Music Legends Launching World Tour To Promote Peace Through Music –

By Fred Starr

Los Angeles, CA,(Hollywood Today)9/17/12 — Legendary blues/rock musicians (present or former band members with Toto, Asia, Eric Clapton, Guns N’ Roses, Dave Matthews Band, Carole King, Billy Preston, Sergio Mendes, Lionel Richie, and many others) are forming a new all-star band to promote world peace through music. They will combine with internationally-renowned music masters from nine world cultures to launch a world tour, beginning with three concerts in Southern California this month, in celebration of U.N. International Peace Day.

The concerts to promote U.N. Peace Day began three years ago through a joint venture between the United Nations and Listen for Life, which was founded in 1998 as a global family of music listeners, performers, and producers. The Listen for Life All-Star Band is the latest effort to expand the reach of the “global peace through music” mission, and follows prior Listen for Life concerts to commemorate U.N. Peace Day in the U.S., Bosnia, Croatia, Kenya, and the U.K. “We are launching the all-star global concert tour in the Los Angeles area because of its music industry roots, and the springboard the area has offered to many legendary performers who believe music can bridge global discord,” said Donna Stoering, Founder of Listen for Life.

International recording artists from India, China, Vietnam, Bulgaria, and the Mid-East are among those scheduled to perform at the concerts in Southern California. They will represent nine world cultures, and will play 17 different instruments unique to their region. “The way these instruments come together in harmony is the way we hope to unite musicians from around the globe in the spirit of world peace,” said Stoering.  “That message will permeate all of the concert performances by the Listen for Life All-Star Band and ethnic music masters, worldwide, in the coming months and beyond.”

The Listen for Life Musicfests in Southern California will be on Sept. 21 in Mission Viejo, September 27 at the Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood, and September 29 at the famed Ramona Bowl amphitheatre in Hemet. For further information on locations, venues and tickets, see www.listenforlife.org/peaceday.

Listen for Life (www.listenforlife.org) is a global family of music listeners, performers, creators and producers, working together to restore music as a unifying force for good worldwide. Listen for Life was founded in London in 1998 by Donna Stoering, an Artistic Ambassador for the United States and United Kingdom.

Donna Stoering (www.donnastoering.com) is an award-winning social entrepreneur, recording artist, concert pianist, Marshall Scholar, keynote speaker, television presenter, an Artistic Ambassador for both UK and USA, and founder of Listen for Life, which has thus far impacted over 9 million people in 55 countries through outreach projects, live programs and (TV) productions, revitalizing music and cultures around the globe.

The U.N. asked Listen for Life to create music festivals worldwide that would raise awareness of U.N. International Peace Day and Listen for Life has thus far created innovative and highly successful Musicfests for Peace Day in Bosnia, Croatia, England, Africa and USA – but never before in Southern California. www.listenforlife.org/peaceday