Chicago and American Cancer Society Team Up for Third Year of SING WITH CHICAGO Benefit

Chicago has teamed up with the American Cancer Society for the third year in a row to give fans a chance to sing with the "rock and roll band with horns"  during their tour across the country. Modesto rock fans will be able to bid on a package that includes a meet and greet with Chicago, two premium tickets, backstage passes, and the opportunity to sing the classic hit song "If You Leave Me Now" onstage with the band during the concert on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at the Gallo Center for the Arts. Fans can bid in the auction at www.cancer.org/singwithchicago, and all proceeds directly benefit the American Cancer Society's fight against breast cancer.

In 2010, the band joined forces with the American Cancer Society, the Official Sponsor of Birthdays^®, to create Sing With Chicago, a highly successful promotion that has raised over $130,000 to fight breast cancer.

"The Sing With Chicago promotion was such a great time for our fans, and contributed so much to the breast cancer cause, that we wanted to do it on our 2012 tour, too," said Peter Schivarelli, Chicago's manager. "We're doing it this year in honor of our friend Paqui Kelly, the wife of Notre Dame's head football coach BrIan Kelly, who is a breast cancer survivor."

"We very excited that Chicago is offering us this amazing opportunity here in Modesto, and that the band is dedicated to using their musical talents to help us create a world with less cancer and more birthdays," said Taide Zamora, volunteer. "This is a great way for the local community to fight breast cancer and participate in a once in-a-lifetime experience onstage with a legendary band." 

This year's tour kicks off in the U.S. in Modesto, California on March 7. For tour dates, visit www.chicagotheband.com. The 2010 promotion winners were so moved by the experience that they launched the Facebook group "I Sang With Chicago", where they shared stories about their concerts, and videos of themselves on stage singing with the band. To see this public group, visit https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/116983118321579/