Marcus Goldhaber to Perform in Fleet Week's COME HOME AMERICA Tour, 5/23

The 2014 "Come Home America Tour" kickoff, scheduled for Friday, May 23, has been sanctioned as an official Fleet Week New York Event with support from the USO. Acclaimed NYC vocalist-songwriter Marcus Goldhaber will be singing for the troops with his 6-piece band in an all-new concert production that celebrates "The New Greatest Generation" for the Memorial Day Weekend tour launch. Media Week begins Monday (5/19) with a morning guest appearance on The Joe Piscopo Show on AM970 The Answer.

"Liberty USO is proud to be affiliated with the Come Home America Tour," said Joseph P. Brooks, President & COO of Liberty USO. "Marcus Goldhaber has a precious vision to embrace and support our troops and veterans with his rousing anthem as the soundtrack. It's the start of a movement, and being on the ground floor we stand tall in not only participating, but urging everyone to join with us as it spreads across the country."

The "Come Home America" concert to honor America's military heroes, starring the Marcus Goldhaber Band and special guests, will be held Friday, May 23 at the Cutting Room, 44 E. 32nd St, New York, NY 10016. Doors open 6:30 p.m. Show time is 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 advance; $20 day of show and available at www.thecuttingroomnyc.com. Tickets are free to service members in uniform.

The show features the premiere of original new material from Goldhaber's forthcoming Come Home America album. Come Home America, a pop anthem produced by Ke$ha collaborator Cliff Goldmacher, is unbound by musical genre and inspired by America's military heroes, honoring our troops and supporting our veterans abroad.

Come Home America is the centerpiece of the tour which will be hitting stride this year in concert halls, stadiums, military bases, and parades around the world. Proceeds from the tour and the song benefit Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (www.iava.org), which strives to build the "New Greatest Generation" as the first and largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.

Goldhaber was recently tapped by official Super Bowl event organizers for the live world premiere of his inspiring new original song for the troops before military members and their families at the star-studded 2014 Super Bowl Celebrity Sweat. He was joined for the sold-out event at the Teaneck Armory by Hip Hop star Nelly, NFL star alum Doug Flutie, and boxing legendEvander Holyfield. Come Home America made its TV debut during a performance-interview segment on Power Your Lifewith Dr. Jo Anne White.

Having shared stages with musical icons from Les Paul to Bono, Goldhaber played before a sold-out room at the legendary Blue Note. Outside of entertaining at Manhattan's top clubs, he's performed at the U.N., for Henry Kissinger, and recently surpassed his one-year anniversary being featured in the off-Broadway hit The Wonderful Wizard of Song: The Music of Harold Arlen.

Goldhaber released Come Home America (Fallen Apple Records) on Veterans Day as a stirring ode to our nation's two million service members across the globe, and the 24 million veterans back home, both embraced and discarded. The mission is simple: to benefit the needs of this new generation of returning veterans, while improving and strengthening the dialogue between civilians and military families for years to come.

"Much of this comes down to education and the absence of a continuing dialogue between civilians and military families," says Goldhaber. "I have a strong wish to bridge this gap so that we can all feel more connected to each other."

Goldhaber was careful to construct a broad, sweeping melody and rousing chorus that "you want to wrap people in like a blanket," to help transmit his message in an inclusive and accessible way. By countering his vocals with restrained nuance, Goldhaber was able to marry the intimate approach more natural to his style with the expansive message of Come Home America.

"I needed to connect people who don't know a lot about this subject and help bridge that gap," he says. "If it's something that's accessible and memorable, it's something that people can get closer to."

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