Guitars Signed by Kiefer Sutherland, Joss Stone, David Beckham, Rod Stewart, and Other Celebs in Online Charity Auction

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Source: Gibson Guitar

Gibson Guitar, the world’s premiere musical instrument maker and leader in music technology, announced that you can now bid on line via Ebay for either a Gibson Les Paul Classic a Gibson ES-335 Dot and a Gibson Flying V X Factor guitar. All three Gibson guitars were signed back stage by the performing artists and celebrity presenters at Wembley Stadium on Sunday 1st July such as Rod Stewart, Tom Jones, Joss Stone, Bryan Ferry, James Morrison, Take That, Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lily Allen, David Beckham and actor Kiefer Sutherland. The money raised from the sale of these guitars will be divided equally amongst the charities of which the Princess was patron at the time of her death, her Memorial Fund and the Lesotho Children’s Charity founded by Prince Harry in her memory

Bid online here at eBay: http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=concert-for-diana

A global TV audience of more than 500 million people in 140 countries watched Sir Elton John and Joss Stone headline the Concert for Diana on Sunday 1st July 2007.

More then 60,000 people attended the concert at the newly revamped Wembley Stadium which was hosted and curated by Princes William and Harry in memory of their mother. Sir Elton John, Lily Allen, Rod Stewart, Tom Jones, Fergie and Take That were among some of the acts to perform on the day which would have been Diana’s 46th birthday.

The event saw Tom Jones performing a cover of Arctic Monkeys' "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor" with Aerosmith’s Joe Perry, Lily Allen performed her hits "LDN" and "Smile", and Kanye West performing singles "Jesus Walks", "Gold Digger" and "Touch The Sky". P Diddy told the assembled audience, “10 years ago Princess Diana went to a better place. Today we celebrate her rebirth," before performing "I’ll Be Missing You".

HRH Prince William said: “We wanted to have this big concert…full of energy, full of the sort of fun and happiness which I know she would have wanted. And on her birthday as well, it’s got to be the best birthday present she ever had.”

Other performers included Pharrell Williams, The Feeling, James Morrison, Duran Duran, Will Young, Status Quo and the English National Ballet of which Diana was a patron.

Gibson is known worldwide for producing classic models in every major style of fretted instrument, including acoustic and electric guitars, mandolins, and banjos. Gibson’s HD.6X-PRO Digital Guitar represents the biggest advance in electric guitar design in over 70 years. Founded in 1894 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and headquartered in Nashville since 1984, Gibson Guitar Corp.’s family of brands now includes Epiphone, Dobro, Maestro, Kramer, Steinberger, Tobias, Echoplex, Electar, Flatiron, Gibson Baldwin Music Education, Slingerland, Valley Arts, Maestro, Oberheim, Sunshine Piano, Take Anywhere Technology, Baldwin, J&C Fischer, Chickering, Hamilton, and Wurlitzer. Visit Gibson’s website at www.gibson.com.

Information about the Concert for Diana is also available on the event website: http://www.concertfordiana.com/home/index.aspx.

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