Tickets-for-Charity(R) Announces National Launch of Groundbreaking New Platform for Music Fans to Access Great Seats While Supporting Leading Charities

Tickets-for-Charity(R) Announces National Launch of Groundbreaking New Platform for Music Fans to Access Great Seats While Supporting Leading Charities

Platform Has Already Raised $3 Million for Charity and Kicks off National Launch With Star-Studded Summer Tours: James Taylor, Billy Joel & Elton John, Brad Paisley, Coldplay, Carlos Santana, Dane Cook, Diana Krall, Kenny Chesney, Sugarland & More

Nation's First Socially-Positive Alternative to Thousands of Unauthorized Ticket Brokers & Scalpers: Get Great Seats to High-Demand Events by Supporting the Causes You Care About

BOSTON, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Tickets-for-Charity(R) kicks off its national launch with some of the biggest names in entertainment and high-demand seats to an exciting summer tour line-up of fan favorites, including: Elton John & Billy Joel, James Taylor, Brad Paisley, Coldplay, Carlos Santana, Kenny Chesney, Sugarland, Creed, Diana Krall, the Allman Brothers Band, Dane Cook, REO Speedwagon, Styx and Boston Symphony Orchestra. To date, Tickets-for-Charity has generated more than $3 million in donations for over 30 leading non-profit organizations.

With the national launch of its innovative fundraising platform at www.ticketsforcharity.com, Tickets-for-Charity works with artists to offer music fans a convenient way to purchase seats to high-demand events while supporting some of the world's most respected charities. Founded to help increase critically-needed funding to leading charities, Tickets-for-Charity offers music fans the first socially-positive alternative to unauthorized ticket resellers in the multi-billion dollar U.S. ticket industry. Tickets-for-Charity provides fans with an easy way to access seats at often the same or better price they pay elsewhere, while supporting important causes from children's cancer to hunger relief. As charities face dramatically declining donations in today's economy, Tickets-for-Charity harnesses the unique power of effortless giving and joins an emerging group of social enterprises engaging the private sector to help solve some of today's most pressing social issues.

James Taylor, legendary singer-songwriter who is a five-time Grammy Award winner with over 40 gold, platinum and multi-platinum records, is at the forefront of artists stepping forward to partner with and support Tickets-for-Charity. "I am deeply impressed by the enterprise. Tickets-for-Charity gives fans the opportunity to support charity in a unique way by letting them combine their passion for music with a desire to help causes that we all care about," said James Taylor. Taylor also urged fellow music artists and management to seize the opportunity to "join forces with this visionary organization with minimal effort to make a real difference."

Tickets-for-Charity raised more than $300,000 during James Taylor's recent tours for worthy organizations like Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). By purchasing tickets at www.ticketsforcharity.com, James Taylor fans accessed prime seats to often sold-out shows while supporting NRDC and other admired non-profit organizations.

"We are honored to work with amazing artists like James Taylor who have such a strong commitment to their fans, the music industry and philanthropy," said Jord Poster, CEO of Tickets-for-Charity. "The beauty of our platform is that it raises millions of dollars for charity without asking anyone to "give" to charity. At Tickets-for-Charity, donations are captured from the ticket premiums that consumers are currently paying ticket brokers and scalpers, but given the option would much rather direct to charity," Poster added.

Tickets-for-Charity makes prime seats available at original face value plus a separate donation that directly benefits participating partner charities selected by artists and fans. It costs nothing for artists or charities to participate; Tickets-for-Charity administers the donations on behalf of beneficiary charities and remits the face value for each seat sold back to the participating tour.

Enabling people to feel good about their entertainment purchases, Tickets-for-Charity connects fans and artists through the music they love - and the vital organizations they support - to improve the lives of millions in communities across America and around the world.

Tickets-for-Charity Background

Prior to its national launch, Tickets-for-Charity raised more than $3 million for leading charities through Charitable Sale programs with high-profile artists and events including The Rolling Stones, The Police, Barbra Streisand, James Taylor, Lionel Richie, Farm Aid, John Mayer, Usher, and Live Earth. With its national launch, the company expects to quickly generate tens of millions of dollars more to support the important work of its partner charities, including some of the world's most highly respected non-profit organizations: The Actors Fund, Artists Against Hunger & Poverty: A Program of WHY, Autism Speaks, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, CARE, Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, City Year, Communities In Schools, CureSearch National Childhood Cancer Foundation, Farm Aid, Feeding America, The GRAMMY(R) Foundation, Habitat for Humanity International, The Humane Society of the United States, Jack & Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation, Jumpstart for Young Children, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, The Leary Firefighters Foundation, Malaria No More, MusiCares(R) Foundation, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, The National Children's Cancer Society, National Federation of the Blind, Natural Resources Defense Council, Outward Bound, Oxfam America, The Partnership for a Drug-Free America, Peace Games, Rainforest Foundation, Team 25, United Way of America, Urban Farming, Wildlife Conservation Society and YouthBuild. For more information, please visit www.ticketsforcharity.com.

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CONTACT: Holly Taylor of Rogers & Cowan, +1-310-854-8115,
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Web Site: http://www.ticketsforcharity.com/

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