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The First Annual Terminal Disease Research Benefit Concert!

All proceeds from ticket sales, corporate and national donations go to combatting AIDS, cancer, polio, cholera, typhus, ebola and other communicable diseases in nations around the world!

Featuring the musical stylings of:

From Pacitalia: Gwen Stefani, Andrea Bocelli, The Cars, Destiny's Child, Diana Krall, Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Michael Bublé, Franz Ferdinand, Fefe Dobson, Keane, Sam Roberts, Modest Mouse, Nelly Furtado and Manhattan Transfer!
From Sarzonia: Fleetwood Mac with a special solo performance by Stevie Nicks! Plus, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Heart and Aerosmith!
From Euroslavia: Evanescence!
From The Macabees: Creedence Clearwater Revival, Lostprophets, My Chemical Romance and 38 Special!
From The Island of Rose: Outkast, MC Sexy, Nas and The Hot Rosians!
From Risban: U2, Maroon 5, The Imperial Symphony Orchestra, Scorpii, The Corrs and The Risban Turners!
From MassPwnage: Marx, Sterility, Gulag Witches and Kid DMZ!
From Upper Xen: The Who!
From Tocrowkia: Jack Levin and The Ravens!
From Hallad: The Red Guards, Toxic Freedom, The Toasters and Billy Hard-On and the Soft-Offs!
From Tree Hugging Lesbians: The Indigo Girls!
Courtesy of the Umbrella Corporation: The Zombies!
From Farmina: The Grand Orchestra of Farmina!
From the Generic Empire: Queen and Guns 'N' F---in' Roses!
From the Democratic Colonies: Norah Jones, Sarah McLachlan, Alexis Russel and The Replicants, Desert Storm III, Josie and the Pussycats and Inverted 6-G Dive!

Entrance/exit/marketplace entertainment provided by Spruitland's Jackson Starr and the CliniClowns!

Three rocking days of great music from different genres - all united in the cause to rid the world of these catalysts of grief and human destruction.

6, 7 and 8 May 2005 at Parco Libera in Mandragora, central Pacitalia's cultural capital! - Park Capacity: 800,000

Admission D10.00 by web or phone in advance, D15.00 at gate.
Advance tickets - http://www.ticketmaster.pc/terminaldisease/buy.html
Phone - +2 060 4256 270650

Governments around the world are invited to make minimum donations of D100,000.00 (OOC: $196,000 USD) to solidify the minimum concert goal of 50 billion douros.
Goal reached! Current level of donations - D52,518,398,273.60
(Democratic Colonies $25bn, Pacitalia $25bn, Generia $20bn, Tocrowkia $20bn, Tree Hugging Lesbians $10bn, Farmina $2bn, Risban $630mn, The Macabees $25mn, Hallad $196k)

(OOC: Any other countries with high-profile bands (from RL or NS) that wish to participate, just post here. This may or may not turn into a RP, I thought if if it is an RP or just a diplomatic thing, it would still be fun.)

From TIOR: MC Sexy, Outkast, Nas, The Hot Rosians

OOC: Added you. Thanks!

Risban: The Imperial Symphony Orchestra led by John Williams, Maroon 5 ((my uncle works for them! heh)), the Corrs ((he works for them too)), the Risban Turners, Scorpii, and U2.

Added you as well. Two high-profile bands, excellent! :)

[OOC: Credence Clearwater Revival too for me!]

We are willing to donate twenty-five million USD for this concert, which is just a tad short of the total you are hoping to collect.

Though in a state of chaos, we can spare funds to send The Who.

Rosa Luxembourg Fujimoto

OOC: In UX Guise...too lazy

Though in a state of chaos, we can spare funds to send The Who.

Rosa Luxembourg Fujimoto

Tell Pete Townshend to send me the guitar instead of smashing it against the ground. Thanks.

Tell Pete Townshend to send me the guitar instead of smashing it against the ground. Thanks.

We will...

Rosa Luxembourg Fujimoto

OOC: That's still just over 50% of the total! CCR, nice choice. And I will add The Who. Thanks, UX.

