Flight To Mars Tour news

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edited June 2012 in The Porch
FLIGHT TO MARS
TRIBUTE TO '70s ROCKERS UFO FEATURING PEARL JAM'S MIKE McCREADY CELEBRATES 10th ANNIVERSARY WITH 7-DATE WEST COAST TOUR

PROCEEDS BENEFIT CCFA'S CAMP OASIS + ADVOCACY FOR PATIENTS
WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS

TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, MARCH 2nd
SEATTLE SHOW ON SALE FRIDAY, MARCH 9th

SEATTLE -- Flight to Mars, a tribute to 1970s English heavy rockers UFO featuring Pearl Jam lead guitarist Mike McCready, hits the road this May in celebration of the band's 10th anniversary. The tour kicks off on May 14th at The Observatory in Santa Ana and wraps up on May 23rd in the band's hometown of Seattle at the Showbox at the Market.

Proceeds from the tour will benefit Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America's Camp Oasis and Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness -- two non-profits that McCready has supported for nearly a decade.

FLIGHT TO MARS MAY 2012 TOUR DATES:

Date City Venue
May 14 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory
May 15 San Diego, CA The Casbah
May 16 Las Vegas, NV Hard Rock Cafe on the Strip
May 17 Los Angeles, CA The Troubadour
May 20 San Francisco, CA The Independent
May 22 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
May 23 Seattle, WA Showbox at the Market

TICKETS
Tickets for all shows except Seattle go on sale on Friday, March 2nd via local ticket outlets. Tickets for the Seattle date go on sale Friday, March 9th. Please visit venue websites for on sale times and locations.

CONCERT PRE-PARTY FUNDRAISERS
Concert-goers are invited to join fellow fans before each of the concerts at exclusive VIP fundraiser parties, hosted by the Wishlist Foundation -- a grassroots, Pearl Jam fan-driven nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting Pearl Jam’s charitable and philanthropic goals.
Fundraiser attendees will arrive two hours before each show for an exclusive VIP party to catch the sound check, receive a goodie bag, enjoy appetizers, a cash bar and have the chance to mingle with Mike McCready and the other members of Flight to Mars.

A variety of VIP tickets are available through the Wishlist Foundation via eBay including VIP + packages that come with backstage passes, Gold and Platinum packages that offer limited edition and autographed items and two Rock ‘n’ Royal Packages for fans to bid on to live out their rock-n-roll fantasy of playing onstage with Mike McCready and Flight to Mars. VIP packages can be found at myworld.ebay.com/wishlistfoundation/ For more information: wishlistfoundation.org/2012/02/flight-to-mars/

FLIGHT TO MARS
Flight to Mars is a tribute band honoring 1970s English heavy rockers UFO comprised of Pearl Jam lead guitarist Mike McCready, Tim DiJulio (guitar), Gary Westlake (bass), Mike Musburger (drums), Ty Bailie (keyboards) and Paul Passereli (vocals).

For the past 10 years, Flight to Mars' annual Seattle benefit concert has been a celebrated, sold-out, community event. As a nod to the band's decade of performing together -- and with the goal of raising even greater funding and awareness for CCFA's Camp Oasis and Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness -- Flight to Mars will take their show on the road.

For more information: http://www.facebook.com/FlighttoMars

TOUR BENEFICIARIES
In 2002, Mike McCready made public his 20-year battle with Crohn’s Disease and ulcerative colitis and has since been committed to raising awareness and funding for the cause.
Proceeds from the tour will benefit Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America's Camp Oasis and Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness.

CCFA's Camp Oasis is a co-ed residential camp program that's mission is to enrich the lives of children with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis by providing a safe and supportive camp community. For more information: http://www.ccfa.org/kidsteens/camp

Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness provides free information, advice and advocacy services to patients with chronic illnesses in areas including health and disability insurance, Social Security disability, employment and school-based discrimination, resource location, and more. For more information: http://www.advocacyforpatients.org.
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  • drsluggo
    drsluggo Posts: 4,742
    This is such a great cause and the Wishlist VIP packages for $300 seems like an absolute steal... if I could get to the west coast I'd do it in a second!
  • Foxy Mop
    Foxy Mop Posts: 2,823
    Auction details can be found at http://wishlistfoundation.org/2012/02/flight-to-mars/

    8-)
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,776
    Always a fun show if you can make it!
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • merkinball
    merkinball Posts: 2,262
    McCready at the Casbah? Awesome, that place is tiny!
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 11,017
    Very exciting...never thought I'd be able to see FTM in L.A......now I don't feel bad for missing MSG last weekend!
  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 11,017
    Foxy Mop wrote:
    Auction details can be found at http://wishlistfoundation.org/2012/02/flight-to-mars/

