Music Builds, ONE Rocks
August 1st, 2008 at 9:35 am | posted by Peter GriesarJust when you thought the summer concert season was over, we’ve got some exciting news about an upcoming rockshow that ONE members won’t want to miss. In fact, it’s a show that’s got ONE’s name all over it.
The www.musicbuildstour.comONE Music Builds Tour will be launch later this month, bringing top-selling bands Third Day, Switchfoot, Robert Randolph and the Family Band and Jars of Clay to a city near you. The tour will kick off in Detroit on August 21st and wrap-up in Denver on October 12 and include 23 stops along the way.
This isn’t just going to be a typical rock concert - ONE’s going to be a big part of the show too. Just to name a few of the special things being planned, there will be videos featuring ONE in between sets focusing on three of ONE’s most exciting initiatives: ONE Sabbath, the ONE Campus Challenge and ONE Vote ‘08. We also plan on having two booths that will ride along on the whole tour where concert-goers can sign up and learn more about ONE and our issues.
We see this tour as a big opportunity for ONE members across the country to get together, have some fun, hear some great music, recruit new friends to the effort and add some noise to the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease.
We’re still hammering out other details and ways we can bring as much attention to ONE as possible (can you say limited edition concert t-shirt?) and we’ll keep you up-to-date as the tour gets set to kick off in Detroit. For now, be sure to check out the ONE Music Builds Tour site, www.musicbuildstour.com, for more info about the bands and a full list of tour stops.
-Peter Grieser
August 1st, 2008 at 10:24 am
Can someone tell us what weekend ONE Sabbath will be this year?
I started making some inroads with several local places of worship last year with the ONE Sabbath idea and would like to continue these efforts this year.
The only info that I have seen on ONE Sabbath ‘08 does not give much info about the particulars of this effort.
As I live too far from any of these venues to volunteer AS ONE for these concerts - I wish them well.
We already have several local ONE outreach opportunites planned in the upcoming months in Austin so the state of Texas is well represented in support of our movement to end AIDS & extreme poverty!
LIVING POSITIVELY, debbie
www.mpwn-uganda.org
August 1st, 2008 at 4:55 pm
This is such a great opportunity!! Dallas is ready!!!
August 4th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
this is great!
vote 08 mobile phone bumper stickers:
http://www.voeveo.com/vote08/?invitefrom=armand
August 10th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Do we know who will be the opening band at the shows? Will it be Jars of Clay or Robert Randolph?
August 11th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Music unites us in our humanity, so this tour is a wonderful affirmation. Thank you for putting it together.
In support of unity, One Love for Music is creating a global event by inspiring all radio stations around the world to play Bob Marley’s “One Love”, at the same on International Peace Day, Sept.21.Imagine what milions of people singing a song about Peace can do; it’s a small thing with the potential of a huge impact.
So please join us. If the bands on your great tour would like to unite with us, the more powerful the message. For further info. please visit www.oneloveformusic.com, or email me at onelove4music@gmail.com.
In gratitude, Marisa
August 13th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
Peter,
Our One Love for Music project to promote Peace and unity is developing quickly. We now have the honour of Yoko Ono’s support as our Global Ambassador.
A collaboration with One Music Builds Tour can have an amazing creative impact.
Please email me and let’s see how we can make it work. onelove4peace@gmail.com (pls. disregard the previous email address)
In appreciation once more,
Marisa