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Photography by Britt Nemeth

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Prestatyn will be rocking old-school style at the end of the month as The Alarm go home for their annual Gathering event. It will be the band’s first Prestatyn gig for 20 years.

The weekend of January 29 and 30 will see Mike Peters and his band head up a celebration...  Read More »

01st April 2010

Nick Harper loves to ponder life, to talk about what he finds funny or the people who really matter to him – but most of all he loves to play the guitar, write songs and sing them.

Fortunately he is rather good at all of it, a natural and sensitive...  Read More »

Nick Harper had a head start in the rock star stakes, and as Jackie Butler finds out, he has put it to good use

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The Alarm’s new album Direct Action is a rallying cry for the disaffected and disenfranchised. Inspirational figurehead Mike Peters tells Dave Owens why it’s time to make a stand

A LONE voice rings out in the dim light of a partially darkened arena, all eyes are...  Read More »

Apr 10 2010 by David Owens, Western Mail

It’s hard to pigeonhole Mike Peters, but let’s try cancer survivor, devoted dad and charity fundraiser. But also don’t forget his rock star credentials, writes Dave Owens

SENTENCES you don’t expect rock stars to...  Read More »

Although the 2010 Outdoor Retailer Winter Market is industry-only, on Saturday, January 23, they will host an event that convention-goers and the public alike can attend with a concert at by Big Head Todd and the Monsters at The Depot downtown.
The event is sponsored...  Read More »

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The Colorado rock band and Utah fan favorites are teaming up with Suunto, Keen, Marmot andBackpacker magazine at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Show to help the Love Hope Strength Foundation raise money for global cancer care. Show...  Read More »

Denver - Love Hope Strength (LHS), an international rock and roll cancer foundation, will be at the premier snow sports industry tradeshow with one major goal; saving lives. The music and adventure focused non-profit will be perched at booth #216 with a mission of registering...  Read More »

Meghan Buchanan, of Denver, Colo., and Chris Beck, of Juneau are engaged to be married May 22, 2010, in Seattle, Wash.

The groom is a private banker for Wells Fargo in Juneau, and the bride is a spacecraft survivability engineer for Lockheed Martin.

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Do you like to bowl and help save lives? Bowling for Cookies is the first fundraising event for the Olivia Grace Armand Foundation, a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to helping nurses and nursing students become pediatric nurses. The event will take place from 1...  Read More »

As the son of highly acclaimed and politically savvy British folk singer Roy, it is not surprising that Nick Harper champions a very unique musical approach, that is in many ways, indefinable. As a boy, Nick was influenced by his dad’s friends – Dave Gilmour, Jimmy...  Read More »

The first “festival” I ever went to was Live Aid in 1985. The show raised $286 million for Ethiopian famine, while putting superstar artists on the stage including Black Sabbath, The Pretenders, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger and Led Zeppelin (with, odd as it may...  Read More »

An interview with Love Hope Strength executive director Shannon Foley

A couple of weeks ago I got an email from my friend Maitri. A friend of hers was in serious trouble and she wanted my help.

“I’d seen her...  Read More »

Big Head Todd & The Monsters play a sold-out concert to raise money for cancer-fighting Love Hope Strength Foundation in Salt Lake City.
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Big Head Todd and the Monsters perform tonight.

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Arizona Alt Rockers Take Acoustic Approach in Church Setting

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Die Geschichte einer ungewöhnlichen Freundschaft: Ein Schlosser aus Sachsen-Anhalt rettete einem Top-Manager aus Dallas das Leben. Jetzt sind sie Blutsbrüder  Von Annette Hörnig und Josefine Lietzau

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THE plight of a rock star and a young boy who have both battled leukaemia was raised in a parliament to highlight the need for more bone marrow donors.

Labour’s Chris Ruane secured a debate to push for changes to the current system and drew on the personal experiences...  Read More »

Nov 19 2009 by Laura Davis, Liverpool Daily Post

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HAVING just returned from a two-week expedition scaling the heights of Mount Kilimanjaro in aid of the Love Hope Strength Foundation, you would think Glenn Tilbrook would be in need...  Read More »

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Kristin Nolan’s series showcases Gin Blossoms and lots of local bands

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Glenn Tillbrook (from the Squeeze) was on the Geoff Lloyd show on Absolute Radio last night in London.  He talked about the recent trip to Kilimanjaro and the Love Hope Strength Foundation.  Check it out at: http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/djs_shows/shows/geoff/podcast.html?utm_source=left_nav

(PR) Love Hope Strength (LHS), an international foundation that harnesses the power of music to make a difference in global cancer care, today announced a partnership with the Denver Film Society for the “Love Hope Strength Music Lounge”, a special music showcase taking...  Read More »

Denver-based international cancer organization, the Love Hope Strength Foundation (LHS), which recently set a Guiness record for highest music event held on land, is teaming up with DKMS, Oskar Blues Brewing and The Elm in Denver,...  Read More »

