0 Linkin Park Leads #GivingTuesday With Music For Relief

Help give a unique holiday gift to friends
and family, promoting clean-energy with
Linkin Park.
Just in time for #GivingTuesday
(November 27), Linkin Park, together with
Music for Relief and the United Nations
Foundation to support the work of the
United Nations, are announcing a way for
fans to give a unique holiday gift to
friends and family this season to provide
clean energy solutions for people who
have no access to electricity.
Here's how it works. You can give a solar
light, solar power for hospitals in health
clinics, or Power the World's latest clean
energy tool, the SOCCKET, which is a
soccer ball that is also a portable
generator at powertheworld.org . You
make a donation on behalf of a loved one,
they get an e-card, and someone without
electricity gets the safe, clean energy they
need to improve their quality of life.
Linkin Park established Power the World
in support of UN Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon's Sustainable Energy for All
Initiative. Building on previous Power the
World efforts to bring solar lights to
homes in Haiti and solar power to health
clinics in Uganda, the Grammy-Award
winning band has launched a new
campaign to combat energy poverty by
bringing the first eco-friendly portable
generator housed in a soccer ball to Latin
America.
Energy poverty is the lack of access to
modern energy services such as
electricity and cooking facilities that do
not cause air pollution. One in five people
globally lacks access to electricity and
three billion rely on highly polluting solid
fuels such as wood, coal or charcoal for
cooking. At 2012 World Economic Forum
energy poverty was named one of the
worst forms of poverty because it
undermines all aspects of development.
This holiday season, Power the World is
offering several ways to give gifts that
help alleviate energy poverty.
To bring clean energy to areas suffering
from energy poverty in Latin America,
Linkin Park, through their non-profit
organization Music for Relief, is working
with Uncharted Play, a social enterprise
that designs and manufactures the
SOCCKET. Designed to amplify existing
play behavior. The SOCCKET provides a
healthy energy alternative by improving
access to lighting and electricity. With just
thirty minutes of play a household has
access to three hours of light.
You can also make a donation to benefit
families affected by Hurricane Sandy this
holiday at Musicforrelief.org . Music for
Relief is encouraging supporters to kick
off the giving season on November 27th
for #GivingTuesday, a movement to
celebrate giving, and establish a day of
giving right after the Thanksgiving holiday
and nationally recognized shopping days
that follow. This first-of-its-kind effort,
launching on November 27, 2012, will
harness the collective power of a blend of
partners, including charities, families,
businesses and individuals, to transform
how people think about, talk about and
participate in the giving season.
Linkin Park's official fan club, Linkin Park
Underground, launches it's 12th year on
November 15, 2012. Linkin Park
Underground has always been more of a
community, rather than just a fan club.
Membership to LPU allows fans into the
Linkin Park world with access to the
completely redesigned
LPUnderground.com , meet and greets,
exclusive pre-sales, special events and
early entry into Linkin Park shows.
"I don't think of the LPU as a fan club. I
think of it of as a community," says Linkin
Park bassist Dave 'Phoenix' Farrell. "Over
the years, I have had the opportunity to
meet thousands of members of the LPU
all over the world, and one thing
continues to impress me. It's not how
open, friendly, and giving you are with us,
but rather, with each other."
This year's membership package includes
a t-shirt, water bottle, carabiner key
chain, guitar pick, laminate and lanyard
plus a $5 credit to the LPU store. Each
year, Linkin Park Underground also
releases a new CD to members only, filled
with never before released demos chosen
by the band members. For a limited time
only, fans can purchase the CD for only $
1 when they join Linkin Park
Underground. As an added bonus, all
fans who join LPU between November 15
and December 1 will be entered into a
contest for a chance to win 2 tickets and
a meet and greet to a future Linkin Park
show of their choice. For more
information on, go to
www.LPUnderground.co

