NEWS: THE ALARM'S MIKE PETERS LOVE HOPE STRENGTH FOUNDATION TO HELP SAVE LIVES
(New York, NY) - The Alarm's Mike Peters' Love Hope Strength Foundation is set to save lives with a very special event on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Tuesday, September 6th. The "Get On The List" event is a lifesaving bone marrow donor registration program run by the Love Hope Strength foundation (LHSF) in partnership with DKMS - We Delete Blood Cancer - who are inviting US Senators, Congressmen, staff, government employees, and visitors to Capitol Hill to register and become potential life savers at their first-ever cheek swab donor drive. The event takes place in the Capitol Building between 10:00AM and 4:00PM in room HVC-200 in the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC). House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy will serve as an Honorary Co-Host for the event alongside House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer
The Get On The List program registers people to the international donor registry by hosting cheek swab drives at concerts and music festivals with the support of many world renowned artists including Robert Plant, Kenny Chesney, Enrique Iglesias, Linkin Park and more in the wilderness and at world class music festivals such as Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits and England's Isle Of Wight Festival. Since 2008, LHSF has added over 150,000 music fans to the international bone marrow registry resulting in 3,000 potentially life-saving matches.
In 2007, Mike Peters, a two-time cancer survivor himself, co-founded Love Hope Strength, the world's leading rock and roll cancer foundation. Inspired by the powerful words he had written decades earlier, the charity promotes innovative, music-related outreach and awareness programs for cancer sufferers and their families. Since 2010, the Love Hope Strength foundation has been hosting donor drives at concerts and festivals across the globe and has registered upwards of 100,000 individuals to the International Bone Marrow Registry. Through these registrations, to date the foundation has provided more than 1,800 life-saving matches. For more information on Love Hope Strength, please visit www.lovehopestrength.org.
In other news, after a highly-successful series of sold-out solo concerts at New York City's Iridium this summer, Mike Peters will now take his powerful show on tour in North America in September. Peters will play venues as part of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of The Alarm's iconic "Spirit Of '86" concert that was beamed to the world via satellite (one of the first live satellite broadcasts ever) and played live on MTV. Please see below for tour dates.
Formed in Wales in 1981 by lead singer/songwriter/guitarist Mike Peters, The Alarm came to be known for uplifting songs, idealistic values and a powerhouse live show. With such ubiquitous hits as "The Stand," Sixty-Eight Guns," "Strength" and more, The Alarm were staples on the radio worldwide in the 1980s. In addition to his charity work with Love Hope Strength, the foundation he co-founded, Mike Peters continues to tour the globe with the music of The Alarm and will be announcing new endeavors in the very near future.
Mike Peters North American tour dates:
SEPTEMBER:
7 Wilmington, DE World Café Live
8 Bethesda, MD Bethesda Blues & Jazz
9 Sellersville, PA Sellersville Theater
10 Garwood, NJ Crossroads
11 Pawling, NY Daryl's House
12 Glen Cove, NY Lighthouse Café
13 New Haven, CT Café Nine
14 Northampton, MA Iron Horse
15 Londonderry, NH Tupelo Music Hall
16 Providence, RI Firehouse 13
17 Boston, MA Once Ballroom
19 Hamilton, ON This Ain't Hollywood
20 Toronto, ON Hugh's Room
21 Cleveland, OH On Air Studio
22 Carmel, IN Warehouse
23 Chicago, IL Old Town School Of Folk Music
24 St. Louis, MO Old Rock House
25 Minneapolis, MN The Icehouse
26 Milwaukee, WI Shank Hall
27 Kansas City, KS Knuckleheads
29 Denver, CO Soiled Dove Underground
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