Past Tours
2010 Tour
THE BANDS: We The Kings, Mayday Parade, A Rocket To The Moon, There For Tomorrow, Stereo Skyline, Call The Cops
THE CAUSE: The charity spotlighted for Take Action in 2010 is Driving For Donors, the brainchild of now 14-year-old Patrick Pedraja who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at age 10. In 2007, at age 11, Patrick and his family started Driving For Donors and traveled around the country in a special “Donormobile” with the mission of signing people up for the National Marrow Registry to help find bone marrow matches for people in need of a transplant. Since then they have added over 22,000 donors to the registry and saved more than 24 people’s lives with matches.
10% of the cost of each ticket sold is donated to further Patrick’s mission making each person attending the Take Action Tour an active participant in making the world a better place. In addition Take Action is offering fans an opportunity to personally help save a life with onsite registration for the National Marrow Registry available at every tour stop. Registration is simple and only requires the donor to be between the ages of 18 and 61, have a desire to help save a life, and have time for a quick cheek swab and simple paperwork. Registering is much easier than most people think and information about the entire process can be found at BeTheMatch.org. Those under 18 will have plenty of ways to support the cause as well, including buying a copy of the compilation, and they can learn more at each show or by visiting drivingfordonors.com.
THE SPONSORS: Take Action thanks, our many great sponsors of the tour. Presenting sponsor Hot Topic has worked with the Take Action Tour since the tour’s inception in 1999 and their commitment to helping make a positive impact continues to be as strong in 2010 as it has ever been. The music lifestyle mall retailer (hottopic.com) is a natural fit as a presenter, because they demonstrate a passion for music in everything they do. Expect to find the Take Action Compilation Volume 9 in local Hot Topic stores and to see the bands from the tour making several special appearances throughout the tour. Also generously supporting the 2010 tour is MySpace Music, Alternative Press Magazine, Absolutepunk.net, TouchTunes, Go Merch, Hopeless Records, S-Curve Records, Atlantic Records, Fueled By Ramen Records, and MySpace Records.
THE COMPILATION: 2010’s Take Action! Compilation is the 9th in the annual series and includes tracks from We The Kings, Mayday Parade, 30H!3, Cobra Starship, Taking Back Sunday, There For Tomorrow, Frank Turner, The Friday Night Boys, Anarbor, and Hit The Lights, among others. Sub City has raised millions of dollars and awareness for various charitable organizations that aim to make the world a better place and 5% of the suggested retail price for each Take Action Volume 9 set sold will be donated to further this cause.
2009 Australian Tour
THE BANDS: All Time Low, Set Your Goals, Stealing O’Neal
THE CAUSE: ReachOut.com is an Australian youth service dedicated to reducing youth suicide. Take Action was able to help ReachOut continue to provide young people with an anonymous and free support website which provides info and advice on issues like depression, bullying, wellbeing and relationships.
THE IMPACT: Over $17,000 was raised for ReachOut.com!
THE SPONSORS: Destroy All Lines, Blunt Magazine, MySpace Music, MySpace Impact, bombshellzine.com, DB Magazine & To Die For Clothing
2009 Tour
THE BANDS: Cute Is What We Aim For, Breathe Carolina, Meg & Dia, Every Avenue, Anarbor
THE CAUSE: Charity partner Do Something is a place where young people are given the opportunity to help change the world. Instead of telling young people what cause they should get involved with, Do Something asks them “What’s your something?” and then gives them the information, resources, and grant money to make change around the causes they are passionate about.
THE IMPACT: 40 shows across the US and Canada, Over $37,000 was raised for Do Something to help young people make a positive difference in their community, & Over 23,000 fans were exposed to the message of positive difference that can be made by each of us through activism and charitable work
THE SPONSORS: f.y.e., Myspace Music, Myspace Impact, Alternative Press, PureVolume, Absolutepunk.net, Guitar Center, Epiphone, Live Nation, House of Blues
THE COMPILATION:2009’s Take Action! Compilation was the 8th in the annual series and included tracks from Cute Is What We Aim For, All Time Low, Motion City Soundtrack, Rise Against, Underoath and many more. 5% of the suggested retail price for all copies sold of the CD/DVD package is donated to Do Something.
