ACADEMY AWARD, SUPERBOWL HALFTIME, MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARD DIRECTOR NAMED FOR APRIL 17TH ‘SHOW OF PEACE CONCERT’ IN BEIJING
DONE AND DUSTED’S HAMISH HAMILTON TO DIRECT GROUNDBREAKING CONCERT TO PROMOTE WORLD PEACE AND GREEN HARMONY
He’s directed some of the planet’s most prestigious and groundbreaking entertainment events including concert specials for the likes of U2, Madonna, The Rolling Stones and Justin Timberlake, as well as global broadcasts for The Academy Awards, The SuperBowl Halftime Show and the MTV Video Music Awards. And now, organizers of what is being billed as the ‘biggest concert event ever,’ have put director Hamish Hamilton at the helm.
‘The Show of Peace Concert’ will take place in Beijing on April 17th, 2010 in front of the Bird’s Nest Stadium. Details of the event, designed to promote world peace and green harmony, will be unveiled in Beijing on January 13th at a press conference that will have the legendary Led Zeppelin lead guitarist Jimmy Page, as well as other ‘Show of Peace’ supporters.
Garson has spent the last ten years planning an International Peace Concert with the support of World Leaders such as the United Nations and the Vatican, and was inspired by the public response to the Copenhagen Climate Change summit to confirm the global concert and live television special on April 17 – the week of the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day.
The Chinese Host Organization, Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, as well as China-based non-profit Joint US-China Collaboration on Clean Energy (JUCCCE), UN NGO Pathways to Peace and Cultures of Peace Initiative, and the Captain Planet Foundation are partnering with Garson to create a global communication and support network to help drive world change. Funds raised through the concert and campaign will go to support peace and green initiatives around the world.
“Peace and the environment are totally connected – one cannot happen without the other,” said Garson, who has been back and forth to China since the Olympics. “After The Show of Peace Concert in April, we will produce a sequence of other events during the following year. The Show of Peace campaign will give the public the opportunity to show their passion for these vital causes, and will keep reminding politicians around the world about the public hunger for change.”
In addition to Hamilton, Garson has put together “a dream team” of international music and television industry professionals to create ‘The Show of Peace Concert’, including manager and producer Trudy Green (Aerosmith, Michael Jackson and Mick Jagger), and producer Greg Sills (Live 8, Live Earth, and Billboard Music Awards).
DONE AND DUSTED
Done and Dusted, which Hamilton co-founded are one of the world’s
premiere festival, awards, music and events staging and filming specialists.
The founders have been involved in some of the world’s biggest television
events across the globe including The Oscars, The Superbowl Halftime Show, The
MTV VMA’s and EMA’s, The Brit Awards and The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show and
The Laureus World Sports Awards, to name a few. They also work with the crème
de la crème of the worlds musical artists - The Rolling Stones, U2, Madonna,
Justin Timberlake, Peter Gabriel and Christina Aguilera are a few examples.
Done and Dusted also stage festivals including the 50,000 capacity T4 On The
Beach (5 years) and MTV Ibiza (3 years).
Numerous Grammy nominations, multiple Rose D'Or wins and smashing
broadcast world records are some of the spikes in the explosive Done And Dusted
12 year history. Done and Dusted have offices in New York, LA and London