We thank the Macabean Imperium for their generous donation to help make this benefit concert a success. We ourselves will be donating 12.8 million douros ($25 million USD) as well. That should definitely set the goal's achivement in stone.

Paulina Cessaniti
Agustinate of Culture and Heritage

OOC: That's still just over 50% of the total! CCR, nice choice. And I will add The Who. Thanks, UX.

We thank the Macabean Imperium for their generous donation to help make this benefit concert a success. We ourselves will be donating 12.8 million douros ($25 million USD) as well. That should definitely set the goal's achivement in stone.

Paulina Cessaniti
Agustinate of Culture and Heritage

OOC: Rosa is actually our acting president. Just list the who.

(Nooooo! Someone already has U2! x.x)

The Reich proposes the following bands/artists for this event:

Jack Levin: To say this man is currently a hit with Tocrowkian Teens is a vast understatement. He is insanely popular, infact his most recent album sold over 600 Million Copies within the first 14 hours! And at a recent concert, the said event had to be carried out to the Tocrowkian Steppes just to accommodate the 600,000 Teens that sallied out to see him. He deals mostly with pop and rock, and is a strong believer in world wide peace and acceptance.

"The Ravens": Naming them selves after the national animal of our nation, this group is the second(Only to Levin) most popular rock band in Tocrowkia. Their latest tour through Tocrowkia grossed over 10 Billion USD! All of which they donated to charity causes and decease research.

Additionaly, Tocrowkia would also like to donate a sum of twenty billion dollars to this cause. We would donate more, but we have a war going on after all.

Twenty billion dollars? That is most generous. Thank you.

- P. Cessaniti

The following bands from Hallad wish to play at this concert: Billy Hard-On and the Soft Offs, the Toasters, the Red Guards, Toxic Freedom.

The Halladi government would also like to donate U980,000 (D100,000) to the benefit.

The Commissariat of Culture
The Commissariat of Humanitarian Aid
The Federated Workers' State of Hallad

Your bands are more than welcome to attend the concert and perform. We thank you for the generous donation and your interest in participation.

P. Cessaniti

From MassPwnage: Marx (Ultra-heavy Nu-metal band), Sterility (Think NIN), Kid DMZ (like Jin, with a brain in his head), Gulag Witches (Girl version of Marx, except scarier)

Track Listing: (*) is a hit single, (^) is for exceptionally intense lyrics

Marx:

1.) Proletariat*
2.) God of War* (^)
3.) Pioneer
4.) Pyramid of Skulls
5.) Reaper of Whirlwinds
6.) Hammer and Sickle*
7.) Lord of Destruction (^)
8.) Wretched Poverty
9.) Reptile King
10.) The Jungle
11.) We Come to Die*(^)
12.) World at War* (^)
13.) Capitalist

Sterility:

1.) Inferno*(^)
2.) Rampage
3.) Glass Dolls*(^)
4.) Shattered
5.) Caged
6.) My Own Hell*(^)
7.) Follower
8.) Bondage(^)
9.) Crushed
10.) Beaten
11.) The Cancer*
12.) Eaten Alive(^)

Gulag Witches

1.) Heroine*(^)
2.) Twisted Metal*(^)
3.) Michelle(^)
4.) Re-educated(^)
5.) Idolized
6.) Am I a Terrorist*
7.) Dead on Arrival(^)
8.) Crusader*
9.) Torture Me(^)
10.) Lightbearer*
11.) Dead Girl(^)
12.) Good God! (Korn Cover)
13.) XIII*(^)

Kid DMZ
1.) Streets of Hong Kong*
2.) The Jungle (Rap Metal, with Marx)(^)
3.) My Drugs*(^)
4.) Psychosis
5.) Material Possessions*(^)
6.) Wrecking Ball(^)
7.) Pimp Wars*
8.) The Chinese
9.) Mugged(^)
10.) Liquor Bottle Hobo*
11.) Roadkilled*
12.) Learn to Spell you F*cking Idiot.

