Ke$ha Announces Hometown Flood Benefit Show

05/07/2010
. Nashville native and resident Ke$ha has announced a flood benefit concert on June 16th at Limelight in Nashville, which is located at 201 Woodland Street. Tickets went on sale on May 6th at 5pm CST and are available starting at $30

Those interested may purchase a special VIP ticket package that includes a meet & greet with Ke$ha available for $100. All profits from the event will go to help the families and animals affected by the flood.

Says Ke$ha, "I'm thrilled to announce that I will be playing a show to help benefit Nashville, my hometown. 100% of the profits from ticket sales will go to help the victims of these devastating floods. Nashville helped shape me as an artist and as a person and my love for this city is beyond words. I will continue to do anything I can to help rebuild this city and support the families and animals who have been affected by this tragedy."

Ke$ha, who hits the road with Rihanna for a nationwide tour starting July 2nd, released her debut album Animal (RCA Records / Kemosabe Entertainment) in January 2010 where it entered at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart as well as the Digital Albums chart. Animal holds the record for the best-ever digital-album sales for a new artist and is the third-biggest digital-album debut by a female. It also marked the biggest first week in SoundScan history for an artist's debut album released in January. Animal has scanned 600k units and has been in the Top 20 albums every week since release in January. Ke$ha has sold over 8.5 million tracks and ringtones in the U.S. alone.

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