Andrei Mihai
The boys from California are thinking about global warming as they get ready to start their North American tour. Through their own non-profit organization, Music For Relief, they are doing efforts to help reduce the carbon emissions and bring attention to environmental concerns as they go from place to place.They are giving away $1 from each ticket sold to Music For Relief for a tree-planting program, as well as promoting things such as recycling, utilizing renewable energy certificates and offering incentives for carpools and hybrid or electric vehicles. For this tour, they are going to use bio-diesel fuel, locally grown organic foods and recyclable or reusable serving products.
Another great here is that people from their official fan base is also involved, having voted to make a generous donation to fund the planting of 100,000 new trees, and just a year ago, the band members donated a half million dollars toward reforestation. A great initiative, which hopefuly will inspire more bands and spectators also. Here are the tour dates:
02/12 – Omaha, NE – Qwest Center Omaha
02/13 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
02/15 – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena
02/16 – Detroit, MI – Joe Louis Arena
02/18 – Manchester, NH – Verizon Wireless Arena
02/19 – Baltimore, MD – 1st Mariner Arena
02/21 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Arena
02/22 – Montreal, Quebec – Bell Centre
02/23 – London, Ontario – The John Labatt Centre
02/25 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena
02/26 – Nashville, TN – Sommet Center
02/29 – Oklahoma City, OK – Ford Center
03/01 – Albuquerque, NM – Tingley Coliseum at New Mexico State Fair
03/02 – El Paso, TX – UTEP Don Haskins Center
03/04 – Los Angeles, CA – Staples Center
03/06-7 – Las Vegas, NV – The Joint
03/08 – West Valley City, UT – The E Center
03/10 – Sacramento, CA – ARCO Arena