(PR) Red Rocks Amphitheatre’s summer concert calendar for 2009 will have one major difference from previous years – concert goers will have the opportunity to save someone’s life at every show this season. The Love Hope Strength Foundation (LHS), an international...  Read More »

ONE ORGANIZATION USES MUSIC TO FIGHT CANCER ON THE GLOBAL STAGE

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NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ: VIP Honda, part of the Bill Vince Auto Group, Route 22 East at Somerset Street in North Plainfield, was a sponsor of the Love Hope Strength Foundation 2009 Walkathon, reported VIP Honda General Mgr., Adam Kuczynski. The event was held recently, in cooperation...  Read More »

ESSEX — Two years ago, Kelly Carpenter spent her 29th birthday in the hospital receiving her sixth round of chemotherapy to treat stage three colon cancer.She turned 31 this month in Tanzania, days after climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. The Essex native and nurse at Fletcher...  Read More »

On September 28th, 25 cancer survivors, legendary musicians (including Cy Curnin of The Fixx, Mike Peters of the Alarm, Robin Wilson of the Gin Blossoms, Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze, Slim Jim Phantom of The Stray Cats, and Nick Harper), and supporters of the Love Hope Strength...  Read More »

A concert on the roof of Africa. Writer Nick Heil is on assignment for BACKPACKER in Tanzania, where he’s climbing Kilimanjaro with the cancer-fighting Love Hope Strength Foundation. Keep checking back for updates on the climb, and to learn more about the expedition,...  Read More »

RHYL, Wales (Wireless Flash – FlashNews) – Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro takes lots of preparation – especially for rock stars. Just ask Mike Peters, frontman for The Alarm, and Gin Blossoms’ crooner Robin Wilson, who’ve started trekking up the mountain for a two-week...  Read More »

This is Kilimanjaro Rocks…The Love Hope Strength’s latest musical journey, to the roof of Africa. 25 legendary musicians (including members of The Alarm, The Fixx, The Gin Blossoms, Stray Cats, and Squeeze), cancer survivors and supporters have embarked upon a symbolic...  Read More »

By JARROD WISE / KVUE News The Austin City Limits Music festival is just days away. As of Wednesday afternoon, the stages were still being assembled. They’re being constructed on the new drought and wear-resistant bermuda grass.With the recent rains, the turf seems...  Read More »

Writer Nick Heil reports from Kilimanjaro, where altitude sickness takes its toll at 14,000-plus feet. Writer Nick Heil is on assignment for BACKPACKER in Tanzania, where he’s climbing Kilimanjaro with the cancer-fighting Love Hope Strength Foundation. Keep checking...  Read More »

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Robin Wilson, lead singer of the Gin Blossoms, is on the show, live from Mr. Kilimanjaro. Danny has a soft spot for the band because they were the band that he and Gretchen saw on the first date, which lead to them getting married. Robin’s honored to hear that. Suddenly,...  Read More »

(from Artistdirect.com) While one group of rock legends and cancer survivors are hiking Mt Kilimanjaro to fight cancer in East Africa in an event dubbed Kilimanjaro Rocks, the Love Hope Strength Foundation (LHS), a rock n’...  Read More »

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British musicians climb Kilimanjaro for Love Hope Strength September 27th – October 9th. British musicians Glenn Tilbrook, Mike Peters and Nick Harper will, this Sunday, start a journey that will see them climb Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain.The trek is the...  Read More »

The Love Hope Strength Foundation is at it again – bringing musicians to really neat location around the world with the goal of raising funds, support and awareness to fight cancer. This time around, members of The Fixx, the Gin Blossoms, Squeeze and The Stray Cats, along...  Read More »

Sep 25, 2009

Story by: Michael Tedder

Members of the Fixx, the Gin Blossoms, Squeeze and the Stray Cats will participate in Kilimanjaro Rocks, a 12-day concert/fundraiser/journey to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro in East Africa. The event, which will take place from...  Read More »

(PR) The Love Hope Strength Foundation (LHS), an international rock n’ roll cancer foundation, today announced details for “Kilimanjaro Rocks”, a 12-day musical journey to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro in East Africa taking place September 27th through October...  Read More »

(PR) The Love Hope Strength Foundation (LHS), an international rock n’ roll cancer foundation, today announced details for “Kilimanjaro Rocks”, a 12-day musical journey to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro in East Africa taking place September 27th through October...  Read More »

(PR) The Love Hope Strength Foundation (LHS), an international rock n’ roll cancer foundation, today announced details for “Kilimanjaro Rocks”, a 12-day musical journey to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro in East Africa taking place September 27th through October...  Read More »

Sep 25, 2009

Story by: Michael Tedder

Members of the Fixx, the Gin Blossoms, Squeeze and the Stray Cats will participate in Kilimanjaro Rocks, a 12-day concert/fundraiser/journey to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro in East Africa. The event, which will take place from...  Read More »

The Love Hope Strength Foundation is at it again – bringing musicians to really neat location around the world with the goal of raising funds, support and awareness to fight cancer. This time around, members of The Fixx, the Gin Blossoms, Squeeze and The Stray Cats, along...  Read More »

