INCUBUS'S BLOG
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A big thank you!
- Posted on 09.11.08
Over the past few years, we have been so fortunate to watch the Make Yourself Foundation grow from its humble beginnings to a full fledged source of assistance and influence in the world. Through all of our combined efforts, MYF was able to reach its first long term goal of One Million dollars late last year. Dozens of important causes were held up with your hands, Incubus' largest tour to date was able to almost completely erase its carbon footprint, and not the least of the accomplishments, together we were reminded that 'many' is more powerful than 'few.'
It has been really wonderful meeting the people all over the world whose love of art and music inspire them towards acts of selflessness. And we look forward to continuing this process further; setting new, larger goals along the way. The accolades granted to Incubus this last year, (EMA Award, Ebay Giving Works Award) are dedicated to those of you who spent your hard earn coin donating to MYF. Without your participation, we...Read More -
Incubus Rocks Many Worlds with its Charity
- Posted on 09.22.08
MSNBC interviewed Brandon Boyd of Incubus about Make Yourself Foundation.
Question: When and why did you decide to found the Make Yourself Foundation?
Answer: I think it was 2003. … All of us kind of realized how we had sort of arrived at this place of visibility, I guess you could say. … I know from personal experience that we really paid attention to the bands that we were listening to. … (Many of them) were promoting certain things at their shows -- booths you could go to here you could find out about certain causes or certain organizations they were working with. … It kind of made it OK as a teenager to get involved with something. … It was an interesting way to be introduced to philanthropy, I guess you could say. So we started really realizing that we had a wonderful chance here to raise awareness about some important things that were going on, (but) where do we start? We figured we would just raise money for and raise awareness towards things that were important to us,...Read More -
Incubus Rocks Many Worlds with its Charity
- Posted on 09.22.08
MSNBC interviewed Brandon Boyd of Incubus about Make Yourself Foundation.
Question: When and why did you decide to found the Make Yourself Foundation?
Answer: I think it was 2003. … All of us kind of realized how we had sort of arrived at this place of visibility, I guess you could say. … I know from personal experience that we really paid attention to the bands that we were listening to. … (Many of them) were promoting certain things at their shows -- booths you could go to here you could find out about certain causes or certain organizations they were working with. … It kind of made it OK as a teenager to get involved with something. … It was an interesting way to be introduced to philanthropy, I guess you could say. So we started really realizing that we had a wonderful chance here to raise awareness about some important things that were going on, (but) where do we start? We figured we would just raise money for and raise awareness towards things that were important to us,...Read More -
Ben Kenney Fall Tour
- Posted on 09.07.08
11/2/08 Pontiac Garage Dallas, TX
11/3/08 Emo's Austin, TX
11/6/08 Eagle Theater Pontiac, MI
11/7/08 Strummers Pittsburgh, PA
11/11/08 The Blender Theater New York, NY
11/12/08 Hard Rock Boston Boston, MA
11/15/08 The Asylum Portland, ME
11/23/08 The Beatles Revolution Las Vegas, NV
11/24/08 House of Blues San Diego, CA
11/25/08 House of Blues Los Angeles, CA
*more dates to come*
