LOS ANGELES, July 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- LiveXLive
Media (NASDAQ: LIVX) ("LiveXLive"), a global platform for
live stream and on-demand audio, video and podcast content in
music, comedy, and pop culture, has partnered with three-time
Grammy Award-winner Darius
Rucker to power Pay-Per-View for the 11th Annual
"Darius & Friends" concert benefiting St. Jude
Children's Research Hospital.
The event will be held on July 30,
2020 at 8:00 p.m. ET /
5:00 p.m. PT. Ticket prices to the
pay-per-view event start at $15.00.
LiveXLive will also offer VIP bundles with limited-edition and
autographed posters priced at $50 and
$100, respectively, available at
LiveXLive.com/Darius.
LiveXLive's Pay-Per-View offering launched in May 2020 enabling digital ticket sales,
merchandise sales, digital meet-and-greets, and tiered-ticket
pricing in addition to its core live streaming product as a
one-stop-solution for artists and festivals.
"Pay-Per-View allows artists to go directly to fans, and perform
for arena-sized audiences online and on mobile," said Robert Ellin, Chairman and CEO of LiveXLive.
"It's great to enable artists to replace traditional venue concerts
with live streaming and pay-per-view. We're honored to work with
Darius to continue his annual commitment of raising funds for St.
Jude with the Darius & Friends concert."
Rucker, whose social channels reach 5.2 million fans
worldwide, will be joined by Clint
Black and Tracy
Lawrence on the iconic Grand Ole Opry stage in
Nashville, to raise funds for St.
Jude Children's Research Hospital. In its 11th year, the annual
event has raised over $2 million to
date. Rucker made a commitment to support St. Jude Children's
Research Hospital in 2008, after touring the facility known around
the globe for treating childhood cancer and other life-threatening
diseases. Events like this help ensure families never receive a
bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food – because
all a family should worry about is helping their child live.
"Even though we can't all get together for a normal concert
right now, it's important that we continue to support St. Jude and
the amazing work that they do," shares Rucker. "I hope we can bring
a fun night of music to everyone watching from home while also
raising money for this important cause."
Since announcing PPV and digital touring, LiveXLive has sold
tens of thousands of PPV tickets in over 96 countries at an average
ticket price of $27. LiveXLive's PPV
initiative was created as a revenue-share model to support artists
during a time when concerts and touring are at a standstill.
LiveXLive's PPV platform allows artists to go direct-to-consumer
and perform full length concerts and shows with unique behind the
scenes footage, docureality-style coverage coupled with premium
tiered pricing with tickets that include VIP experiences, exclusive
merchandise, digital meet-and-greets, and other event-exclusive
perks. Future scheduled PPV events include top artists such as
Darius Rucker, Pitbull, K-Pop
sensation Monsta X, Nelly, Jeremih and many more. To purchase
tickets visit: https://www.livexlive.com/live-events
The event is sponsored by CDW, Intel, PNC Bank, Cigna, Hendrix
Enterprises and Delta Dental of Tennessee. For more information, visit
www.DariusRucker.com and follow on social media @DariusRucker.
About LiveXLive Media, Inc.
Headquartered in
Los Angeles, California, LiveXLive
Media, Inc. (NASDAQ: LIVX) (pronounced Live "by" Live) is a
global platform for live stream and on-demand audio, video and
podcast content in music, comedy, and pop culture. LiveXLive, which
has streamed over 1100 artists in 2020, has become a go-to partner
for the world's top artists and celebrity voices as well as music
festivals concerts, including Rock in Rio, EDC Las Vegas, and many
others. In April 2020, LiveXLive
produced its first 48-hour music festival called "Music Lives" with
tremendous success as it earned over 50 million views and over 5
billion views for #musiclives on TikTok on 100+ performances.
LiveXLive's library of global events, video-audio podcasts and
original shows are also available on Amazon, Apple TV, Roku and
Samsung TVs in addition to its own app, destination site and social
channels. For more information,
visit www.livexlive.com and follow @LiveXLive
on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube.