New York -The Love Hope Strength Foundation (LHS), a Denver-based international charity dedicated to fighting cancer through the power of music, rocked the East Coast with two fundraising pilgrimages and concerts in Clark, NJ and Philadelphia, PA. The events brought together...  Read More »

By Tara Hall / LiveDaily Contributor-Squeeze co-frontman Glen Tilbrook will embark on a late-summer and fall solo tour of the US behind his recently released album, “Pandemonium Ensues.”The British singer/songwriter will begin the journey with a Sept. 10 show in...  Read More »

Flyers Ray Emery and Jeff Carter took in the Philly Rocks event the other night at the Field House (12th & Filbert) to benefit the Love Hope Strength Foundation. The musical event, to benefit those affected by cancer, featured performances by Robin Wilson, of the Gin Blossoms;...  Read More »

Event moved to Oak Ridge Park in Clark due to expected increase in attendance. By Patrick Sullivan September 11, 2009. Get ready, Union County: the 12th annual Musicfest is set for September 12 and 13 at Oak Ridge Park in Clark. Admission is free, and the event will run from...  Read More »

Rhondda Rocks 2009 A summer’s day, sunshine & a sponsored walk, well a sponsored walk with a slight difference! This is a warm up to next Saturday’s Snowdon Rocks 2 trek to the summit of Wales’ highest peak & Wales’ highest gig! Alarm front man Mike Peters...  Read More »

P4 Music and Love Hope Strength present RHONDDA ROCKS with MIKE PETERS. Welsh rock legend Mike Peters, frontman of The Alarm, will be performing a very special acoustic charity show at Aberdare Coliseum on Saturday the 27th of June. Rhondda Rocks will be raising money in aid...  Read More »

Jun 29 2009 by Neil Collins, South Wales Echo

LEGENDARY Welsh singer Mike Peters led a fundraising walk to Rhondda’s highest point and performed a rock’n’roll set at its summit.The frontman of 80s punk-rockers The Alarm was joined by an entourage of fans and people...  Read More »

(PR) The Love Hope Strength Foundation (LHS), an international foundation that harnesses the power of music to make a difference in global cancer care, is taking its fight against cancer to the streets of Philadelphia in a symbolic walk that retraces the final steps of Rocky...  Read More »

(PR) The Love Hope Strength Foundation (LHS), an international foundation that harnesses the power of music to make a difference in global cancer care, is taking its fight against cancer to the streets of Philadelphia in a symbolic walk that retraces the final steps of Rocky...  Read More »

A group of musicians that includes Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze, Robin Wilson of the Gin Blossoms, Mike Peters from the the Alarm, Cy Curnin of the Fixx, James Stevenson of Gene Loves Jezebel and Nick Harper, will perform at the Field House (1150 Filbert) at 8 p.m. Sept. 10 to...  Read More »

New York -The Love Hope Strength Foundation, an international foundation that harnesses the power of music to make a difference in global cancer care, today announced that Mike Peters, lead of Welch band, The Alarm and LHS Executive Director, Shannon Foley, will represent...  Read More »

08/14/2009 (PR) The Love Hope Strength Foundation, an international foundation that harnesses the power of music to make a difference in global cancer care, today announced that Mike Peters, lead of Welch band, The Alarm and LHS Executive Director, Shannon Foley, will represent...  Read More »

James und Klaus leben 8.500 Kilometer voneinander entfernt. Der eine in den USA, der andere in Deutschland. Verbunden sind sie durch ein schweres Schicksal. (13.08.2009)

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Jul 15 2009 by Martin Williams. HOLLYWOOD actor Kevin Bacon supported a Dyserth rock star’s charity by playing a mountain-top concert.Bacon joined Mike Peters’ Love Hope Strength event in Colorado last Saturday.He took part in Pikes Peak Rocks, a 14,110-foot trek and gig...  Read More »

Cancer survivors, supporters, and musicians including The Bacon Brothers (lead by singer/guitarist and prolific screen actor Kevin Bacon), Cy Curnin of the Fixx, and The White Buffalo joined together for the first concert ever performed on top of Pikes Peak, America’s most...  Read More »

Actor Kevin Bacon, his older brother Michael, his sister-in-law and nephew hiked to the top of Pikes Peak last weekend, 6/27, with 95 people hiking to the top to raise money for the rock-n-roll cancer charity, the Love Hope Strength Foundation. Cy Curnin of The Fixx played...  Read More »

Jul 10 2009 by Steve Bagnall, Daily Post

The International Eisteddfod has can be the Glastonbury of Wales said Mike Peters.The popular Alarm frontman from Prestatyn was Day President at the Llangollen Festival and believes it has a special pedigree to appeal to everybody.