The Grand Imperium of Risban shall donate $600 Million to this cause.

-Lord William Plutus, Minister of Finance


The Scorpius Corporation shall donate $30 Million to this cause.

-Duke Magnus Scorpius, CEO

Thanks for the generous donation to fighting terminal diseases worldwide.

Paulina Cessaniti
Agustinate of Culture and Heritage

Um...We'll send the Indigo Girls, we guess. Also, we woud like to donate a sum of 10 Billion Dollars to the cause, as we just happen to have that much lying around.

The Corporation would like to send Rock Band "The Zombies"(Irony at it's epitome!), and donate a sum of 14 Billion Dollars to the cause.

Um...We'll send the Indigo Girls, we guess. Also, we woud like to donate a sum of 10 Billion Dollars to the cause, as we just happen to have that much lying around.

THL: Accepted, thanks for participating in this concert. And thank you for the donation.

Umbrella Corp.: As long as they're not real zombies and you don't plan to unleash a virus on eight hundred thousand unsuspecting citizens, you can come.

THL: Accepted, thanks for participating in this concert. And thank you for the donation.

Umbrella Corp.: As long as they're not real zombies and you don't plan to unleash a virus on eight hundred thousand unsuspecting citizens, you can come.


Of course their not real zombies. Real Zombies singing would sound something like audio from a badly written and acted porn movie.

And Virus? There is no virus...

*Flashes red stick thing from MBI*

Okay, but I'm saying I'm not going to be RPing any virus things, so forget it. ;)

We'd like to ask some questions though:


1) Are these performances indoor, or outdoor?

2) How many tickets are available, and for how much?

3) How do you plan to deal with the influx of hundreds of thousands, if not millions of rabid fans?

Read the first post to answer the first two questions. But to clarify, it is an outdoor venue with a covered, lighted stage.

Security will be provided by the SAFD and the Mandragora Police Administration. Numbers will be high. Some streets will be closed for use only by pedestrians to get to and from the park.

How expensive will the t-shirts be?

-random Who fan in UX

And can we have Bonos autograph?

-The Royal Family

Spruitland sends local one-hit-wonder Jackson Starr and the CliniClowns (Nurse, My Pressure’s Risin’ – 37 weeks on #1 in the Spruitland Charts) to provide street entertainment for the people waiting in line outside the Parco Libera.

The Spruitland Government would also like to donate $217,537 USD and 2,000 liters of cough syrup.

Jeanette Pitt
Minister of Culture ‘n’ Stuff
&
Olivier Hak
Minister of Health

T-Shirts for all performing bands will be available in a marketplace adjacent to the park. The basic rate will be D5.00, but merchants may or may not raise the price to increase their profit. However, the ones selling for basic rates will see D3.00 go to charity, the rest to pay back the shirt manufacturers for materials and labour.

Bono and artists like him will be signing autographs in the public during the concert, but after a private session will be available for governments and high-profile figures to get their turn.

Thanks to Spruitland for their generous donation and their intelligence - that cough syrup will definitely be needed for both the crowd and performers.

Just a note that outside the park gates there is room for about 300,000 more people, but they may be able to see the concert without paying, which is rather sad.

In an effort to rebuild ties with the international community, Emperor Justinian has offered his personal orchestra, which mainly plays classical, jazz and blues. He has also offered $2 billion US for the cause.

Thomas Goth
Chancellor for Foriegn Affairs

OOC: Just curious, but how are you going to fit all these bands into just three days?

OOC: Easily I would think. I have seen music crammed in a lot more. A good idea would to be have three seperate stages, so while one band is playing the other two are being set up.

It's a non-stop concert that runs for 72 hours straight without stopping once. Each band will probably play for between 1 or 2 hours.

IC/OOC: Farmina, what's the name of the Emperor's orchestra? And thanks for the donation, by the way. Most gracious of you.

OOC: After hearing of the tragic news of the passing of Spencer Wyatt, the respectable and loved person who ran WyattLand, I dedicate this topic and subsequent RP to him. May he rest in peace.

