mines is the answer."
Also included in the auction are a series of MAG t-shirt signed
by such performers as Dizzy Rascal, the Enemy, Calvin Harris, the
Specials and Pink, while former Talking Heads lead singer David
Byrne is offering a signed copy of his book, Bicycle Diaries.
A recent fundraising event at Moho Live in Manchester raised
£1,770 for the project.
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