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— Actor Kevin Bacon scaled new heights to pay tribute to Farrah Fawcett while raising money to fight cancer. The 50-year-old actor hiked the 14,110-foot Pikes Peak Saturday to play a concert for the Love Hope Strength Foundation

The climb really kicked his, uh, tail.But Kevin Bacon gladly hiked 14,110-foot Pikes Peak in Colorado over the weekend to play a concert at the top.Bacon scaled the mountain with his brother, Michael, and about 95 hikers in an event to raise money for the Love Hope Strength...  Read More »

DENVER—Actor Kevin Bacon hiked 14,110-foot Pikes Peak Saturday to play a concert at the top as part of an event to raise money for a cancer charityBacon woke up around 4:30 a.m. to make the roughly six-hour climb with his brother, Michael, and about 95 hikers at an event...  Read More »

Actor Kevin Bacon hiked 14,110-foot (4,300-meter) Pikes Peak Saturday to play a concert at the top as part of an event to raise money for a cancer charity.

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Miles-high tribute. Actor Kevin Bacon scaled new heights to pay tribute to the late Farrah Fawcett while raising money to fight cancer.The 50-year-old actor hiked the 14,110-foot Pikes Peak on Saturday to play a concert for the Love Hope Strength Foundation, Denverpost.com...  Read More »

CATHERINE TSAI, Associated Press Writer

DENVER (AP) – Actor Kevin Bacon hiked 14,110-foot Pikes Peak Saturday to play a concert at the top as part of an event to raise money for a cancer charity.Bacon woke up around 4:30 a.m. to make the roughly six-hour climb...  Read More »

Actor Kevin Bacon hiked 14,110-foot Pikes Peak to play a concert at the top as part of an event to raise money for a cancer charity, The Associated Press reports.

Bacon woke up around 4:30 a.m. to make the six-hour climb with his brother, Michael, and about 95 hikers...  Read More »

DENVER -Actor Kevin Bacon hiked 14,110-foot Pikes Peak Saturday to play a concert at the top as part of an event to raise money for a cancer charity.

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DENVER (AP) — Actor Kevin Bacon hiked the 14,110-foot Pikes Peak to play a concert at the top as part of an event to raise money for a cancer charity.

Bacon and his brother, Michael, climbed Pikes Peak on Saturday with about 95 people as part of a fund raiser for...  Read More »

DENVER — Actor Kevin Bacon hiked 14,110-foot (4,300-meter) Pikes Peak Saturday to play a concert at the top as part of an event to raise money for a cancer charity.

Bacon woke up before dawn to make the roughly six-hour climb with his brother, Michael, and about...  Read More »

Kevin Bacon hiked 14,110-foot up a mountain to play a concert for charity – and admitted it was “one of the hardest things” he’d ever done.

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DENVER (AP) – Actor Kevin Bacon hiked the 14,110-foot Pikes Peak to play a concert at the top as part of an event to raise money for a cancer charity.

\Bacon and his brother, Michael, climbed Pikes Peak on Saturday with about 95 people as part of a fund raiser...  Read More »

Colorado Springs, CO (CNS) – Actor Kevin Bacon joined 100 participants in helping to raise money for the cancer charity, Love Hope Strength Foundation. The group of hikers climbed to the top of Pikes Peak in Colorado and got a chance to see the Bacon Brothers perform...  Read More »

Actor Kevin Bacon hiked the 14,110-foot Pikes Peak to play a concert at the top as part of an event to raise money for a cancer charity.Bacon and his brother, Michael, climbed Pikes Peak on Saturday with about 95 people as part of a fund raiser for the Love Hope Strength Foundation...  Read More »

Kevin Bacon hiked 14,110-foot up a mountain to play a concert for charity – and admitted it was “one of the hardest things” he’d ever done.The Hollywood actor and his brother joined several other hikers for the six-hour trek up Pikes Peak in America...  Read More »

June 29, 2009 by Tim Saunders

Kevin Bacon joined around 100 people in hiking to the top of Pikes Peak in Colorado on Saturday, June 27, to raise money for the Love Hope Strength Foundation cancer charity.The hikers each paid a $50 registration fee and each raised at...  Read More »

Actor Kevin Bacon hiked 14,110-foot Pikes Peak Saturday to play a concert at the top as part of an event to raise money for a cancer charity.Bacon mad e the roughly six-hour climb with his brother, Michael , to raise money for the Love Hope Strength Foundation cancer charity.

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Actor and musician Kevin Bacon joins hundreds atop Pikes Peak for a cancer-fighting concert

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Folk-rock duo the Bacon Brothers — actor Kevin and his brother, Michael — hiked 14,110-foot Pikes Peak on Saturday to play a concert to raise money for a cancer charity, the Associated Press reported.
The Bacons made the roughly six-hour climb with about...  Read More »

14,110-foot Pikes Peak Saturday to play a concert at the top as part of an event to raise money for a cancer charity.Bacon woke up around 4:30 a.m. to make the roughly six-hour climb with his brother, Michael, and about 95 hikers at an event to raise money for the Love Hope...  Read More »

DENVER-Actor Kevin Bacon hiked 14,110-foot Pikes Peak Saturday to play a concert at the top as part of an event to raise money for a cancer charity.
Bacon woke up around 4:30 a.m. to make the roughly six-hour climb with his brother, Michael, and about 95 hikers at an...  Read More »

DENVER (AP) – Actor Kevin Bacon hiked the 14,110-foot Pikes Peak to play a concert at the top as part of an event to raise money for a cancer charity.Bacon and his brother, Michael, climbed Pikes Peak on Saturday with about 95 people as part of a fund raiser for the...  Read More »

DENVER (AP) – Actor Kevin Bacon hiked the 14,110-foot Pikes Peak to play a concert at the top as part of an event to raise money for a cancer charity.