The Generic Empire will dispatch the one and only Guns 'N' fuckin' Roses (newly reformed with the original Lineup). We hope this will help raise money for such a worthy cause. Emperor Antonius himself has also offered to donate 20 billion dollars from his personal trust fund.

It's a non-stop concert that runs for 72 hours straight without stopping once. Each band will probably play for between 1 or 2 hours.

IC/OOC: Farmina, what's the name of the Emperor's orchestra? And thanks for the donation, by the way. Most gracious of you.

OOC: Err...name. Actually it probably isn't technically an orchastra either. It shall be called "The Grand Orchasra of Farmina."

OOC: Okay, I'll change the name of it, then. Thanks a lot for participating, both you and Generia!

I would inquire as to whether it is possible to inquire as to whether Pacitalia's embargo against Farmina still stands. It would be most inappropriate for us to supply musicians and funding to Pacitalia, if Pacitalia takes the moral stand that it wants nothing to do with Farmina. Also should be considered, Farmina’s constitutional alterations and new government.

Andre Citrus
Chancellor for Trade

The embargo still stands today, but we are interested in bilateral talks to remove the said legislation. Regardless of that, none of the money will touch government hands - this is an event held by private citizens with the support of the Government of Pacitalia - so you need not worry about any problems with ethics. As I said, though, a lift of the embargo could be considered.

Cristiano DePieri
Agustinate of Industry, Commerce & Trade

Gwen Stefani would indeed like to take part in this event- she does enjoy being able to combine her musical and diplomatic tours- however, she would like to point out that she actually comes from the nation of Gwenstefani. No Doubt would also like to perform.

OOC: In your dreams, buddy. She was born in Pacitalia in 1969 and I've been RPing as her being from Pacitalia since before you were created. Go check my factbook if you want to see it. ;)

Regardless, if a band/artist/performer is already chosen, you have to choose somebody else to perform.

Pick another artist/performer, please.

I will be accepting bands from five (5) more countries, maybe six.

The Democratic Colonies would like to contribute 25 billion dollars to combating the terminal illnesses that cause pain and suffering world wide. This event to help those in need should cross all international borders and barriers, for it benefits all of mankind.

The Democratic Colonies would like to have the following musical artists and groups perform for the benefit concert:

- Norah Jones
- Sarah McLachlan
- Alexis Russel and The Replicants
- Desert Storm III
- Josie and the Pussycats
- Inverted 6-G Dive

((OOC: We've gotta get Queen in here. It wouldn't be a Live Aid-esque benefit concert without Queen. But then I suppose we'd need a Voodoo sorcerer to resurrect Freddie Mercury.))

OOC: That's fine, GE. We've got bands in here that are past their prime anyway IRL, so a resurrection of Queen wouldn't be too bad.

And D.C. is accepted.

The embargo still stands today, but we are interested in bilateral talks to remove the said legislation. Regardless of that, none of the money will touch government hands - this is an event held by private citizens with the support of the Government of Pacitalia - so you need not worry about any problems with ethics. As I said, though, a lift of the embargo could be considered.

Cristiano DePieri
Agustinate of Industry, Commerce & Trade

We would be very interested in entering into such talks.

Andre Cirtus
Chancellor for Trade

I would like to donate, from my personal accounts, forty-five billion kroner to this most worthy cause. My donation comes with a single stipulation: concert attendance shall be free. I would also like to see that at least 10% of the available seats are made available to AIDS and cancer patients (those that are healthy enough to attend). Any additional costs to accommodate these people shall be forwarded to me.

I would also like to offer the services of the Royal Philharmonic. The RP is the Grand Duchy's most accomplished and renowned symphony orchestra. Beside the usual classical, blues, and jazz pieces, the Royal Philharmonic is an established power in folk music as well as more modern compositions in the classical mold.

Reginald Leopold I, Magnus Dux



OOC: 1 Krone= $2 USD, so the Grand Duke's donation comes to $90 billion USD.

In addition, put down that most awesome group R.E.M as coming care of Hamptonshire.

Courtesy bump