30 Seconds to Mars Joins Lupe Fiasco to Headline B.O.M.B. Fest 2010

OLD LYME, Conn., May 3 /PRNewswire/ -- 30 Seconds to Mars stepped in after family obligations led Brand New to pull out of B.O.M.B. Fest 2010, the Memorial Day weekend music extravaganza. The band, scheduled for a World Tour in June, offered to help out after hearing about the mission of Bring Our Music Back INC, to promote healing through music and the arts. The non-profit, which produces the B.O.M.B. Fest concerts gives all net proceeds to select local and national charities. This year's recipients include The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp and Connecticut Children's Medical Center.

30 Seconds to Mars won MTV's Europe Music Award in 2007, MTV's Asia Award in 2008 and Los Premios MTV Latinoamerica in 2008.  Their latest album is This is War.

Joining 30 Seconds to Mars and Lupe Fiasco are: of Montreal, Girl Talk, Mute Math, The Cool Kids, Jay Electronica, 40oz. to Freedom, Roots of Creation, Christine Ohlman and Rebel Montez, Quintron and Miss Pussycat and mynameisjohnmichael and dozens of local headliners. This is Music with Purpose.

Tickets are selling fast through bombfest.com and ticketweb.com. Gates open at 10:30 am at the Durham Fairgrounds in Durham, Connecticut. Fair rides, food and fun will round out the music from noon to 10 pm.  

SOURCE Bring Our Music Back INC.