Bacon and his brother, Michael, climbed Pikes Peak on Saturday with about 95 people as part of a fund raiser...  Read More »

DENVER — Actor Kevin Bacon hiked 14,110-foot Pikes Peak Saturday to play a concert at the top as part of an event to raise money for a cancer charity.
Bacon woke up around 4:30 a.m. to make the roughly six-hour climb with his brother, Michael, and about 95 hikers...  Read More »

Actor Kevin Bacon scaled new heights to pay tribute to Farrah Fawcett while raising money to fight cancer.
The 50-year-old actor hiked the 14,110-foot Pikes Peak Saturday to play a concert for the Love Hope Strength Foundation.
“It’s one of the hardest...  Read More »

DENVER — Actor Kevin Bacon hiked the 14,110-foot Pikes Peak to play a concert at the top as part of an event to raise money for a cancer charity.Bacon and his brother, Michael, climbed Pikes Peak on Saturday with about 95 people as part of a fund raiser for the Love...  Read More »

Sat Jun 27, 6:15 pm ET
DENVER – Actor Kevin Bacon hiked the 14,110-foot Pikes Peak to play a concert at the top as part of an event to raise money for a cancer charity.
Bacon and his brother, Michael, climbed Pikes Peak on Saturday with about 95 people as...  Read More »

Sat Jun 27, 6:15 pm ET
DENVER – Actor Kevin Bacon hiked the 14,110-foot Pikes Peak to play a concert at the top as part of an event to raise money for a cancer charity.
Bacon and his brother, Michael, climbed Pikes Peak on Saturday with about 95 people as...  Read More »

BROOMFIELD, Colo. – No other Colorado fourteener has more ways to its summit than famous Pikes Peak in the southern Front Range. The Barr Trail, the Pikes Peak Highway and the comfortable Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway are ways to reach its 14,110-foot top and enjoy...  Read More »

THE courage and musical ability of Mike Peters garnered the rock star hundreds of votes in our search for the top North Walian.As lead singer of The Alarm, the Dyserth singer/songwriter has enjoyed success all over the globe, but Mike’s world was rocked in 2005 when...  Read More »

The Associated Press
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – This will be a real Rocky Mountain high.Actor Kevin Bacon’s band is set to play a concert on top of 14,110-foot Pikes Peak as part of a cancer charity fundraiser.

The Bacon Brothers, Cy Curnin of...  Read More »

June 5, 2009 -EDWARD PAIK
Kevin Bacon may face just six degrees himself when he and older brother Michael perform a free concert at the summit of Pikes Peak at the end of the month.
The Pike Peaks Rocks concert, sponsored by the Love Hope Strength Foundation, will...  Read More »

This will be a real Rocky Mountain high. Actor Kevin Bacon’s band is set to play a concert on top of 14,110-foot Pikes Peak as part of a cancer charity fundraiser.The Bacon Brothers, Cy Curnin of The Fixx and The White Buffalo will perform June 27 for about 100...  Read More »

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – This will be a real Rocky Mountain high.Actor Kevin Bacon’s band is set to play a concert on top of 14,110-foot Pikes Peak as part of a cancer charity fundraiser.

The Bacon Brothers, Cy Curnin of The Fixx and The White Buffalo...  Read More »

COLORADO SPRINGS — This will be a real Rocky Mountain high.Actor Kevin Bacon’s band is set to play a concert on top of 14,110-foot Pikes Peak as part of a cancer-charity fundraiser.The Bacon Brothers, Cy Curnin of The Fixx and The White Buffalo will perform June 27...  Read More »

COLORADO SPRINGS (AP) – Move over John Denver. This will be a real Rocky Mountain high.
Actor Kevin Bacon’s band is set to play a concert on top of 14,110-foot Pikes Peak as part of a cancer charity fundraiser.

The Bacon Brothers, Cy Curnin of The...  Read More »

What do The Bacon Brothers, Cy Curnin of The Fixx and White Buffalo have in common? They’re all playing the first-ever concert atop Colorado’s Pikes Peak.
The name of the event? “Pikes Peak Rocks,” of course.
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(PR) Red Rocks Amphitheatre’s summer concert calendar for 2009 will have one major difference from previous years – concert goers will have the opportunity to save someone’s life at every show this season. The Love Hope Strength Foundation (LHS), an international...  Read More »

Thursday, 04 June 2009
Red Rocks Amphitheatre’s summer concert calendar for 2009 will have one major difference from previous years – concert goers will have the opportunity to save someone’s life at every show this season. The Love Hope Strength Foundation...  Read More »

by Alexi Friedman/The Star-Ledger
Thursday June 04, 2009, 6:12 PM

CLARK — Oak Ridge has gone from long drives to stage dives.