0 Probe into death at Linkin Park concert

GALLERY: Tragedy at Linkin Park CT

Cape Town - An investigation has been
launched into the events leading to a
woman's death when a structure
collapsed ahead of a concert by
American band Linkin Park at Cape
Town Stadium on Wednesday.
The City of Cape Town said the site had
been secured for a police investigation.
The City and event organisers, Big
Concerts, will co-operate with the
investigation.
City of Cape Town spokesperson Kylie
Hatton said the City would also conduct
its own investigation.
19 injured
The woman died of the injuries she
sustained when temporary scaffolding
collapsed in high winds ahead of the
concert. She was thought to have died
after being taken to the nearby
Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital.
Nineteen people were injured in the
incident. Twelve of them had to be
hospitalised.
The temporary structure was a
"branding activation" and was located
next to the stadium forecourt on the
Cape Town CBD side of the venue.
The structure had been pre-approved
and certified as safe before the event.
Hatton said the investigation would
include whether the approval procedures
had been properly done.
She said she did not have permission
yet from the woman's family to release
her name.
Condolences
Big Concerts, the organiser of the show,
posted a message on its Facebook page
expressing its "deepest sympathies and
condolences" to the injured and to the
woman who died.
"We would like to thank the City of Cape
Town, the SA Police Services, and all the
medics, doctors, and disaster risk
personnel for their swift and
professional response to this accident."
Linkin Park also conveyed its
condolences to the family of the woman
who died, saying in a statement on its
website that it also distanced itself from
the "sponsor or entity" which erected the
structure.
"Following our performance... at Cape
Town Stadium, we were advised that
several people were injured as a result
of the collapse of an advertising tower
erected by Lucozade in the parking area
outside the venue," the band said in its
statement on the "LP Blog".
"We wish to express our deep sadness
and concern for those injured and our
heartfelt condolences to the family of the
fan who died as a result of her injuries.
"Though we have had no relationship
with the sponsor or the entity
responsible for erecting the structure,
we take the safety of our fans very
seriously and our thoughts are with all
of those who were affected by this
tragedy."
The band is scheduled to perform in
Johannesburg on November 10.

0 Linkin Park fan killed outside concert in Cape Town

A woman has died, and 19 others were
injured, after scaffolding collapsed
outside a Linkin Park concert in Cape
Town, South Africa.
The temporary scaffolding outside Green
Point stadium came down in high winds
just before the concert on Wednesday.
A statement from the band expressed
"deep sadness and concern for those
injured and our heartfelt condolences to
the family of the fan who died".
The concert went ahead, with the band
only learning of the death afterwards.
"One person passed away last night as a
result of injuries. It was a female
individual. She passed away after she
was taken to hospital," said city
spokeswoman Kylie Hatton.
Twelve people were taken to hospital
following the accident, when a strong
gust of wind blew over a promotional
billboard.
'Extreme sadness'
"Following our performance tonight at
Cape Town Stadium, we were advised
that several people were injured as a
result of the collapse of an advertising
tower erected by Lucozade in the parking
area outside the venue," said a statement
on the band's website.
"Though we have had no relationship with
the sponsor or the entity responsible for
erecting the structure, we take the safety
of our fans very seriously and our
thoughts are with all of those who were
affected by this tragedy."
GlaxoSmithKline, parent company of
Lucozade, who sponsored the shows,
tweeted from their local Lucozade
account: "GSK & Lucozade express their
shock and extreme sadness about the
accident last night. Our immediate
concern is for victims & their families and
our thoughts and prayers are with them."
Linkin Park - who topped the UK album
charts in July with Living Things - are
currently on a tour of South Africa, with a
further concert scheduled in
Johannesburg this weekend.
They return to the US to perform at the
American Music Awards next week.

0 Mba ndy, cepet move on!

I never felt the ache of being alone, never
sensed an empty space inside myself.
Never felt the urge to fill a void with the
presence of someone else. But you
uncovered a feeling inside of me,
unfamiliar and unique. Created a vacancy
within where one never used to be. Dear
absentee, dear missing piece, I've missed
you since the day we met, the day we
met. Dear truant friend, dear tune stuck in
my head that i cant forget....A lost
memory, an errant wish, you were a
missing limb, every morning i had to
wake up and realize you were gone all
over again. An unfinished sentence, an
interrupted thought, a name on the tip of
my tongue. An unsent letter, an unopened
book, a lyrics left unsung. Dear absentee,
dear missing piece, I've missed you since
the day we met, the day we met. Dear
truant friend, dear tune stuck in my head.
Dear you.... I've got these feelings inside,
somehow i always knew you'd
understand. they've been laying dormant
for a lifetime. I'm waking up for the first
time.love.

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