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US Band GreenDay Designs T-shirt for Charity

Monday 28th of May 2007 09:27:04 PM

Green Day is the latest band to design a t-shirt that will be sold in Hard Rock Café restaurants, hotels, shops, and online. The band has chosen Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur. Proceeds from the sale of t-shirts will go helping those living in the region. Other artists who have designed T-Shirts for charity include Shakira, Elton John, and Eric Clapton.

“We are excited to be a part of the Signature Series program and proud to partner with Hard Rock for such a great cause. The program is going to provide tremendous support for Amnesty International and Instant Karma, a campaign that we sincerely believe in and are committed to," said Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer and guitarist of Green Day.

The heather-grey T-Shirts feature Armstrong on the front playing the guitar and the signatures of each band member. A special collection of John Lennon songs performed by artists including Greeen Day will also be sold at Hard Rock shops, various music stores, and online. All proceeds going to Instant Karma. Green Day recorded the song ‘Working Class Hero’. The title is included on the t-shirt.

"We are absolutely thrilled to have such a revolutionary and world-renowned band as Green Day become part of Hard Rock's global Signature Series T-shirt program," "We are pleased to be able to assist in this life-saving effort,” said Sean Dee, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Hard Rock International.

The Hard Rock Café has been working with various artists since 1990. The sale of limited edition T-Shirts has helped various charities and millions of people around the world.

(c)Arie Kok, www.sxc.hu