Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Curb Records) - Award-winning, platinum selling entertainer
Clay Walker will help celebrate
National MS Awareness Week with a multitude of appearances that began on Saturday, March 3rd at the
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo where Clay presented a $100,000 check on behalf of his Band Against MS charity to the University of
Texas Medical School. March 5-10, Clay is teaming up with the
National Multiple Sclerosis Society in an effort to raise awareness about MS and to help launch an MS movement by and for people with MS that will bring us closer to a world free of the disease.
Clay will sit down on Tuesday, March 6th with the hosts of 'iVillage Live,' an interactive television show, allowing you to get in touch with Clay while he's on air, through text messaging, email, and chat rooms. Broadcasting live before a studio audience each weekday from Universal Orlando Resort's Islands of Adventure, fans can watch "iVillage Live" online at www.ivillagelive.com and on the following stations (all times local):
New York City - WNBC 4 - Noon
Los Angeles - KNBC 4 - Noon
Chicago - WMAQ-TV 5 - 11am
Philadelphia - WCAU 10 - Noon
San Francisco - KNTV 11 - Noon
Seattle - KONG 6/16 - 2pm
Dallas-Fort Worth - KXAS-TV 5 - 11am
Washington, D.C. - WRC-TV 4 - Noon
Miami - WTVJ 6 - Noon
San Diego - KNSD 39 - Noon
Hartford - WVIT-TV 30 - Noon
Oklahoma City - KFOR 4 - 11am
In addition, Walker will participate in 23 satellite television interviews ranging from Portland, Oregon to Huntsville, Alabama.
It is estimated that in this week alone, each hour someone will be newly diagnosed with the disease. Clay has lived with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), the most common form of MS, for eight years. His personal experience with this potentially devastating autoimmune disease, which affects the central nervous system, has inspired him to use his voice not only to reach country music fans – but the hundreds of thousands of people living with MS and their loved ones across the country.
When Clay was first diagnosed with RRMS at age 26, his biggest fear was that the disease would rob him of an active lifestyle that was so important to him. Now, eight years later, he continues to record new albums, perform to sold-out crowds, ride horses and run on the beach with his daughters. He has become well known with over 30 Billboard hits, 11 No 1 hits including, 'Live Until I Die,' If I Could Make A Living,' 'What's It To You,' Rumor Has It,' 'Then What?,' 'Live, Laugh, Love,' 'The Chain Of Love,' and more. Recent hits 'A Few Questions' and 'I Can't Sleep' on his latest release have helped sustain Walker's stardom.
Walker's new project Fall for Asylum/Curb Records featuring the new single 'Fore She Was Momma' will be released on April 17th.
