The first round includes members of Guns N Roses, A Perfect Circle, The Cars, Alice in Chains & others
Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro and Billy Idol guitarist Billy Morrison have announced the initial artists for their Above Ground benefit concert on January 25th in Los Angeles. The fourth iteration of the event will feature performances from A Perfect Circle’s Billy Howerdel, Billy Idol, Guns N Roses’ Duff McKagan, The Cars’ Elliot Easton, Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell, Talking Heads’ Jerry Harrison, Foo Fighters’ Josh Freese, Sugar Ray’s Mark McGrath, Billy Idol’s Steve Stevens, and Alice Cooper’s Tommy Henriksen & Glen Sobel, with additional talent to be announced in the new year.
The concerts have become known for celebrating the vinyl album as an art form with performances of two seminal albums. This year sees Navarro and Morrison shine the light on the groundbreaking self-titled debuts by the New York Dolls from 1973 and The Cars from 1978, and other songs.
Founded in 2018, by Dave Navarro, Billy Morrison, and manager Rick Canny, Above Ground is a registered 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to raising funds for and awareness of the issues of mental health and suicide prevention. Since 2018, Dave and Billy have helped to raise more than $500,000 for MusiCares via various fundraising opportunities.