Three months after Union County decided to convert Oak Ridge Golf Course into a multi-use park, officials announced the annual...  Read More »

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – This will be a real Rocky Mountain high.

Actor Kevin Bacon’s band is set to play a concert on top of 14,110-foot Pikes Peak as part of a cancer charity fundraiser.

The Bacon Brothers, Cy Curnin of The Fixx...  Read More »

COLORADO SPRINGS – This will be a real Rocky Mountain high.

Actor Kevin Bacon’s band is set to play a concert on top of 14,110-foot Pikes Peak as part of a cancer-charity fundraiser.

The Bacon Brothers, Cy Curnin of The Fixx and The White Buffalo...  Read More »

A Q&A with local celebrities
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I founded CSI Entertainment Insurance, which provides insurance for many different things but mostly nightclubs...  Read More »

June 2007
It started with a few small steps 1,576 to be exact. That was the number of steps needed to perform a morning ascent up the Empire State Building, led by two-time cancer survivor Mike Peters. The Empire State Building event was a successful prelude to the ultimate...  Read More »

August 8th, 2007
A rock star from Petersfield plans to take music to new heights-by playing a gig on Mount Everest. Jamie West-Oram is set to trek with his band The Fixx to the base camp of the world’s highest mountain and then join other groups in playing a unique...  Read More »

October 20, 2007
A cancer awareness group and a team of British and US musicians claim to have staged the world’s highest concert-on the slopes of Mount Everest. The US-based Love Hope Strength Foundation said on its website the Everest Rocks concert was held on...  Read More »

March 13, 2007
NORTH Wales musician Mike Peters yesterday announced a series of fundraising gigs- a thank you to health workers who helped him overcome cancer. The Alarm frontman was twice diagnosed with the disease and twice managed to beat it. Yesterday he pledged...  Read More »

March, 31, 2007
The Alarm, Billy Duffy (of the Cult), Slim Jim Phantom (the Stray Cats), Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze) and Dave Wakeling (English Beat, General Public) are the initial acts confirmed for an October acoustic concert at the base camp of Mount Everest and a finale...  Read More »

April 16th, 2007
Joining two-dozen other participants, members of the Alarm, the Stray Cats, English Beat and the Cult made their way up the 1.576 steps of the Empire State Building in New York this morning.

Upon reaching the top, Mike Peters (the Alarm), Slim...  Read More »

Cancer Survivors Perform Concert on Mount Everest
October 22, 2007
(AP) Katmandu, Nepal A group of cancer survivors and their supporters performed a musical concert on the foothills of Mount Everest to help raise awareness of the disease, which the organizers claimed...  Read More »

ONE ORGANIZATION USES MUSIC TO FIGHT CANCER ON THE GLOBAL STAGE April 2009 Cancer.There, we said it.The World Health Organization predicts that cancer will be the leading killer worldwide by 2010. Next year, that is. So then,
just what are we doing about it on the global...  Read More »

Gadabout [gad-uh-bout] noun: a restless seeker after amusement or social companionship. The word well-describes many of the stumblers in the streets of LoDo on any given night. But this Saturday, March 28th a merry band of very different vagabonds will make an appearance in...  Read More »

By Jason Heller March 27, 2009
Forget about the über-masculine mustaches of Burt Reynolds or Ron Jeremy,” says Ukulele Loki, local musician and ringleader of the dizzying Gadabout Orchestra. “Many of my mustache heroes are artists or jesters.” And...  Read More »

September 2008 – 120 Minutes: TO THE EXTREME!
In October 2007, members of the Alarm, Stray Cats, the Fixx, and Squeeze performed an acoustic show at the base of Mount Everest to raise money for a local cancer hospital. DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY 5 out of 5. The performers...  Read More »

Feb 2nd, 2009 – Vor gut acht Jahren spendete Klaus Kaiser aus Sachsen-Anhalt sein Knochenmark. Der leukämiekranke James Chippendale aus Dallas bekam es, wurde gesund. Der Amerikaner machte sich auf die Suche nach dem unbekannten Spender, fand ihn und inzwischen feiern...  Read More »

Feb 1, 2009 – This is the remarkable story of a group of humanitarians who found love, hope and strength in an ancient civilization. In the morning of October 6, 2008, I woke to the sounds of the Pacific Ocean. I’d slept soundly, something that would be almost universal...  Read More »

Jan 29, 2009 – There is a new face joining the NBC 5 Out of Bounds team, James Chippendale. Chippendale, 40, runs CSI Entertainment Insurance. He’s seen a lot of success and a lot of heartache, he’s also a survivor and as a bachelor he rolls with celebrities...  Read More »