2008 Tour
THE BANDS: Every Time I Die, From First To Last, The Bled, August Burns Red, The Human Abstract
THE CAUSE: Charity partner Do Something is a place where young people are given the opportunity to help change the world. Instead of telling young people what cause they should get involved with, Do Something asks them “What’s your something?” and then gives them the information, resources, and grant money to make change around the causes they are passionate about.
THE IMPACT: Over $75,000 was raised for Do Something to help young people make a positive difference in the world(based on a donation of 10% of all tickets sold and additional tour related fundraising). Take Action Grants, empowered by MySpace Impact, the Hot Topic Foundation and Hopeless/Sub City Records, were awarded to 9 amazing young people who want to make change in their communities, with a focus on everything from music and art education to suicide prevention and poverty.
THE SPONSORS: Hot Topic, Live Nation, House of Blues, Red Bull, Myspace, Purevolume, Guitar Center, Alternative Press, Absolutepunk, Etnies, Fanscape and Rockett Clothing
THE COMPILATION:2008’s Take Action! Compilation was the 7th in the annual series and included tracks from Every Time I Die, The All American Rejects, Motion City Soundtrack, Chiodos, Silverstein, Plain White T’s, Thrice and many more. 5% of the suggested retail price for all copies sold of the CD/DVD package is donated to Do Something.
2007 Tour
THE BANDS: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Emery, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, A Static Lullaby, Kaddisfly
THE CAUSE: The Youth America Hotline (YAH!), founded by the Kristin Brooks Hope Center (KBHC), is a peer-to-peer counseling network of community based crisis hotlines that help teens and young adults in crisis and provides education on mental health issues. Some of the hotlines have been serving their communities for over 30 years. The Youth America Hotline networks these local lines together, under one easy to remember hotline, 1-877-YOUTHLINE (968-8454). Teens and young people who are looking for peer support are seamlessly connected to an available counselor.
THE IMPACT: Over $100,000 was raised for the Kristin Brooks Hope Center to benefit the Youth America Hotline (based on a donation of 10% of all tickets sold and additional tour related fundraising). Take Action has raised nearly $450,000 for KBHC since the year 2001.
THE SPONSORS: Hot Topic, Red Bull, Purevolume, Etnies, Music Choice, Alternative Press Magazine, Chord Magazine, Fanscape, Punknews.org, Absolutepunk.net, Stim TV, Downloadpunk.com, and Rockthestreet.com
THE COMPILATION: 2007’s Take Action! Compilation was the 6th in the annual series and included tracks from The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, My Chemical Romance, Emery, Senses Fail, Taking Back Sunday, Cute Is What We Aim For, In Flames, Rise Against, Hellogoodbye, Copeland, Underoath, and many more. 5% of the suggested retail price for all copies sold of the 2CD/DVD package is donated to the Kristin Brooks Hope Center, and like the tour, supports their work with The Youth America Hotline.
2006 Tour
THE BANDS: Matchbook Romance, Silverstein, The Early November, Chiodos, Amber Pacific, Paramore, Man Alive, I Am Ghost, We Are The Fury, Hit The Lights, Roses Are Red
THE CAUSE: The Youth America Hotline (YAH!), founded by the Kristin Brooks Hope Center (KBHC), is a peer-to-peer counseling network of community based crisis hotlines that help teens and young adults in crisis and provides education on mental health issues. Some of the hotlines have been serving their communities for over 30 years. The Youth America Hotline networks these local lines together, under one easy to remember hotline, 1-877-YOUTHLINE (968-8454). Teens and young people who are looking for peer support are seamlessly connected to an available counselor.
THE IMPACT: Over $100,000 was raised for the Kristin Brooks Hope Center to benefit the Youth America Hotline (based on a donation of 10% of all tickets sold and additional tour related fundraising).
