Wednesday, October 18, 2000
Jessica Simpson croons for charity
Jessica Simpson and No Authority are teaming up for "Bogart Backstage: On Tour For A Cure".
The benefit will raise money for pediatric AIDS, cancer and leukemia research. It takes place Nov. 19 in Santa Monica, California, MTV reports.
Other groups signed on for the show include Youngstown, Innosense, and Son By Four.
The concert will provide audience members with continuous music from a number of stages.
Choreographers from *Nsync's tour and The Gap TV ads will also be at the benefit to teach music-video dance steps.
The show will feature games, activities, audition booths and green rooms.
In addition to the drawing power of pop stars such as Jessica Simpson, TV actors from "Popular," "That 70s Show," "Felicity," "Saved By The Bell," and "V.I.P" are also planning to make appearances at "Bogart Backstage".
Tickets for the benefit are $100 for children and $150 for adults. For more information call the Neil Bogart Memorial Fun offices at (310) 358-4970.
Neil Bogart was an actor, producer and president of Casablanca Records during the Disco era. The Neil Bogart Memorial Fun was formed in 1983 by Bogart's wife Joyce Bogart Trabulus in memory of her husband who died of lymphoma when he was 39.
-- AllPop
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