Big D and the Kids Table have canceled their upcoming tour due to Dave McWane being diagnosed with throat cancer. Please keep Dave in your thoughts and prayers.

An international punk compilation has been put together by Get Better Records as a benefit for Anthony Poynter, who has been diagnosed with a late stage of cancer. You can find it on bandcamp. Hit the replies for the track listing.

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Jenny Conlee of Decemberists has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The good news is she caught it early. Hit the replies for a statement from the band. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.

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In a new interview, Geezer Butler reveals that Dio could have been saved if he hadn’t refused medical check-up while his bandmates were getting theirs.

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Help the Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation, a research that has discovered a way to treat cancer without side effects, win a...[read more]

Metal legend Dio has been diagnosed with stomach cancer. Keep him and his family in your thoughts.

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Controversial radio personality, Don Imus, announced earlier this morning that he has cancer.

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Karate High School guitarist, Geoff Garnett, has been diagnosed with skin cancer, specifically malignant melanoma. The band has consequently canceled their March tour.

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Bif Naked announces she is diagnosed with breast cancer.

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A friend of AbsolutePunk, Bryan Barnes of Thin Dark Line, is training for a marathon to raise money for Leukemia. He is participating in the Team In Training program for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. To read his story or donate to the LLS, please click here. To post a banner in...[read more]

Plain White T's, The Fold, Scissors and Michaelane will be doing a benefit show for Jeanette Castady (Mother of Daniel from The Fold and George from read more]

Abacus Recordings will release Cancer Bats debut full length, Birthing The Giant, in the US on September 5th.

Cancer Bats and Sick City have lined up the following dates together.

Tour Dates

06/25/2006 - The Royal Albert, Winnipeg, MB
06/28/2006 - Farside Lounge , Red Dear, AB
06/30/2006 - Albert Park Community Center, Calgary, AB
07/01/2006 - Velvet Underground, Edmonton, AB
07/06/2006 - The Queens Hotel, Nanaimo,...[read more]

Concerts For Cancer has posted a new promo video on their web site. The concert will be taking place on June 9th at 6PM at 466 Raider Blvd, Hillsborough NJ 08844 on the Hillsborough High School football field. More information can be found on the event's MySpace page, and a flyer can be found here (PDF).

Bassist Bradley Quinn Andress of the up-and-coming rock band Close To Home was recently diagnosed with a deadly form of cancer while on tour with his band across the U.S. Andress, 20, was told he would die when flu-like symptoms brought him into a hospital after a show and it was discovered he had a seven-inch tumor on one of his lungs. That lung was removed, but Andress will still have to undergo an additional surgery to see if the cancer has spread.

To aid Andress in his fight against cancer, a benefit show...[read more]

Hurley and Smartpunk have teamed up to bring you Gerard Way's (My Chemical Romance) limited edition "Prom Knight" jacket. All proceeds from this jacket will benefit Boarding For Breast Cancer.

Limited Edition Gerard Way...[read more]

Concerts For Cancer has launched an official web site.

If you're in a band, work at a label, are a manager, have connections, etc., etc., it'd be great if you could take a little time to read the following message:

Message

I know how hard this year has been for the entire music industry. With the diagnosis of Drive Thru Record's Something Corporate vocalist, Andrew McMahon, the entire music industry has united under one cause: of fighting cancer. As I sit here listening to the new Jack's Mannequin CD, I cannot help but admire...[read more]