Dec 16, 2008 – Drummer and leader of the early 1980s neo-rockabilly movement, Slim Jim Phantom of the Stray Cats, “rocks” both on stage and off.  Last year, Slim Jim hiked the Himalayan Mountains and played a concert there to raise awareness about the environmental...  Read More »

Dec 3rd, 2008 – Kilimanjaro Rocks Against Cancer was a top story for this week. Here it is again: (PR) The Love Hope Strength Foundation (LHS), an international foundation dedicated to fighting cancer with existing resources in countries around the world, today announced...  Read More »

Dec 1, 2008 – The Colorado-based Love Hope Strength Foundation travels the world, staging concerts in amazing locations to raise money to build cancer treatment centres. Last year, the organisation staged a concert on Mount Everest. This year, it was the Machu Picchu...  Read More »

November 12, 2008 – To have a generous spirit – a servant’s heart, a selfless self– is to give without expectation of return. Some people give of themselves in obscure but profound ways that cry out for recognition so all can find inspiration. And maybe emulate...  Read More »

Oct 31, 2008 – The Colorado-based Love Hope Strength foundation hosted an event recently called “Peru Rocks”, where 63 travelers – including musicians from The Fixx, Fastball, The Alarm and more – along with cancer survivors, and their supporters...  Read More »

Oct 31, 2008 – Mike Peters has just returned from his latest charity trek in Peru to raise money for cancer causes. But, he tells Gavin Allen, he sometimes has to remember he’s a rocker, not a mountaineer. IT’S 1983 and two idealist young rock stars are sitting...  Read More »

Oct 28, 2008 – Four months ago, Derrick Tabbish probably wouldn’t have believed you if you told him that before the year’s end, he’d rest at the top of Machu Picchu in the Andes Mountains after a four-day hike. That’s where Tabbish stood firmly...  Read More »

October 13, 2008 – They travel the world using music. For a feel-good body and soul you could do the Philadelphia AIDS Walk along the river drives this Sunday, or run the Lupus Loop in Fairmount Park on Oct. 26. Or you could live vicariously...  Read More »

October 8, 2008 – La fundación Love Hope Strength organiza Perú Rocks, un concierto para la lucha contra el cáncer. 65 músicos, sobrevivientes de la enfermedad y quienes los apoyan subirán a Machu Picchu para un concierto acústico que beneficiará programas dedicados...  Read More »

October 7, 2008 – The High Point University Greek community was recently out in full force with its annual “Greek Week” festivities, held Sept. 14-18. While the event was full of fun and excitement, the purpose was ultimately for...  Read More »

October 6, 2008 – Several days of hiking Peru with a group of rock musicians, who at times will play acoustic concerts, sounds like a sweepstakes giveaway by MTV. But this is how famous people with a fondness for flair fight cancer.

Today is the official kick-off...  Read More »

Oct 3, 2008 – The Love Hope Strength Foundation (LHS) has announced a 10-day musical journey to benefit cancer patients in Peru. “Peru Rocks” is set to take place in multiple locations throughout the country, uniting...  Read More »

Some survivors go to celebrate remission. Some go to mourn a loved one. Some go for support. But all who go will be climbing, singing and dancing for the same cause – raising global awareness for a disease that knows no borders, limits, races or ethnicities – cancer.

The...  Read More »

September 25, 2008 – On the heels of their record-breaking performance at 18,536 feet in the shadows of Mt. Everest, the Love Hope Strength Foundation (LHS) today announced details for “Peru Rocks” a...  Read More »

September 24, 2008 – Eighty Legendary Musicians, Devoted Cancer Survivors and Supporters from Four Countries Unite for Ten Day Musical Trek in Support of Cancer Care for Peru. On the heels of their record-breaking performance at 18,536 feet in the shadows of Mt. Everest,...  Read More »

September 23, 2008 – On the heels of their record-breaking performance at 18,536 feet in the shadows of Mt. Everest, Denver-based Love Hope Strength Foundation (LHS) today announced details...  Read More »

September 17, 2008 – A bone marrow...  Read More »

August 12, 2008 -  MTV Networks’ elite high-definition music channel MHD is upping the ante for HD television viewers with a heavy influx of premier, high-definition music programming and a new name: Palladia.Effective September 1, MHD will become Palladia, reflecting...  Read More »

June 19, 2008 – The Alarm has a new album on deck and is heading out on the “Rockin’ the Colonies” US tour with fellow veteran British rockers The Fixx and The English Beat. The outing is set to launch July 10 in Washington, DC, and make its way across...  Read More »

June 7, 2008 - James Chippendale has built a thriving business selling insurance to entertainment promoters. Now he’s arranging rock concerts on his own. But his musical extravaganzas...  Read More »

May28,  2008 – By Terry Canty – FOOTBALLER of the year Cristiano Ronaldo not only helped set Manchester United on their way to victory in the European Champions’ League final last week but he also boosted a local charity. A Manchester United shirt signed...  Read More »

