All-Star Tribute for Victims of Tuscon Tragedy
On Thursday evening, an all-star benefit concert was held in Tucson, Ariz. to pay tribute to victims of the January shooting rampage.... read more
Paste Teams Up With Download to Donate for Haiti Relief
Paste has teamed up with Music for Relief and CauseCast for a project to raise funds for Haiti relief. Download to Donate encourages people to make a one-time $10 donation to the continued reconstruction of Haiti. In return, donors will will gain access to a growing catalog of music donated by hundreds of artists.... read more
Stephen Colbert Auctioning Off Portrait for Educational Arts
Stephen Colbert’s portrait will be housed in the Phillips de Pury’s exhibition space in New York City later this month until the auction house holds it’s March sale. Proceeds from the sale of the portrait will be donated to various school arts projects through DonorChoose.org. The online charity helps to connect donors to classrooms in need.... read more
Ben Stiller Helps Haiti Stay Stillerstrong
After visiting Haiti in 2009, Ben Stiller decided to start raising money to support the Save the Children School in Cévérine. Stiller raised more than $300,000 with his Stillerstrong fundraiser, a comical headband version of Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong campaign.... read more
Help-Portrait Yields Over 54,000 Photos
On Dec. 4, the second-annual Help-Portrait event was held worldwide, resulting in 54,526 portraits for those who wouldn’t otherwise have access to them.... read more
John Vanderslice Dresses as Santa, Acts a Fool for Seattle Charity Event
For more than a decade, John Vanderslice has created compelling music, first with his band, MK Ultra, then as a solo artist. Since 1997, Vanderslice has owned and operated Tiny Telephone Studio, earning the respect of notable clients and peers such as Death Cab for Cutie and Okkervil River while providing a steady revenue stream. He commonly puts out an album a year, and in the past 12 months alone, has recorded a free digital-only EP and an LP with the Magik Magik Orchestra, to be released on Jan. 25 by Dead Oceans, his new label after leaving longtime hub... read more
Bootsy Collins Foundation Seeks to Provide "An Instrument for Every Child"
Bootsy Collins wants every kid interested in playing music to be able to do so. Hence, the Bootsy Collins Foundation.... read more
Libertines, Arctic Monkeys and Super Furry Animals Supergroup to Release Charity Album
Another day, another supergroup announcement: This time, it’s Carl Barat of the Liberines, Arctic Monkeys’ Matt Helders, Super Furry Animals’ Gruff Rhys and Drew McConnell of Babyshambles teaming up for a charity album.... read more
Comedy Death-Ray Auction to Benefit L.A. Food Bank
As their website reminds us, “Laughter is the best medicine, but food is the best food.”... read more
Help-Portrait to be Held This Weekend
Tomorrow (Dec. 4), the second annual Help-Portrait event will take place, with an estimated 585 groups planning events across the globe.... read more
Red Hot, 4AD Raise $1 Million for Charity
4AD and The Red Hot Organization have raised $1 million for charity with the proceeds from the Dark Was The Night album.... read more
The Posies Partner With LifeBEAT and Borders for World AIDS Day
The Posies will play a Denver Borders bookstore in support of LifeBEAT, a non-profit dedicated to educating young people about AIDS/HIV prevention through music. The band will donate a portion of the proceeds from albums sold at the event.... read more
Vampire Weekend, LCD Soundsystem, More Contribute to Gulf Coast Relief Album
Vampire Weekend, LCD Soundsystem, The National, Phoenix and The Black Keys are just a few of the artists who will contribute to an upcoming Gulf Coast relief album.... read more
True Panther Readies Compilation for San Francisco Homeless People
Although label True Panther is based out of New York, according to their website, “the label was started in SF and we left our heart there.” The city of San Francisco recently passed Proposition L (AKA the Sit/Lie Ordinance), banning sitting or lying on the sidewalk on top of any object. The label decided to do something about the law they said “criminalizes the poor without coming up with solutions but also makes a potential offender out of anyone wanting to relax in a lawnchair in front of their house.”... read more
David Byrne Sells Tree Drawings for Charity
"In this drawing I propose that the roots of conflict and wars lie in popular song..." read more
Auctioned Deer Tick Bus to Help Houston Bands Tour
A few weeks ago, Deer Tick auctioned off its tour bus to benefit Oxfam’s Pakistani flood relief efforts. Now, auction winner (and frequent Paste photographer) Mark C. Austin is using his newly-acquired vehicle to benefit up-and-coming bands.... read more
Ozzy Osbourne Covers John Lennon for Amnesty International
In honor of what would’ve been John Lennon’s 70th birthday, Ozzy Osbourne decided the designate all profits from his “How?” rendition to Amnesty International.... read more
Back to the Future Memorabilia to be Auctioned Off for Charity
Now's your chance to get those self-lacing sneakers! read more
The xx Auctions Lightboxes for Amnesty International
Yesterday, The xx put up the lightboxes from their stage show for auction on eBay to benefit Amnesty International.... read more
Celebrities Come Together for Stand Up to Cancer Telethon
On Sept. 10, the myriad celebrities will join forces for Stand Up to Cancer, a live, one-hour telethon to raise money for cancer research. The event will be simulcast commercial-free on all the major networks as well as VH1, HBO, E!, Bio, G4, Showtime and the Style Network at 8 p.m. ET.... read more
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