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Did you always wonder what went on before the doors open at Rockstar Taste of Chaos? Here's a chance you don't see everyday. If you over 18, (or will be by the time you go to RTOC) want to help those with cancers of the blood, DKMS and MSL will let you in to the concert early just for registering with the Marrow Program.

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MUSIC SAVES LIVES AND THE DIGITAL DONATION TOUR

MUSIC SAVES LIVES AND THE DIGITAL DONATION TOUR:BANDS PARTNER WITH DONATE LIFE CALIFORNIA AND DKMS AMERICAS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.


MUSIC SAVES LIVES, the trusted conduit between music, entertainment and important life-saving causes, takes a new digital look at donation. Music Saves Lives has teamed up with unsigned artists Them Terribles, After Midnight Project, Run Doris Run, Ryan Gilmore, and Vogue and the Movement to register for the Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor registry. Each band on the tour has committed to giving away free digital downloads to concert-goers who attend register for the Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor. Concert attendees are asked to do two things: One, be a part of the Music Saves Lives / Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor and two, go on-line and learn about how easy it is to save a life by registering as a marrow donor with DKMS Americas.

MUSIC SAVES LIVES has registered over 7,000 potential life-saving marrow donors with DKMS at concerts nationwide. Many of the bands that are involved with this west coast tour have supported Music Saves Lives in the last year by telling their fans that being part of the program can make a difference right where they live.

Donate Life California is a nonprofit Organ and Tissue Donor Registry dedicated to saving the lives of thousands of Californians awaiting life-saving transplants. On-line registration is available at http://www.donatelifecalifornia.org/

DKMS is the world’s largest marrow donor center with over 1.6 million registered donors. You can be the one person to help save a life by registering as a potential marrow donor on-line or at selected tour locations. The registration process only takes 10 minutes. All donors who register with DKMS Americas are also anonymously listed on the National Registry. To learn more, visit www.dkmsamericas.org

For information on MUSIC SAVES LIVES, please visit http://www.musicsaveslives.org/.
For Information about this unique tour go to www.myspace.com/digitaldtour

Press Contact: Independent Music Media Dana Gordon 213-864-2690, hidanagirl@aol.com Stacy Long 818-458-4788, stacyklong@gmail.com
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DANA GORDON INDEPENDENT MUSIC MEDIA

CRAZY feelings we get here at Music Saves Lives

Words cannot describe the crazy feelings we get here at Music Saves Lives when we see that what we are doing is changing lives. This I Care Update is about sharing at a time of the year that is known for doing just that. Happy Holidays and enjoy this amazing news.

Adam Charles from the band Halifax SAVES A LIFE.


It took a few days for some great new to sink in before I could send off this I Care Update and share it with you. After briefly speaking to Adam Charles of the band Halifax and hearing that out of the thousands we registered for the bone marrow program he was a match to save someone’s life, I was taken back to the recent news of Casey Calvert of Hawthorne Heights. These two stories are filled with emotion and they both involve hopeful and caring people reaching out. Music Saves Lives sends out their deepest sympathies to Hawthorne Heights, the fans and the families. I was amazed to see all the comments at our MySpace under the photos of Casey with MSL blood donors.

I have to say hope comes in two forms: seeing the caring people reach out in times of loss and a single caring person reaching out to save someone’s life. Adam signed up just like the other 7000 that MSL registered this passed year, but he was called by DKMS and was told that he matched someone with a blood cancer. He was also informed that without him, the cancer patient would die. Adam shared with me on the phone, in pure humility, that he was asked to save someone and did. It was just a few days ago that we found out, but he donated at the City of Hope in California on September 4th, 2007. He kept to himself about this and only his family and the band knew. He is very excited to talk to us more about how easy it was. You will hear from Adam and the band Halifax in a future interview very soon. The band is very busy in the studio right now and we can’t wait hear the new album.

The one thing that was revealed when speaking with Adam was something that I would have heard from anyone, the feeling that he was able to save a life. That feeling is indescribable to anyone until they reach out and have that feeling for themselves.
It’s easy to have. That’s why we’re here.

Music Saves Lives gives you the ability to save lives. Did you know that every 60 days you are able to donate blood and save up to 3 lives? Did you know that if you are on the bone marrow registry you could get a call to save someone with a blood cancer? It’s not about us pushing people to donate. It’s about you having an experience that lives with you forever.

Look for a Music Saves Lives blood drive with your local blood bank or e-mail us at ICare@musicsaveslives.com. If you would like to register for the bone marrow program you can contact us or go directly to DKMS Americas at www.dkmsamericas.org .



Music Saves Lives Bands and Artists, have a great 2007.

This year would not be complete without mentioning a few of the Music Saves Lives bands and artists. We want to thank all of them.

Two years ago, we would have never thought that a little song like “Hey There Delilah” would be heard by millions. Congrats to Tom Higgenson and the Plain White Ts for 2 Grammy nominations.

Congratulations to Andrew McMahon and Jack’s Mannequin for being a part of the Instant Karma CD and the track God [Featuring Mick Fleetwood]. Catch the video here: Alternative Press placed Andrew on the cover for the most anticipated album in 2008.

