New York, NY (Rock-a-Fella Records) -- AOL
Music LIVE! (www.aolmusic.com) today announced it will broadcast a special live "H 2 the IzzO" charity concert with multiplatinum recording artist
Jay-Z to further raise awareness for the PlayPumps International initiative. The event will take place on Friday, November 24, at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City and will be broadcast globally online by AOL
Music LIVE! Tickets for the show will be available to fans on Tuesday, November 21st at 9:00am (EST) through Ticketmaster.
The "H 2 the IzzO" concert benefiting PlayPumps International will be broadcast live and exclusively on AOL Music LIVE! for free beginning at 10:00pm ET. Fans will be able to watch the show live on AOL, and will be able to see the concert on demand after the show ends.
PlayPumps International is a nonprofit collaborative that enables individuals, governments, foundations and companies to donate PlayPump? water systems to rural communities and schools. The PlayPump? system draws clean water while children play on a merry-go-round - as the children play, water flows into a storage tank and is easily accessed with the turn of a tap. For more information about PlayPumps International, check out www.playpumps.org.
"The "H 2 the IzzO" benefit concert is going to be a high-energy experience," said Jay-Z, who is also CEO and President of Def Jam Recordings. "Having AOL Music LIVE! broadcasting it to fans live and on demand around the world is a remarkable thing -� not just because of the new album but because we have a chance to help raise awareness of a very serious problem for more than 1 billion people."
"We were thrilled to work with Jay-Z at Live 8, and ever since we have been trying to find the right opportunity to once again bring the full power of Jay-Z's music and message to fans online," said Jack Isquith, Executive Producer of AOL Music LIVE! "We are proud to partner with Jay-Z to broadcast the 'H 2 the IzzO' charity concert on AOL, as we see this broadcast as the perfect marriage of a great artist, a needed cause and the force of the Web."
AOL Music LIVE! is the popular concert series, featuring some of the biggest names in music performing for live and on-demand broadcasts, available at www.aolmusic.com. Previous AOL Music LIVE! events include the historic Live 8, as well as individual performances by some of the world's biggest stars including Kanye West, Green Day, Alicia Keys, Coldplay, Usher, Nelly, My Chemical Romance, Avril Lavigne, Foo Fighters and Josh Groban, among others.
In addition to the AOL Music LIVE! benefit concert, AOL Music has several offerings available for Jay-Z fans including an exclusive sit-down interview with the multiple Grammy Award winner and a pre-release AOL Music Listening Party on Monday, November 20, showcasing his highly anticipated album, Kingdom Come.
