MUSICOUNTS TEAMS UP WITH PEREZ HILTON FOR ONE NIGHT IN

Famed blogger and music enthusiast Perez Hilton will make his triumphant return to the city with the third, Toronto installment of his legendary series, Perez Hilton?s One Night In Toronto. The event will take place in Toronto on June 17th, 2012. This year?s party, set to be one of the biggest yet, will be donating 100% of the ticket sales to MusiCounts, to aid in the charity?s mission of keeping music alive in schools across Canada. The goal of the event is to raise enough money to fully fund two school music programs through the MusiCounts Band Aid grant Program, while enjoying a night of fun, music, and great live entertainment!

Since its debut, Perez Hilton has taken ?One Night In?? across the globe with events in Austin, New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and London. Artists that have performed throughout the series have included: Lady Gaga, Snoop Dogg, Courtney Love, Katy Perry, The Ting Tings, Estelle, Kanye West, Mika, Eric Hutchinson, Simple Plan, N.E.R.D., and more.

The MusiCounts Band Aid grants impact young Canadians and support diverse music programs that include concert and jazz bands as well as drum and guitar ensembles. The grants are given to schools with grade ranges of pre-kindergarten to grade 12 urban, rural, remote and First Nations communities from coast to coast. In the 2011-2012 school year, MusiCounts awarded $600,000 through 69 grants, in both $5,000 and $10,000 increments, to 85 schools across Canada. In this year alone, over 15,000 Canadian children will have their lives impacted through these grants.

ONE NIGHT IN TORONTO

Host: Perez Hilton
Date: Sunday, June 17th, 2012
Time: Doors at 8:30 p.m., event is from 9:30 p.m. ? 2:00 a.m.
Location: Club XS (261 Richmond Street, West, Toronto)

Event Details: The event, hosted by Perez Hilton, will feature live entertainment and a guest list that includes the who?s who of the music industry. 100% of proceeds generated by ticket sales for One Night in Toronto will be donated to MusiCounts.

Ticket Information: Tickets are $20 and go on sale on June 4 at 12pm.?

?Ticket holders will receive general admission to the event as well as front-of-the-line privileges. Limited capacity, this event is 19+.

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About Perez Hilton:
Cubano and Miami native Perez Hilton is the Internet?s most notorious gossip columnist. The LA Times calls Perez, ?like US Weekly, the Star, the Enquirer and Life & Style all rolled into one sweet yet snarky, sagacious yet salacious gay man.? Perez was named the #1 Web celebrity for 2007 and 2008 by Forbes Magazine and as one of the 15 most influential Hispanics in the US by People en Espa?ol.

Since launching in 2004, PerezHilton.com has become one of the leading go-to sites for celebrity news. In February 2008, eMarketer identified perezhilton.com as one of the top 5 websites for college aged women, beating out MySpace! The UK?s prestigious Observer newspaper named perezhilton.com (#6) one of the 50 most powerful blogs. In May 2008, Perez kicked off a daily nationally syndicated radio show in 7 of the top 10 markets in North America. Perez has also become a celebrity in his own right. In 2007 he premiered his own show, What Perez Sez on VH1. Appears on television (ABC, CNN, E! News, Dateline, NBC, MTV, Vh1, and Much Music); and has been featured in the L.A. Times, The Wall Street Journal, Paper Magazine, CBS News, US Weekly and InTouch Weekly and many more. Recently, Master P. launched his mobile website at m.perezhilton.com, now his gossip gangsters can be updated anywhere they go! www.perezhilton.com

?About MusiCounts
MusiCounts, Canada?s music education charity associated with The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) is helping to keep music alive in schools across Canada. MusiCounts? mission is to ensure that children in Canada, regardless of socio-economic circumstances, have access to music programs through their schools. MusiCounts includes Band Aid musical instrument grants, the MusiCounts Teacher of the Year Award, Scholarships and other music education initiatives. MusiCounts is funded by various initiatives such as the JUNO Awards nominee compilation CDs; annual contributions by Bell Media; Astral Media; TD; SiriusXM Canada; the Slaight Family Foundation; Vista Radio, and supported since inception by EMI Music Canada Inc.; Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.; Universal Music Canada and Warner Music Canada Ltd.; as well as JUNO Songwriters? Circle presented by CMPA and SOCAN; JUNO Cup presented by The Keg Steakhouse & Bar. To date, MusiCounts has awarded nearly $5 million dollars to help keep music alive, impacting 262 Post-Secondary graduates and an estimated 400,000 students, their schools and communities. For more information, please visit: www.musicounts.ca

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For more information on MusiCounts, please contact: Indoor Recess Inc.
Joanne Setterington ? ph. 416.703.5217 / e. joanne@indoorrecess.com

For more information on Perez Hilton, please contact: Strut Entertainment
Catrina Jaricot ? ph. 416.861.0387 / e. catrina@strutentertainment.com

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