The winners of Stand Up To Cancer's "Up 2 You"competition in which Dave Stewart and Joss Stone asked the world to spread the word about the initiative by covering their hymn "Stand Up To Cancer" and upload a video of it to YouTube. The entries are covering a wide range of musical, visual and social ways expressing the message of the song. Read details of the competition and the prizes in the original announcement here and watch the videos … more
As if a commercial free, simultaneous one hour charity special on ALL major US tv networks (ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, ...) for Stand Up To Cancer with Dave Stewart wouldn't be an unbelievable event already, now more stars (including now George Clooney, Gwyneth Paltrow, Will Smith, Denzel Washington and Renee Zellweger) and more music acts (e.g. Neil Diamond, Herbie Hancock, Kris Kristofferson and Leona Lewis) are joining the effort to raise attention and money … more
The line of stars for the Stand Up to Cancer concert on September 10 (reported about yesterday) is already getting longer:
The musical lineup includes besides Dave Stewart and Stevie Wonder also Natasha Bedingfield (WITH Stevie Wonder!), Queen Latifah, Aaron Neville and Martina McBride now.
Among the other participating celebrities are: Ray Liotta, Seth Rogen, Mandy Moore, Sharon Osbourne, The Edge (U2), The Simpsons (!), Reese Witherspoon, Christina … more
Stevie Wonder will join Natasha Bedingfield, Queen Latifah, Martina McBride, Aaron Neville and Dave Stewart for a performance on the Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) TV fundraiser at 8pm ET on Sept. 10.
The collaboration will be part of an "extraordinary line-up of actors, musicians, athletes and journalists," according to a statement. The various participants have banded together for Stand Up To Cancer, an initiative aimed at raising funds to accelerate cancer research. … more
Early this year Dave Stewart designed a Flip video camcorder featuring his now trademark hat to bring awareness to and inspire the community touched by, living with and standing up to cancer (ethrill.net reported). For each camcorder sold, $10 will be donated to Stand Up To Cancer, a charity Dave Stewart is supporting.
The cool camera has been unavailable recently, but now it is back in stock in several sizes.
You can visit the website here to … more
Dave Stewart wrote on the Huffington Post website today the background story of his hymn for this favourite charity "Stand Up To Cancer" and the new "Up 2 You" competition:
"As most back stories to songs do, this one begins with a woman. In this case, it's the powerful force of nature known as Laura Ziskin - not just a cancer survivor, but a cancer fighter. When she's not making movies about superheroes, she's off being one with her Stand Up To Cancer … more
In celebration of its two year anniversary on May 28, 2010, Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) has launched the Dave Stewart "Up2 You" Video Challenge. The Dave Stewart "Up2 You" Video Challenge invites the public to upload a YouTube video in response to Dave Stewart's powerful song "Stand Up To Cancer" which has become the anthem for the organization.
The song is featured in a PSA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yxwtsVIQSQ) … more
As reported end of last year Dave Stewart wrote a hymn for the anti-cancer campaign Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C). His song for cancer made huge waves (see here) when it was first played to the world - you might have seen this debut live performance with Ann Marie Calhoun.
Now a studio recording of the song with strings and Joss Stone on additional vocals has been released (cover see left).
The 2:40 min single edit of "Stand Up To Cancer" can be purchased at … more
"My Hat Flip" is the name of a new edition of the "flip" video camera designed by noone other but Dave Stewart. The back of the camera shows his cool new hat and his signature, both printed on an orange background.
Three editions of the camera are available:
* Mino 60 min - $ 149.99
* MinoHD 60 min- $ 199.99
* MinoHD 120 min - $ 229.99
Dave designed this camcorder to bring awareness to and inspire the … more
Dave Stewart and some of his friends appear in the latest video published by Stand Up To Cancer (website) which is also featuring parts of a beautiful version of Dave Stewart's song written for the cancer research foundation last year - this time with Joss Stone on vocals! See some photos from the new video here, read the official description and watch the 60 seconds clip below now: … more