Them Terribles was voted top three out of 4000 bands in the MTV2 Dew Circuit Breakout 2007.
They are also a part of the Music Saves Lives Digital Donation Tour in January 2008 with 4 other great MSL bands. Run Doris Run, Gillmor, After Midnight Project and Vogue in the Movement.

Sherwood has toured a huge amount of dates and shared some great videos from Europe. MSL has known Sherwood from the days that they played parks in Los Alamitos with 10 people watching. Sherwood care a lot about what the music can do to influence you to do good things in life. They have posted many blogs to encourage their fans to be a part of MSL.

Bad Religion has exceeded expectations once again with an amazing album and put their mark on a Gibson Guitar for Music Saves Lives. We had four bands be a part of the MSL Gibson Guitar Project: Coheed and Cambria, Meg and Dia, Pennywise and Bad Religion all took part in helping support Music Saves Lives.

MSL has to thank Stacy Clark for her dedication to our program. Her fight with a blood disorder when she was just out of high school pressed a passion with her to reach out and always support. We want to congratulate her on her highly-rated and anticipated CD “Apples and Oranges”

A Note From Kevin And Feedback For '08Posted

I am sitting in my living room thinking about what has happened this last summer, and wanted to give you my perspective of the "lucky 13th," addition of the Vans Warped tour. After last summer many people said that the Vans Warped tour was dead and that it was all over. I even wondered if we could remain relevant, and decided with Darryl that we should book a tour as diverse as possible without abandoning what the roots of the tour stood for.
When I went public, saying that this years tour might not be for everybody, some people said I was bitching and whining. It might have been perfect timing or being in the right place but after an amazing first day in Pomona I was walking across the parking lot and someone yelled out " hey Kevin, if the warped tour is dead, then I just went to heaven." Whoever said that I owe you a big thanks, it stuck with me all summer. Each day we worked hard to make the show the best we possibly could, and I think it showed.
Another amazing thing that sticks with me about this summer was how my crew had a term, "gone to warped tour," this meant that you were going out to see bands and maybe your radio may not work for an hour. I went to "Warped tour," many times this summer and had a lot of fun. Walking from stage to stage and seeing kids at each one, not all waiting for one band but enjoying everything the day had to offer. You could catch Big d walk a few hundred feet and see Killswitch Engage and make a left turn and see a bunch of people going crazy to MC Chris. It brought a smile to my face and will encourage us to work hard on the line-up for next year.
Which leads me to next year, please post your ideas I have a lot but truly need your input on who you would like to see, we have already a lot of ideas and will not waste a lot of time before we start working on 08.
Lets just say that we had a blast this summer and thank you for coming out and supporting the tour, the kids who helped with the recycling efforts, the fans in Houston, Miami and Cleveland who hung through the storms, and the crew who got this show up each and everyday so we could open doors on time, all the bands and crew that took one of their days off to clean beaches and re-store vegetation in Monterey.
In closing, people were asking last week if I was happy the tour was over, honestly I can't say I am. It is nice to be home with the kids, but the pressure is on to bring you a show at least equal to this year's and I am ready to get started. all the best,
kevin lyman

PS.. I want to thank all the music save lives' kids, I got to meet many of you and said thanks personally, but for those I did not I wanted to wish you the best.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 28, 2007. Keane and Ethan were born on October 13, 2006 as two little healthy baby boys. They had everything a parent wishes for – 20 little fingers and 20 little toes and big blue eyes.

Donor Drive: SATURDAY SUNDAY and MONDAY, Labor Day Weekend September 1-3, 2007 DKMS and Music Saves Lives in part with Boardfest 07 Time: 10:00am – 4:00pm Huntington Beach Pier at Main Street in Huntington Beach, CA

Carrie and Xander Denke were married in January, 2002 and were excited to begin a family, having two beautiful children come into their lives. Usually, when a young couple expects children, it is a very happy moment. This was the case for Carrie and Xander, until Ethan was admitted to Tarzan Medical Center in February, 2007 with a distended abdomen and a fever of 103. "Even though our pediatrician suspected it might be a fatal auto-immune disease (HLH – Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis), both he and we hoped this wouldn't be the case," Xander said. Those hopes were shattered later that month when Ethan's bone marrow biopsy for HLH came out positive. The bad news didn't stop here. The Hematologist, Dr. Hofstra of CHLA, explained that 80% of HLH cases in children under 1 are genetic. Since Ethan and Keane are identical twins, this would mean that Keane would get sick too.
"I cannot put into words how Carrie and I felt that day – our world shattered from one moment to the next. We found out that Ethan has a deadly illness and that Keane would probably have this rare disease. We were such a happy family," states Xander. Keane's illness manifested itself in April, 2007.

The doctors explained to the parents that the only cure would be a BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT – another person's healthy cells giving Ethan and Keane a second chance at life. The sooner doctors find a match, the better, since then the twins don't have to go through countless rounds of chemotherapy. The search for a donor on the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) started immediately. The parent's prayers were answered when they received the news only a few months after that an almost perfect match (9 out of 10) was found. Then a few weeks later the terrifying news came that the donor was no longer available.