May 28, 2008 – For more than 20 years Brien McVernon has been a mainstay of Newcastle’s live music scene, but until now he’s never been tattooed. And for fans of his retro rock music style, that’s an anomaly that attracts a lot of question from the...  Read More »

April 25, 2008 – Preston Hollow resident James Chippendale spent years building his CSI Entertainment Insurance into a successful and budding business enterprise. But after overcoming a battle with leukemia, when doctors gave him a less than 50 percent chance of survival,...  Read More »

The Associated Press. October 28,2007 – KATMANDU, Nepal: A cancer awareness group and an international team of musicians returned from the Mount Everest area after performing what they said was the world’s highest concert on land an raising an estimated US$250,000...  Read More »

23 October, 2007 – By Chloë McCulloch – Gardiner & Theobald surveyor is playing drums on Mount Everest today along with Glenn Tilbrook and Nick Harper to raise money for cancer charities. Gardiner & Theobald’s Garrie Renucci is playing in a rock...  Read More »

October 23, 2007 – Stay in Touch loves good causes and loves world records, but we are starting to suspect the planet may be approaching satiety on events that seek to combine the two. We have decided to bring the curtain down on such publicity seeking combos and have...  Read More »

October 23, 2007 – THEY say it’s a long way to the top if you want to rock’n'roll. This adage has never been more appropriate than for the 40 rockers, trekkers and cancer survivors who spent 14 days trekking to the 8850-metre Mount Everest to participate...  Read More »

October 23, 2007 – A concert has been held on the slopes of Mt Everest. It was billed as “Everest Rocks” and saw a group of musicians on a legal high. More than 30 people trekked for two weeks up the slopes of Everest to perform the world’s highest...  Read More »

October 23, 2007 – Slim Jim Phantom of the Stray Cats and Glen Tilbrook of Squeeze are among those who have played a concert higher than anyone else. Phantom and Tilbrook, along with Mike Peters of The Alarm, Cy Curnin and Jamie West of The Fixx and British singer-songwriter...  Read More »

October 22, 2007 – KATMANDU, Nepal — A cancer awareness group and an international team of musicians claim to have staged the world’s highest concert — on the slopes of Mount Everest. The U.S.-based Love Hope Strength Foundation said on its website the “Everest...  Read More »

Oct 22 2007 – A cancer awareness group and a team of British and US musicians claim to have staged the world’s highest concert – on the slopes of Mount Everest. The US-based Love Hope Strength Foundation said on its website the Everest Rocks concert was held yesterday...  Read More »

Monday, October 22, 2007 – KATMANDU, Nepal—A cancer awareness group and an international team of musicians claim to have stage the world’s highest concert- on the slopes of Mount Everest. The U.S.-based Love Hope Strength Foundation said on its website the “Everest...  Read More »

21 October 2007 – Mike Peters will also perform to around 10,000 in Kathmandu. Welsh rocker Mike Peters of The Alarm will be on top of the world after trekking to Everest to perform what they say is the world’s highest gig. Peters, who has twice been diagnosed...  Read More »

October 10th, 2007 – KATMANDU, Nepal- American and British rock and folk singers will stage a concert on Mount Everest for a cancer charity and a bid to earn a world record for the highest concert ever, organizers said Wednesday. The concert, on Oct. 21 will be held...  Read More »

October 4, 2007 – This weekend more than 80 Dallas residents, cancer survivors and musicians from across the world will embark on a journey to the heights of Mount Everest to raise money for cancer research. The group responsible, the Love Hope Strength Foundation, was...  Read More »

Sept. 29, 2007 – If all goes as planned, Mike Peters from The Alarm, CSI Entertainment’s James Chippendale and members from the Squeeze, The Stray Cats and The Fixx are going to play the highest concert on record. No, they’re not competing with a Dave Matthews Band...  Read More »

September 19th, 2007 – “New Jersey, you rock my world!” Mike Peters shouted to raucous fans Saturday night. Peters, front man of the Welsh band the Alarm was clearly pleased with the reception given his 90-minute set at Nomahegan Park, 25 miles southwest of Times...  Read More »

12 Sep 2007 – KATHMANDU: “Cancer affects everyone in an individual way,” says Welsh band The Alarm’s rock icon Mike Peters, who was diagnosed with leukemia in 1995 and 2005. “No two cancer stories are ever the same.” Peters’ story moves beyond his fight for...  Read More »

June 17, 2007 – Forty trekkers will hike to Mount Everest’s Base Camp at 18,000 feet in Nepal Oct. 13 for Everest Rocks, touted as the first acoustic concert on the mountain. Among those on the 14-day trip: the Stray Cats’ Slim Jim Phantom, Nick Harper, Squeeze’s...  Read More »

April 20, 2007 -  Rock musician and cancer survivor Mike Peters has announced a series of fundraising concerts that will put him on top of Wales and the world. His Snowdon Rocks tour includes a June walk to the summit of Wales’ highest mountain to hold a live session. The...  Read More »