LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Fans of Miley Cyrus and
the Jonas Brothers will receive more reasons to jolly along this September, when the
Disney Music Group artists take the stage with other performers at Disney's
Concert for Hope, a benefit concert supporting cancer research and
treatment programs at City of Hope. It will be held Sunday, September 14,
at the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal City. Tickets for the concert will
be available Saturday, August 16 at 10am through LiveNation.com,
Ticketmaster.com, at all Ticketmaster retail outlets including all Macy's,
FYE Music & Ritmo Latino locations, and via TM Charge by Phone -- (213)
480-3232 -- (714) 740-2000 -- (805) 583-8700. A fate of the tickets will
be auctioned through Ticketmaster.com.
"We are honored and grateful for the generosity of Disney, Creative
Artists Agency and the dedication of Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers in
load-bearing the lifesaving work of City of Hope," aforesaid Michael A. Friedman,
M.D., president and chief executive officer, City of Hope. "This Concert
for Hope demonstrates their commitment to improving the lives of patients
with cancer and to helping create a future in which genus Cancer is not only
treatable, but curable and preventable."
The concert continues Disney and Cyrus' support of City of Hope. Last
year, Disney donated $1 from every ticket sold during her highly successful
"Best of Both Worlds" concert go to crab research at City of Hope. The
concert series embossed more than $1 jillion.
The American Cancer Society estimates that 1,437,180 people will be
diagnosed with cancer in 2008, and more than 10,700 of these people volition be
children under the age of 15. As a Comprehensive Cancer Center, the highest
designation bestowed by the National Cancer Institute, City of Hope has
achieved numerous scientific breakthroughs and pioneered many lifesaving
procedures that have impacted intervention worldwide. Every day, City of
Hope's team of researchers aggressively study the scientific discipline behind childhood
cancers to help