Today, Keane and Ethan have still not found a donor. That's why we ask YOU to help save these two precious lives and the lives of all the other children, who need a bone marrow transplant. Blood cancers, such as leukemia, are the most common disease children in the U.S. die of. For a lot of them there is a cure, but only 20% of those who need a transplant, find a match. A bone marrow test consists of four cheek swabs or drawing a teaspoon of blood to determine the DNA tissue characteristics. The results will be placed, anonymously in the National Marrow Donor Program's (NMDP) registry.
Register as a donor and save a life! To get a kit in the mail or to organize a drive call 1-866-340-DKMS (3567) or send an e-mail to info@dkmsamericas.org.

Donor Drive: SATURDAY SUNDAY and MONDAY, Labor Day Weekend September 1-3, 2007 DKMS and Music Saves Lives in part with Boardfest 07 Time: 10:00am – 4:00pm Huntington Beach Pier at Main Street in Huntington Beach, CA

About DKMS
Peter Harf and Professor Dr. Gerhard Ehninger founded DKMS in 1991, after Peter lost his wife, Mechtild, to acute leukemia. Since its inception, DKMS has recruited over 1.6 million donors making it the world's largest marrow donor center. In 2005, Peter, together with his daughter, Katharina, furthered DKMS' mission, establishing an office in New York City. Worldwide, DKMS' tireless efforts and unending commitment to its cause, has helped facilitate nearly 12,000 transplants.*

About Music Saves Lives
In 2005 MSL was created to reach the youth between 14 and 28 to educate about the importance of saving lives with simple acts. Music Saves Lives has focused on registering young people for the national bone marrow program through DKMS and to encourage blood donations in support of the local blood supply. MSL has teamed with the music industry and this summer registered over 5000 18 to 27 year olds nationally on the 2007 Vans Warped Tour. In total MSL has registered over 7000 potential donors and worked closely with blood banks to raise over 30,000 blood donations.

Direct TV Havoc on the 101 4 hours of MSL

HAVOC TELEVISION TEAMS WITH NON-PROFIT MUSIC SAVES LIVES
Havoc Television Airs a Music Saves Lives Night on DirecTV’s Channel 101 to Promote Blood Donation


HAVOC TELEVISION, the nation’s only independently-owned indie music and action sports network, has teamed up this summer with the non-profit organization MUSIC SAVES LIVES.

This summer, MUSIC SAVES LIVES, the trusted conduit between music, entertainment and important life-saving causes, has teamed up with the world famous Vans Warped Tour, and blood banks across the nation, to rally thousands of concert goers to give blood and to sign up for the national bone marrow registry program. MUSIC SAVES LIVES blood drives are running a few weeks and days before the Vans Warped Tour and every participant who donates blood gets a one-day VIP backstage access pass in addition to the opportunity to save someone's life.

On July 26th HAVOC TELEVISION will dedicate an entire night of their “Havoc on the 101” program to MUSIC SAVES LIVES, with all four hours of the show hosted by a MUSIC SAVES LIVES host, and programmed entirely by music videos from bands that support the MUSIC SAVES LIVES organization, including Head Automatica, New Found Glory, Anberlin, Yellowcard, Jack’s Mannequin, Relient K, and more.

HAVOC TELEVISION, produces “Havoc on the 101,” a daily music video show on DIRECTV’s CHANNEL 101, airing 35-hours per week and available in 16-million homes nationwide. Havoc is also available via Video-on-Demand in over 40-million TV homes, on 25 cable operators.

HAVOC TELEVISION was on-hand with MUSIC SAVES LIVES in Southern California for the first two stops of this summer’s Warped Tour, promoting this great cause and getting the word out through band interviews and concert coverage.

MUSIC SAVES LIVES’ goal is to collect 30,000 units of blood this summer. If they reach this goal, it will be the largest summer collection program targeting the under-25 age group in history.

HAVOC TELEVISION is at the cutting edge of music and sports entertainment, and is proud to be a part of the groundbreaking MUSIC SAVES LIVES summer blood drive, capped by the special MUSIC SAVES LIVES night on DirecTV’s Channel 101, July 26th, starting at 11pm PST.

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For more information, or to schedule interviews with representatives from Havoc Television or Music Saves Lives, please contact Havoc Television’s Mike Dorsey by phone at (323) 842-4189 or by e-mail at Mike@HavocTV.com

ATTN: Salt Lake City & Denver!!!

Salt Lake City & Denver, your local blood bank will not be running drives this year.... But don't go nuts yet!!

You still could get your VIP Backstage Pass.

Gibson Guitar and Guitar Centers are supporting a Bone Marrow Drive tour for VIP passes to the Vans Warped Tour.

These dates are the only dates in your area. Your only chance at backstage. If you're 18 and in good health come out. Times are between 11 AM and 4 PM each day.

Salt Lake UT

7/6/2007 Guitar Center 5728 South Redwood Road

Denver CO

7/6/2007 Guitar Center 1585 South Colorado Blvd