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Paul McCartney to Headline Benefit Concert
for the David Lynch Foundation at
at Radio City Music Hall on Saturday, April 4
To be joined by special guests Ringo
Starr, Sheryl Crow, Donovan,
Eddie Vedder, Ben Harper, Moby, Paul Horn, Bettye LaVette, and
Jim James
Tickets go on sale Monday, March 9,
11 a.m. through
ticketmaster.com
Paul McCartney and special guests Ringo
Starr, Sheryl Crow, Donovan, Eddie Vedder, Ben
Harper, Moby, Paul Horn, Bettye LaVette, and Jim James will
perform at the David Lynch Foundation's benefit concert, "Change
Begins Within," at Radio City Music Hall in New York on
Saturday, April 4th, 7:30 p.m.
David Lynch, Russell Simmons, Laura Dern, and
other surprise guests will fill out the star-studded slate as
presenters.
Tickets will go on sale on Monday, March 9,
at 11 a.m. through
ticketmaster.com, or by calling 866-858-0008.
“Change Begins Within” will raise funds to
teach one million at-risk children to meditate—giving them
life-long tools to overcome stress and violence and promote
peace and success in their lives. In 1968, the Beatles, Donovan,
and Paul Horn traveled to India to study Transcendental
Meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The trip’s dramatic
impact was evident on their music and is credited for the
acceptance of meditation in the West today.
Paul McCartney said his Transcendental
Meditation practice has helped him personally over the past 40
years. “In moments of madness, it has helped me find moments of
serenity,” Paul said. He added that he supports the work of the
David Lynch Foundation to bring the technique to one million
children for the same reason. “I would like to think that it
would help provide them a quiet haven in a not-so-quiet world.”
Ringo Starr expressed his personal
satisfaction to be performing at the concert: “It gives me great
pleasure to be part of this evening. I feel the aims of this
charity are wonderful!”
Donovan added: “How great to be playing with
Paul, Ringo, and Paul Horn again—as we did in India in 1968. And
now we see the amazing results of our work from 40 years ago to
bring meditation to the whole world. It’s the same message
today, which is, ‘Change begins within.’”
About the David Lynch Foundation
The David Lynch Foundation has provided scholarships since 2005
for more than 60,000 students, parents, and teachers to learn to
meditate throughout the United States, Latin America, the Middle
East, and Africa. The Foundation also funds independent
university research on the effects of the Transcendental
Meditation technique on stress, learning, and behavior. For more
information visit
DavidLynchFoundation.org
National Institutes of Health
The NIH has awarded over $24 million during the past 20 years to
investigate
the effects of Transcendental Meditation on brain functioning
and cardiovascular disease.
Program researchers
Steel Belok, M.D., Internist, Harvard Medical School
Gary Kaplan, M.D., Ph.D., Neurologist, New York University
School of Medicine
Noel Bairey Merz, M.D., Medical Director, Women’s Heart Center,
Cedar-Sinai Medical Center
Otelio Randall, M.D., Medical Director, Preventive Cardiology
Program, Howard University
Norman Rosenthal, M.D., Psychiatrist; Medical Director, Capital
Clinical Research Associates
William Stixrud, Ph.D., Neuropsychologist; Director, William
Stixrud &Associates
David Haaga, Ph.D., Director, James Gray Psychotherapy Training
Clinic, American University
Rita Benn, Ph.D., Director of Education, University of Michigan
Integrative Medicine
Robert Colbert, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Educational
Psychology, University of Connecticut
Vernon Barnes, Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Medical College of
Georgia’s Prevention Institute
Frank Staggers, Jr., M.D., Drug Detoxification Specialist;
Consultant, National Institutes of Health
Robert Schneider, M.D., F.A.C.C., Director, NIH-funded Institute
of Natural Medicine and Prevention |