About Darius
Rucker
Rucker first achieved
multi-Platinum status in the record industry as lead singer and
rhythm guitarist of the GRAMMY Award-winning band Hootie & the
Blowfish. Since releasing his first Country album in 2008, he's
enjoyed four No. 1 albums on the Billboard Country
chart and nine No. 1 singles at Country radio, earning a whole new
legion of fans. In 2014, Rucker won his third career GRAMMY Award
for Best Solo Country Performance with his 8x Platinum version of
Old Crow Medicine Show's "Wagon Wheel." As a lifelong
philanthropist, Rucker is a constant supporter of the MUSC
Children's Hospital in his hometown of Charleston, South Carolina. He has also raised
millions of dollars for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
through his annual Darius & Friends benefit concert and golf
tournament, as well as for more than 200 charitable causes
supporting public education and junior golf programs in
South Carolina through the Hootie
& the Blowfish Foundation. In 2019, Rucker embarked on the
completely sold-out Group Therapy Tour with his Hootie &
the Blowfish bandmates as they celebrated the 25th anniversary of
generation-defining smash Cracked Rear View in
addition to the November 1 release of
Imperfect Circle, their first album in nearly 15 years.
About Clint Black
Clint
is celebrating the release of his 12th studio album, Out of
Sane, marking his first studio project release in five years
and it has been met with excitement from his fans. The lead single,
"America (Still In Love With You)," is Clint's love letter to our
great nation. Clint has one of the most storied careers in modern
music. He surged to superstardom as part of the fabled Class of
'89, reaching No. 1 with five consecutive singles from his
triple-Platinum debut, Killin' Time. He followed that
with the triple-Platinum Put Yourself in My Shoes, and
then a string of Platinum and Gold albums throughout the '90s.
Black's catalog produced 22 No. 1 singles, 31 top ten singles, and
made him one of the most successful singer/songwriters of the
modern era. Clint has sold over 20 million records, earned more
than a dozen Gold and Multi-Platinum awards in the U.S. and
Canada, landed nearly two dozen
major awards and nominations including a GRAMMY, and earned a star
on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
About Tracy
Lawrence
One of Country music's truest
traditionalists, Tracy Lawrence has sold more than 13
million albums and has charted 18 No. 1 songs. He has garnered
numerous CMA and ACM awards and nominations, as well as a Grammy
nomination. Most recently, Lawrence released his
album, Made In America. The album is a milestone for
Lawrence – penning eight of the 12 songs featured on the
album. Lawrence's last studio album, 2017's critically
acclaimed Good Ole Days,
hit the No. 1 position on the iTunes Country Chart. In addition to
his chart-topping success, Lawrence hosts the award-nominated
nationally syndicated radio show "Honky Tonkin' With Tracy
Lawrence," for which he has received two ACM nominations for
National On-Air Personality of the Year. The show features music
from the 80s, 90s and 2000s and is heard on more than 115
affiliates. Tracy is also the co-creator of "Storming
Heaven: The Musical," a production based on the novel "Storming
Heaven." Tracy, along with others, helped to develop the
storyline of the musical and also composed songs for the drama. He
was honored by the Nashville
chapter of AFP (Association of Fundraising Professionals) with
"Philanthropist of The Year" for his nationally recognized annual
MISSION:POSSIBLE Turkey Fry and Concert, which has raised over half
a million dollars for the homeless and hungry in Dallas, Louisville and Nashville, and served more than 84,000 meals.
MISSION:POSSIBLE is poised to make an even larger impact in the
future, as the 501(c)(3) organization expands into more markets
across the country.
About St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
St. Jude
Children's Research Hospital is leading the way the world
understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other
life-threatening diseases. Its purpose is clear: Finding cures.
Saving children.® It is the only National Cancer
Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to
children. Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the
overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to more than
80 percent since the hospital opened more than 50 years
ago. St. Jude won't stop until no child dies from
cancer. St. Jude freely shares the discoveries it makes, and
every child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists
worldwide can use that knowledge to save thousands more children.
Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel,
housing or food – because all a family should worry about is
helping their child live. Join the St. Jude mission by
visiting stjude.org, liking St. Jude on Facebook,
following St. Jude
on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok, and
subscribing to its YouTube channel.
About the Grand Ole Opry
To plan an Opry visit, call
(800) SEE-OPRY or visit opry.com. The Opry presents the best
in country music live every week from Nashville, Tenn. The Opry can be heard
at opry.com and wsmonline.com, Opry and WSM mobile
apps, SiriusXM, and its flagship home, 650 AM-WSM. The Grand Ole
Opry is owned by Ryman Hospitality Properties (NYSE: RHP).
For more information, visit opry.com.
Media Contacts for Darius
Rucker / "Darius & Friends"
Ebie McFarland | Janet
Edbrooke
Essential Broadcast Media
(615) 327-3259
ebie@ebmediapr.com | janet@ebmediapr.com
Leigh Malleus
UMG Nashville
(615) 524-7516
Leigh.Malleus@umusic.com
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