 NEW YORK, NY - (By Sheila Richman/ Atlantic Records) - Custard/ Atlantic recording artist James Blunt has announced that he will play a special show to benefit Doctors Without Borders/ Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), the international medical humanitarian organization. The performance will take place on November 16th at the House of Blues in Los Angeles. Tickets will be priced at $40 and will go on sale Wednesday, October 18th at 12pm PDT/3pm EDT. A staunch supporter of Doctors Without Borders/MSF, Blunt personally witnessed the organization's life-saving work while stationed with the British army in Kosovo, where he served as a reconnaissance officer with the NATO peacekeeping force. One of his songs, "No Bravery," was written in response to the genocide he had witnessed while in Kosovo. In addition to the benefit concert at the House of Blues, at each venue on Blunt's current U.S. tour, a personal, one-on-one after show meet and greet with James is being auctioned at the show's merchandise booth, with all proceeds going to Doctors Without Borders/MSF. James has raised over $70k since he started doing these auctions earlier this year on his Spring 2006 tour with one recent auction earning $8600 in a single night. James Blunt is currently on the final leg of his "Back To Bedlam World Tour." The 35-city North American leg of the global itinerary kicked off on October 1st and is slated to wrap up on November 18th in Las Vegas. Among the highlights of the tour was Blunt's two-night stand last week at Radio City Music Hall in New York and his upcoming show at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles on November 15th. Blunt's debut album, "BACK TO BEDLAM," celebrated its one-year anniversary last week on the Billboard 200 album chart. Certified double platinum by the RIAA, the album is the third best selling album of 2006 and includes the No 1 smash, "You're Beautiful," and the current hit single, "Goodbye My Lover." "BACK TO BEDLAM" has sold ten million units worldwide.
For more information, please visit www.jamesblunt.com.
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