THE SPONSORS: Hot Topic, Red Bull, mtvU, Purevolume.com, Tower Records, Chord Magazine, Alternative Press Magazine, Etnies, Epitaph Records, StimTV, Fanscape, Downloadpunk.com, Equal Vision Records, Punknews.org, Triple Crown Records, The Militia Group, Nowontour.com, Revenge Clothing
THE COMPILATION: 2006’s Take Action! Compilation was the 5th in the annual series and included tracks from Panic! At The Disco, Underoath, Hawthorne Heights, Sugarcult, As I Lay Dying, and many more. 5% of the suggested retail price for all copies sold of the 2 CD package is donated to the Kristin Brooks Hope Center, and like the tour, supports their work with The Youth America Hotline.
2005 Tour
THE BANDS: Sugarcult, The Early November, Hawthorne Heights, Head Automatica, Hopesfall, Maxeen, Melee, Anberlin, Plain White T’s
THE CAUSE: The Youth America Hotline (YAH!), founded by the Kristin Brooks Hope Center (KBHC), is a peer-to-peer counseling network of community based crisis hotlines that help teens and young adults in crisis and provides education on mental health issues. Some of the hotlines have been serving their communities for over 30 years. The Youth America Hotline networks these local lines together, under one easy to remember hotline, 1-877-YOUTHLINE (968-8454). Teens and young people who are looking for peer support are seamlessly connected to an available counselor.
THE IMPACT: Over $85,000 was raised for the Kristin Brooks Hope Center
THE SPONSORS: Destroy All Lines, Blunt Magazine, MySpace Music, MySpace Impact, bombshellzine.com, DB Magazine & To Die For Clothing
2003 Tour
THE BANDS: Poison The Well, Dillinger Escape Plan, Further Seems Forever, Avenged Sevenfold, Shadows Fall, Eighteen Visions, Shai Hulud, This Day Forward, Since By Man, Throwdown, Himsa and These Arms are Snakes
THE CAUSE: Benefitting the National Hopeline Network 1800SUICIDE in their cause of raising awareness about the problems surrounding suicide and raising funds for their national prevention network and hot line
2002 Plea For Peace/Take Action Tour
THE BANDS: Jimmy Eat World, (International) Noise Conspiracy, Snapcase, Thursday, Poison the Well, Bouncing Souls, Anti-Flag, Cursive, Common Rider, Lawrence Arms, The Promise Ring, Le Tigre, Northern State
THE CAUSE: Kristin Brooks Hope Center National Hopeline Network 1-800-SUICIDE With suicide claiming the lives of more than 5,000 American teens each year, and with another 500,000 who make a non-fatal suicide attempt requiring hospitalization, the Kristin Brooks Hope Center and its National Hopeline Network, 1-800-SUICIDE, work to decrease suicide by making community-based services accessible to all who need them. The Hopeline Network is a group of certified crisis centers, which receive calls 24 hours a day and 7 days a week (the line is never busy).
THE IMPACT: Over $35,000 was raised for the Kristin Brooks Hope Center
2001 Plea for Peace/Take Action Tour
THE BANDS:Hot Water Music, Mike Park, Selby Tigers, Thrice, Alkaline Trio, Matt Skiba, Cave In, The Eyeliners, Zero Zero, Strike Anywhere
THE CAUSE:Kristin Brooks Hope Center National Hopeline Network 1-800-SUICIDE With suicide claiming the lives of more than 5,000 American teens each year, and with another 500,000 who make a non-fatal suicide attempt requiring hospitalization, the Kristin Brooks Hope Center and its National Hopeline Network, 1-800-SUICIDE, work to decrease suicide by making community-based services accessible to all who need them. The Hopeline Network is a group of certified crisis centers, which receive calls 24 hours a day and 7 days a week (the line is never busy).
THE IMPACT: The tour stopped in 35 us cities, performed in front of over 20,000 people and raised over $20,000 for the Hopeline Network 1-800-SUICIDE and their certified local crisis centers. In addition to the funds raised, the tour retrieved thousands of petition signatures to allocate federal funds for mental health issues. The petitions were presented by The Hopeline Network to the Senate appropriations on mental health committee in Washington DC.
THE COMPILATION: The Plea For Peace/Take Action CD compliments the annual Plea For Peace/Take Action music, awareness and fundraising tour. The compilation creates a unique and effective way to combine promoting bands, raising social awareness, and generating necessary funds for non-profit organizations.
