Nicko McBrain to Perform at Benefit Concert

Posted by Shadow on January 19, 2005 @ 14:00

As Maidenfans already announced it, Nicko will appear at a benefit concert this Thursday.

Here's more information, coming from Blabbermouth:

More information has surfaced regarding the scheduled performers at a benefit concert on Thursday, January 20 at the Hard Rock Café in Beverly Hills, California to raise funds to pay for the surgery and medical treatment of Raven Nicole Robinson, a five-month-old girl born with a very large hole in between the right and left pumping chambers of her heart. Confirmed to appear at the show are:

Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden) David Draiman (Disturbed) Dan Donegan (Disturbed) Mike Wengren (Disturbed) John Moyer (Disturbed) C.C. Deville (Poison) Johnny Kelly (Type O Negative) Kenny Hickey (Type O Negative) Mike Duda (W.A.S.P.) Scott Griffin (Dog Days) Brian Coakley (The Cadillac Tramps & Waxapples) Eric Griffin (Murderdolls) Ben Graves (Murderdolls) Dave Felice (Great White and The Rembrandts) Anthony Focx (Beautiful Creatures and Bang Tango) Michael Kenney (Maiden's live keyboardist) Kenny Burns (Big Mondays) Mayuko & Tzusumi Okai Chris Slade (The Firm, AC/DC) Joe Leste (Beautiful Creatures and Bang Tango) Jay Gordon (Orgy) Jerry Montano (Danzig) Jeff Duncan (Armored Saint and Odin) Charlie Paulson (Goldfinger) Mike Scaccia (Ministry) Leif Garrett Ryan Roxy (Alice Cooper Band)

Also set to perform are Prong (10:30 p.m.), Disgracefuk (10:00 p.m.), A Tribute To Thin Lizzy (9:30 p.m., featuring members of Andrew W.K., Bullet Boys and Flogging Molly), Uncle Dad (9:10 p.m., featuring members of Guns N' Roses, Beautiful Creatures, Quiet Riot, Bang Tango, Ours (8:40 p.m., acoustic performance), Rodney Branigan (8:20 p.m., the two-guitar man from Amarillo, Texas) and Bird (lead vocalist of Bird 3, 8:00 p.m.).

Doors open at 7:30 p.m., party starts at 8:00 p.m. sharp. The donation is $50 for this show.

Source: Blabbermouth.net

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The Saint said:

antiMusic reports: *Just a quick word of thanks to all of those that came out and supported the Raven's Heart Foundation benefit last Thursday in Beverly Hills. Although antiMusic only played a very small role in this we want to say thank you to the fans that attended, thank you to the bands that played, the other rockers that came down to show their support, the publications that helped get the word out (Blabbermouth, MTV, Metal-Sludge and any others I missed). The event was a success, the music was great and money was raised for little baby Raven. A lot of heavy rock musicians came down to jam and/or to show support including those that were not on the bill. The guys from Anthrax (Charlie and Scott) came down, Disturbed flew in from Chicago to attend and in an incredible show of support Vinnie Paul even attended. We'll have a special post report on the event on antiMusic soon. Raven's mother Misse said talks are underway for more benefits in other parts of the country. We'll post that information as comes in, but Misse has pledged to carry on with the foundation after Raven's medical bills are taken care of, so that other children in similar situations can find some help. A big hats off to the Robinsons and Happenin' Harry for all the work they did to pull this off and huge thank you to all that supported it. See the full story link for more information on baby Raven, the foundation and you can still donate online even if you were unable to attend the benefit.*

#9690, January 24, 2005 @ 17:15