Benefit

Sledding With Tigers Detail Car Accident, Release New Shirt To Raise Funds

Yesterday, we brought you the news that our friends in Sledding With Tigers had been involved in a car accident while traveling between Oklahoma and St. Louis. We felt helpless when we first ran the headline, but in the hours that followed frontman Dan Faughdner and the fine folks at Antique Records developed a way […]

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young To Reunite For Bridge School Benefit

Neil Young, David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash formed their folk rock super group back in the sixties, and have released eight successful studio albums up until the late nineties. Though they are not producing new music together nowadays, they still like to reunite on occasion to perform on special occasions. The last time […]

Blink-182 Have Launched The First Item For Benefit Auction

Blink-182 have launched the first auction item for their benefit for the Oklahoma tornado victims. All the proceeds will be donated to relief efforts. The item is a one of a kind, hand painted bunny (looks cooler than it sounds, trust me) by Brandon Heart. You can place your bid on this item by heading […]

Blink-182 Announce Efforts To Benefit Victims Of Oklahoma Tornado

Pop punk pioneers Blink-182 have announced plans to launch efforts to benefit the victims of the recent tornadoes in Oklahoma. Taking to their Facebook today, the members of Blink-182 wrote a passionate letter to friends and fans about their feelings towards the events that occurred earlier this week. We want the full impact of the […]

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Abiuso Covers The Gay Blades’ “Shake The Graves” To Benefit Boston One Fund

Many of you may not know this, but a good number of the UTG staff live in and around Boston, Massachusetts. The recent events during and following the Boston Marathon hit very close to home for us, and we’re excited to be partnering with another area friend (and industry brother) to help our fine city. […]

BRING BACK THE 80s: Mark Wahlberg Would Reunite With The Funky Bunch To Benefit Boston Bombing Victims

Last month, TMZ gained a tiny of bit of traction running a story that The Funky Bunch would be willing to reunite with actor Mark Wahlberg in the future if he so desired. We didn’t run the story at the time because, to be honest, we didn’t necessarily find it surprising that a group who […]

Kevin Devine Announces Miracle Of 86 Reunion For Hurricane Sandy Benefit

Singer/songwriter Kevin Devine got his start in the band Miracle Of 86. Yesterday, he unveiled their new Twitter account; today, on Facebook and Tumblr, he revealed that they play to do a reunion show on Saturday, January 26, 2013 to benefit victims of Hurricane Sandy. The $20 show will be in Long Island. The show […]

The Gay Blades Release Song To Help Those Affected By Hurricane Sandy

The Gay Blades are without a doubt one of the most influential bands in the life of UTG. Our name hails from a song on their debut album, and we have constantly promoted the New York duo at every given chance. They’re one of many bands that deserve more than they have been given by […]

STREAM: Circa Survive – Hurricane Sandy Benefit EP

Alternative rockers Circa Survive have released an EP to benefit the victims of Hurricane Sandy. The EP is a previously unreleased b-side from Circa Survive, as well as solo work from Anthony Green and remixes from Colin’s solo project Psycho Babble. The full download costs a whopping $4; it’s a must have for any real […]

The Gay Blades Releasing Song To Support Hurricane Sandy Relief

It has been awhile since The Gay Blades blessed us with new music, but an update from the band this evening has given us hope that will be changing soon. Taking to their Facebook, which is updated fairly often for a band that rarely plays shows and hasn’t publicly discussed plans for new music in […]

Bruce Springsteen And More To Play Hurricane Sandy Benefit Concert

Hurricane Sandy has destroyed parts of the East Coast and tomorrow night (Friday) NBC will be holding a benefit concert to bring in money for the victims of the natural disaster. Starting at 8 p.m. EST (USA, MSNBC, CNBC, Bravo, E!, Style Network and G4), “Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together” will bring together performances by Bruce […]

Cory Smoot Benefit Concert Revealed

We were all stunned and devastated to find out when Gwar’s guitarist Cory Smoot (Flattus Maximus) passed away unexpectedly, as the band prepared to cross the Canadian border, on their North American tour. The band and Cory Smoot’s family have organized a benefit concert and UTG has all the details. The benefit event will be […]