ChildLine Concert
ChildLine Concert | |
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Genre | Pop |
Location(s) | Dublin, Ireland |
Years active | 1997 – 2014 |
Website | ispcc.ie/event/cheerios-childline-concert |
The ChildLine Concert, known for sponsorship reasons as the '
In 2003, the concerts had raised over €1 million, in 2007 that had risen to €2.5 million, and by 2013 €4.6 million had been raised.[3][4][5][6] According to the ISPCC website, the events raised over €5 million between 1997 and 2014.[1]
History
The annual ChildLine Concert was founded to raise money for ChildLine, a 24-hour phone line dedicated to helping children. The performers, organisers and venue provided their services for free in order for all the money from ticket sales to go to the financial support and aid of ChildLine. The ChildLine Concert was sponsored for several years by the
The first ChildLine Concert was held at the Point Theatre, Dublin in 1997. By 2003 over €1 million had been raised.[5] In 2013 it was announced that €4.6 million had been raised from the concerts between 1997 and 2012,[3] rising to €5 million after the 2014 event.[1]
The 2008 event was held at
2003 event
Acts who performed at the Point Theatre on 26 January included Samantha Mumba, Sugababes, Girls Aloud, Six, Busted, Mankind, Broken Hill and Big Brovaz. Westlife's Nicky Byrne, Mark Feehily and Brian McFadden hosted the event which was televised live on RTÉ Television.[8] ChildLine received over €200,000.[9]
2008 event
Acts who performed at the O2 on 16 December included
2009 event
The 2009 event was held on Wednesday 18 November at
2010 event
The 2010 event was announced on 24 September 2010 and took place at
2011 event
On 5 September 2011 it was announced that the 2011 Childline Concert would take place on 12 November 2011 at
2012 event
In October 2012 it was announced that the 15th annual Childline Concert would take place on 24 November 2012 at
2013 event
The 16th annual ChildLine Concert took place on 20 November 2013 at
2014 event
The 17th annual ChildLine Concert took place on 30 November 2014 at the
ChildLine Rocks
An annual concert featuring rock and indie acts from around Ireland called ChildLine Rocks was launching in 2007, acting as a rock alternative to the pop ChildLine Concert to raise money for
2007 event
The first ChildLine Rocks concert was held at The Village in Dublin in February 2007 with a sellout attendance. Republic of Loose and The Blizzards headlined.[20]
2008 event
Following the success of the first concert the second was held in Dublin in
As of 2013, there had been no further ChildLine Rocks concerts.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b c "Cheerios Childline Concert". ispcc.ie. ISPCC. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
Cheerios Childline concerts took place annually between 1997 and 2014
- ^ "Childline Concert 2008" Archived 17 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine. InDublin. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f "Cheerios Childline Concert 2013". Archived from the original on 10 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ "Childline Concert Line up announced!" Archived 20 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine. ChildLine. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
- ^ RTÉ Mobile. 25 October 2002. Archived from the originalon 21 July 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
- ^ "Cheerios Childline Concert 2011 confirmed for The O2 in Dublin on November 12th". Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ "U2 make a point with first O2 show". Irish Independent. 10 December 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
- ^ "Westlife Host Childline this Sunday..." ShowBiz Ireland. 23 January 2003. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
- BreakingNews.ie. 21 October 2002. Archived from the originalon 21 September 2004. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
- ^ "2x Cheerios Childline Concert 16th Dec O2 Arena Dublin". eBay. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
- ^ "Cheerios Childline Concert Line-Up". Ireland.com. Retrieved 4 September 2008. [dead link]
- ^ "Cheerios Childline Concert Line-Up". entertainment.ie. 11 November 2008. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
- ^ *"O2 rocks to the sound of music, Irish Independent, 17 December 2008.
- ^ a b "Cheerios Childline Concert line-up announced". Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ "The 2010 Cheerios Childline Concert". Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ "Stars come out for Cheerio's Childline Concert at the O2". Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ "Recent events, Cheerios Childline Concert 2012". Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ "Boyzone to headline Childline Concert". RTÉ News. 5 November 2013. Archived from the original on 5 June 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ "Cheerios Childline Concert 2014". 3arena.ie. 5 January 2015. Archived from the original on 7 November 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ^ a b c "Childline Rocks 2008 launch". Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ "ChildLine Rocks". Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ "ChildLine Rocks A Worthy Indie Cause Slate Magazine". Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2013.