Plain White T’s TONITE

Cara Carriveau, NBC Chicago Street Team

Wow, this is a way cool bang-for-the-buck concert experience. Don’t miss your chance to see The Plain White T’s in a very intimate setting tonite (8/28/09). Only 1500 tickets are being sold for Lake Effect, a charity show they are headlining tonight at The Palmer House.

$75 includes three bands performing (Plain White T’s, Chicago blues artist Melvin Taylor plus the Gentlemen Of Leisure Band which happens to be one of President Obama’s favorite Chicago bands)…it also includes an open premium bar, an amazing array of food stations created by the Palmer House’s Executive Chef Stephen Henry and Pastry Chef Fabrice Bouet…and, as an added bonus, a limited number of behind-the-scenes tours of Palmer House will be conducted by docents from the Chicago Architecture Foundation.  Most importantly…100% of the proceeds benefit the Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care’s Good Mourning Program (providing support for families and children of all ages in overcoming the loss of a loved one).

Don’t pass up this opportunity to help out a wonderful organization while enjoying a phenomenal experience.  Got o www.LakeEffectParty.com or call 847-692-8897 to purchase tickets.

Tom Higgins from The Plain White T’s just spoke to me about this show – listen here:

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Free Performance By The Plain White T’s!

Cara Carriveau, NBC5 Street Team

With the price of concert tickets becoming increasingly unaffordable, whenever there’s an opportunity see a band for free you should jump on it.  This is one of those opportunities…

Chicago’s own Plain White T’s, who have had a HUGE year thanks to the immense success of their catchy song “Hey There Delilah”, will be performing an acoustic set at the Best Buy in Downers Grove tomorrow (Friday) at 4pm.  I have the honor of introducing them on behalf of 101.9 WTMX “The Mix”.  Stick around after their set and you’ll get to meet them and even have them sign a copy of their new CD “Big Bad World” (it’s on sale now) for you.

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