Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready and Stone Gossard will participate at the second-annual suicide prevention and mental health awareness campaign “I’m Listening”.
According to rollingstone.com, Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready and Stone Gossard, Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda, Stone Temple Pilots, Alessia Cara, Third Eye Blind’s Stephan Jenkins, Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale, Brantley Gilbert, Bebe Rexha, Charlie Puth, former NFL player Barret Robbins, Nothing But Thieves’ Conor Mason and 30 Seconds to Mars’ Jared Leto will participate in the second-annual suicide prevention and mental health awareness campaign “I’m Listening”.
Radio network Entercom organized the multi-platform initiative, which will feature a two-hour broadcast special airing live on Sunday, September 9th at 7 a.m. in each time zone and via the Radio.com app, to mark the launch of National Suicide Prevention Week.
The artists and celebrities will share personal stories during the special. BJ Shea, DJ at Seattle, Washington’s KISW FM, will host the program. Metallica, Halsey and Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic participated in the 2017 “I’m Listening” campaign.
Born in Reggio Emilia in 1980. He created pearljamonline.it in 2001 and wrote the first edition of “Pearl Jam Evolution” in 2009 along with his wife Daria. Since 2022, he is behind 2 podcasts: “Pearl Jam dalla A alla Z” and “Fuori Orario Not Another Podcast”. He has collaborated with Barracuda Style, HvsR, Rolling Stone, Rockol and Il Fatto Quotidiano. He continues relentlessly to try to find “beautiful melodies that say terrible things”.
Favorite song: Present Tense
Favorite album: No Code
Favorite bands/artists other than PJ: Tom Waits, Soundgarden, Ramones, Bruce Springsteen, IDLES, Fontaines D.C., The Murder Capital, Dead Kennedys, Mark Lanegan, Cat Power, R.E.M.