{"id":3034,"date":"2013-05-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2013\/05\/09\/aerosmith-godsmack-extreme-to-play-boston-marathon-fundraiser\/"},"modified":"2013-05-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T00:00:00","slug":"aerosmith-godsmack-extreme-to-play-boston-marathon-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2013\/05\/09\/aerosmith-godsmack-extreme-to-play-boston-marathon-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Aerosmith, Godsmack, Extreme to play Boston Marathon fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a2\/Aerosmith_4.jpg\/200px-Aerosmith_4.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"155\" height=\"116\" \/><br \/>Aerosmith, New Kids on the Block and the J. Geils Band &#8212; all Massachusetts natives &#8212; are to perform at a concert to benefit victims of the bombings at the Boston Marathon.  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>Boston Strong: An Evening of Support &amp; Celebration, scheduled for May 30 at Boston&#8217;s TD Garden, will also feature performances by James Taylor, Jimmy Buffett, Carole King, Jason Aldean, Godsmack, Extreme, the comedians Dane Cook and Steven Wright and the rock band Boston.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the show will go to One Fund Boston, established by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino &#8220;to help the people most affected by the tragic events that occurred in Boston on April 15,&#8221; according to a release.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Like so many other proud Bostonians who have been extremely generous, we are honored to step up and do our part to help the victims and their families,&#8221; said Donnie Wahlberg of New Kids on the Block. &#8220;Hopefully this event will not only raise money, but spirits as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The concert &#8220;is destined to a be a true Boston landmark,&#8221; added Taylor. &#8220;Everyone involved has responded from the heart in a spontaneous and simultaneous desire to be there, and to do what we can for the city we love.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the show, priced between $35 and $285, are to go on sale Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Source: The Los Angeles Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aerosmith, New Kids on the Block and the J. Geils Band &#8212; all Massachusetts natives&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3034\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}