DL "Permanent"
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DAVID COOK TO PERFORM "PERMANENT" ON THE AMERICAN IDOL SEASON FINALE TONIGHT
MAY 20, 2009, 1:18 pm
LIVE RECORDING OF DAVID COOK’S ‘IDOL’ PERFORMANCE WILL BE SOLD ON iTUNES TO RAISE FUNDS FOR CHARITY
All Proceeds From Sale of Live Version of ‘Permanent’ Will Be Donated To D.C.-Based Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure
Exactly one year after winning the seventh season of “American
Idol,” David Cook returns to the most popular television series in
America on Wednesday night to perform “Permanent,” - a song he wrote
with Chantal Kreviazuk and Raine Maida. The studio version of
“Permanent” appears on his platinum-selling debut album for 19
Recordings/RCA Records, “David Cook.” The live recording will be
available for purchase on iTunes immediately after the live broadcast.
100 percent of the proceeds will go to Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure
(ABC2), a Washington, D.C.-based organization dedicated to finding a
cure for brain cancer.
Earlier this month, Cook raised money and awareness for ABC2 by
running in the organization’s 5K “Race for Hope” in the District of
Columbia. Now, the live recording of “Permanent” will be available as a
charity single on iTunes for one month, raising more money to benefit
ABC2. The organization uses an entrepreneurial venture philanthropy
approach to bring more treatments to patients sooner by stimulating new
research and accelerating the development of new therapies for brain
cancer. ABC2 looks forward to the day when all patients who are
diagnosed with brain cancer can be told they have a manageable disease.
ABC2 provides researchers with the pivotal support they need to make
critical breakthroughs. The organization funds novel translational
research aimed at finding the fastest possible route to a cure. ABC2's
partners range from medical research centers to early-stage
biotechnology companies to large multi-national pharmaceutical
companies. Since brain cancer affects a relatively small portion of the
population, ABC2 recognizes the importance of investing in the early
stages of the most novel sectors of the discovery and development
pipeline, in order to "buy down the risk" for its partners and speed
progress of innovative new treatments to the clinic.
More information about the annual 5K Race for Hope is available on the websites of Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure (
www.abc2.org) and the National Brain Tumor Society (
www.tbts.org).