Ben Sherman has partnered with Lifebeat, the music industry’s response to AIDS prevention and education. What’s so unique about this collaboration is that they have gathered bespoke memorabilia from around the world from some of the world’s biggest names in music from Mark Ronson, Coldplay, Panic! at the Disco, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Emmylou Harris, Futureheads, Jack Penate, James Blunt, The Kooks, Mary Wilson, The Monkees, Noah & The Whale, Paul Weller, Pete and the Pirates, Ronnie Wood, Stereophonics, We are Scientists, among many, many others.
We had the pleasure of attending the star-studded concert at the Gramercy Theatre which was hosted by John Roberts and featured performances by the original American MC of Brooklyn, Talib Kweli, and UK band Graffiti6, who was selected by MTV as an artist to watch in 2011.
The online ebay auction on bespoke memorabilia is LIVE and can be viewed HERE for bidding. All proceeds will benefit Lifebeat, the music industry’s charity for AIDS prevention and education in youth. Please tune into www.benshermanvip.com for more information.
Before he hit the stage, we caught up with MC of the evening, John Roberts…
After the concert we had the pleasure to speaking with Talib Kweli…
TK: Make music. Sell it. It’s simpler than it seems.
Check out our exclusive footage of Graffiti6 and Talib Kweli performing on our YouTube Page.
Special Thanks to everyone at Ben Sherman & Lifebeat for hosting such a inspiring event.
