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The 2008 Vans Warped Tour Charity Concert Ticket Auctions Will Put
You On-Stage with Your Favorite Band

April 7, 2008 – Los Angeles, CA – The T.J. Martell Foundation, in
conjunction with The 2008 Vans Warped Tour, is proud to announce the
Fifth Annual Charity Ticket Auction for Leukemia, Cancer and AIDS
Research. Beginning Monday, April 21, 2008 and running for three
consecutive weeks, fans can bid on eBay for a once-in-a-lifetime
chance to receive two tickets to “America’s most successful festival”
(Rolling Stone, June 30, 2005), and premiere punk rock concert: the
14th Annual Vans Warped Tour, presented by AT&T. In addition, the
top bidder and their guest will watch their favorite band perform
from the best seats in the house: ON- STAGE!

The all-day outdoor festivals, drawing as many as 15,000 to 35,000
fans per event, will make stops in 46 US and Canadian cities,
coast-to-coast, beginning on June 20th, 2008, in Pomona, California,
and concluding August 17, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. Each
festival date features over 40 cutting-edge musical artists
performing on five stages, as well as other attractions including top
athletes in the action sports world, skateboard ramps and
demonstrations, informational tents, autograph signings, giveaways
and lifestyle events. Projected to be the largest in it’s history,
the 2008 Vans Warped Tour will feature leading punk and hard rock
bands, including Against Me!, Angels & Airwaves, Cobra Starship, Gym
Class Heroes, Paramore, Pennywise, Relient K, The Academy Is.., and
others.

The T. J Martell Foundation, founded in 1975 by Columbia/Sony music
industry executive Tony Martell in memory of his son, T.J., a victim
of leukemia, has since raised more than $230 million over 33-years to
combat the world’s three most deadliest diseases. The T.J. Martell
Foundation, with its unique connections to the music industry,
remains dedicated to raising funds through innovative, interesting,
exciting, and enthusiastic activities for the innovative initial and
ongoing research into the treatments and cures of leukemia, cancer,
and AIDS at the leading eight research facilities throughout the
United States. In the previous four years, The T. J. Martell
Foundation’s Vans Warped Tour Ticket Auctions generated over $40,000
in funding.

All proceeds from the Vans Warped Tour ticket auctions will benefit
the life saving research conducted at The Mayo Clinic, Memorial
Sloan-Kettering, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and others. Over
the past decade, The T.J. Martell Foundation’s efforts have
contributed to the discovery of Gleevec, the breakthrough drug that
has a profound effect on a rare strain of leukemia, and the design
and creation of the “chemo-therapeutic cocktail,” now considered the
worldwide standard for treating breast cancer. In addition, T.J.
Martell Foundation funding has helped improve the cure rate of
Neuroblastoma, a deadly form of cancer attacking young children, from
under 20% to 80%.

Vans Warped Tour Ticket Auctions will begin on Monday, April 21,
2008, when 15 pairs of tickets with accompanying stage access passes
for the first 15 tour dates will be posted to eBay as Seven-Day, No
Reserve Auctions. Fifteen additional pairs of tickets with stage
passes, for each additional 15 tour dates will again be posted to
eBay on April 28, and May 5, 2008. Those individuals interested in
bidding on these very special experience tickets and stage passes can
access all of the T. J. Martell Foundation eBay auctions by clicking
on the “T.J. Martell Auctions on eBay” link found at
www.tjmartellfoundation.org

For more info about the Vans Warped Tour, please check out:
www.warpedtour.com