Garth Brooks with the first ever ACM Crystal Milestone Awards backstage at the 43rd Annual ACM Awards, Sunday, May 18, 2008 in Las Vegas, NV. Photo by David Vespie.
Sept. 24, 2008 — A bevy of merchandise bearing the autographs of Garth Brooks, Keith Urban, Faith Hill and Taylor Swift is up for grabs on an online auction that opens today to raise money for cancer issues.
SOLID, the Society of Leaders in Development, has enlisted those artists and plenty more for the auction, being held in connection with a Women Rock For The Cure benefit concert on Oct. 2. The online auction extends the reach of the show, which raises funds for the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s Greater Nashville Race For The Cure.
Garth will personalize a CD package to the highest bidder, Taylor autographed a Kate Spade purse and matching clutch, and Little Big Town applied the band’s names to a pair of Tony Lama boots. Signed guitars are being donated by Keith, Jewel and the three women performing at the Oct. 2 benefit: Emily West and songwriters Rachel Proctor and Jessi Alexander. Additional memorabilia will be auctioned off from Faith Hill, Avril Lavigne and Sarah McLachlan.
Bidding opens at 5 p.m. CT Wednesday and remains open until Oct. 3 at http://myworld.ebay.com/womenrockforthecure.