    8-)

    The platinum package is very tempting!
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    Wednesday in Seattle? :|

    Maybe we can start the holiday weekend early! (or I'll just be going by myself!)
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
  • RYEzupSF
    RYEzupSF Posts: 6,003
    Owe Owe!! FTM at the Independent! Love that place. The Troubadour is sooo tempting too. Hmmm... I do believe a road trip may be in order. 8-)
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  • Foxy Mop
    Foxy Mop Posts: 2,823
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    Foxy Mop wrote:
    Auction details can be found at http://wishlistfoundation.org/2012/02/flight-to-mars/

    8-)

    The platinum package is very tempting!
    Isn't it juicy? Even if you don't, you should grab a VIP package. Mike & the guys will be chillaxing during the fundraiser portion and there'll be a ton of ppls there to hang with :)
    RKCNDY wrote:
    Wednesday in Seattle? :|

    Maybe we can start the holiday weekend early! (or I'll just be going by myself!)
    Hellz yeah! Sasquatch is that weekend too! Humpday is the new Friday that week :>
    RYEzupSF wrote:
    Owe Owe!! FTM at the Independent! Love that place. The Troubadour is sooo tempting too. Hmmm... I do believe a road trip may be in order. 8-)

    Give in to temptation... the world may be ending soon, you know. Carpe Diem! ;D
    ☆ Wishlist Foundation ☆

    This is my kind of love...
    ♥♥♥
  • RYEzupSF
    RYEzupSF Posts: 6,003
    Foxy Mop wrote:
    RYEzupSF wrote:
    Owe Owe!! FTM at the Independent! Love that place. The Troubadour is sooo tempting too. Hmmm... I do believe a road trip may be in order. 8-)

    Give in to temptation... the world may be ending soon, you know. Carpe Diem! ;D

    What do you know about the world ending? :lol::lol: Twist my arm. I'm in. :mrgreen:
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    You can never have enough Neil in the mix. -EV 10/24/10
    There's only one commandment: Don't be an asshole. -EV 5/6/10
  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 11,017
    RYEzupSF wrote:
    Foxy Mop wrote:
    RYEzupSF wrote:
    Owe Owe!! FTM at the Independent! Love that place. The Troubadour is sooo tempting too. Hmmm... I do believe a road trip may be in order. 8-)

    Give in to temptation... the world may be ending soon, you know. Carpe Diem! ;D

    What do you know about the world ending? :lol::lol: Twist my arm. I'm in. :mrgreen:


    If the world is ending, I want to join FTM....get it?? get it????? :?
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 32,331
    for the first time, I wish I was still living in vegas :x
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
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    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
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  • RYEzupSF
    RYEzupSF Posts: 6,003
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    RYEzupSF wrote:
    What do you know about the world ending? :lol::lol: Twist my arm. I'm in. :mrgreen:

    If the world is ending, I want to join FTM....get it?? get it????? :?

    Got it. :lol::lol: See you at the Troubadour!! :mrgreen:
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    Don't fuck sheep. -EV 7/11/11
    You can never have enough Neil in the mix. -EV 10/24/10
    There's only one commandment: Don't be an asshole. -EV 5/6/10
  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 11,017
    RYEzupSF wrote:
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    RYEzupSF wrote:
    What do you know about the world ending? :lol::lol: Twist my arm. I'm in. :mrgreen:

    If the world is ending, I want to join FTM....get it?? get it????? :?

    Got it. :lol::lol: See you at the Troubadour!! :mrgreen:

    sounds good! you can see how annoying my jokes are in person!
  • Spoken
    Spoken Posts: 1,504
    Please play New York City sometime!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • neilybabes86
    neilybabes86 Posts: 16,057
    pearl jam...anyone..anyone
    i post on the board of a band that doesn't exsist anymore .......i need my head examined.......
  • Elzar
    Elzar Posts: 966
    very nice!
  • Vedder_Girl77
    Vedder_Girl77 Posts: 4,344
    I wish there was some east coast dates.
    8/29/00, 7/3/03, 5/24/06,6/28/08 & 6/30/08, 10/9/09,10/28/09, 10/30/09 & 10/31/09, 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10 & 5/21/10, 10/23/10 & 10/24/10, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 9/11/11, 9/12/11, 9/23/11, 9/22/12, 9/30/12, 7/16/13, 7/19/13
  • Suziemay
    Suziemay Posts: 11,168
    Spoken wrote:
    Please play New York City sometime!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    + 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

    :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    Is there going to be another autographed poster?

    Who is the artist?
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless

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