yo yo yo yo homes...check it out...amnesty international (ai) has scored a hit in the music charts with its album of john lennon cover versions...
the 28-track album - featuring songs from stars including u2, avril lavigne, jackson browne, jakob dylan, and green day - has picked up two gold discs after selling almost 400,000 copies worldwide since its release in june...
you can still receive the lennon tribute cd for FREE by joining amnesty international at the $50 level by clicking here...
make some noise: the amnesty international campaign to save darfur received the awards for its impressive sales in italy and ireland...so far it has sold 394,000 copies (including 130,000 in the u.s.) and the figures are still rising...
ai launched a global petition on darfur to coincide with the album, resulting in similar success...there was a boost for the campaign in august when the u.n. security council resolved to send a joint african union/united nations peacekeeping force to the crisis-hit region...
the ai petition also urges the sudanese government to halt indiscriminate attacks against civilians, disarm a regional militia (the janjawid) and enforce an arms embargo...
other artists to contribute to the make some noise album include r.e.m., christina aguilera, snow patrol and the flaming lips...thanks to the wisdom and generosity of yoko ono at least 97% of its proceeds go to amnesty international...
and in an exclusive competition in colloboration with ai, gibson guitars are giving away the chance to win a fabulous gibson john lennon 1965 casino guitar...you can enter the contest at: http://www.gibson.com/contestinstantkarma_eu.aspx
meanwhile, hard rock cafes around the world are selling signature t-shirts - designed by green day...you can buy the shirt at: http://www.hardrock.com/amnesty/default.asp!
oh yeah, you can download the album and access the petition at: http://www.amnesty.org/noise
peace out <3
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