'All Rights Preserved' show to benefit Axis of Justice and Amnesty International; Boston-based rock group The Charms to perform; WFNX newsman Henry Santoro to host.

NEEDHAM [May 22, 2006] - On Sunday, June 4, from 2:30 - 9:00 p.m., fifteen teen bands participating in the Needham-based Plugged In Teen Band Program will join Boston-based rock act The Charms to perform 'All Rights Preserved,' a benefit concert for Axis of Justice and Amnesty International. WFNX newsman Henry Santoro will emcee from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Each of the Plugged In bands participating in the concert at Arlington's Regent Theatre will be making their debut public performance. Plugged In is a non-profit program established by Tom Pugh and Sandra Rizkallah to provide area youth with the opportunity to work together in bands, building self-confidence and developing performance skills and songwriting abilities. Twice a year, participating teens select a charity and perform a benefit concert on its behalf.

Rizkallah considers the charitable aspect of the Plugged In program as its primary mission. "Allowing the kids to select a charity and stage a benefit concert for that cause emphasizes the importance of giving back to the community and using music to make positive change in the world," she says. "We want our students to recognize that talent and hard work can have a payoff much bigger than financial success or fame."

This year's chosen beneficiaries are dedicated to promoting social justice and human rights. Axis of Justice is a non-profit organization founded by Tom Morello of Audioslave and Serj Tankian of System of a Down to bring together musicians, fans, and grassroots political groups to fight for social justice together. One of the groups with which Axis of Justice has partnered on multiple occasions is Amnesty International-the worldwide movement of people campaigning for internationally recognized human rights. Amnesty International's vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards.

A silent auction will also be held during the 'All Rights Preserved' concert, with proceeds benefiting Amnesty International and Axis of Justice. Among the items available for bidding is an Epiphone DR-100 guitar with hardshell case, valued at $280.00.

Previous Plugged In concerts have benefited organizations including Seeds of Peace, which brings together Arab and Jewish teenagers to learn conflict resolution skills and develop trust and empathy; the Tobacco Free Mass Coalition; The I Love Music Foundation, established by Boston Celtic Walter McCarty to promote music opportunities for Boston youth; the Cam Neely Foundation for Cancer Care; the Tsunami aid organization Music for Relief; and the Elias Fund, providing financial support for the education of underprivileged youth in Zimbabwe.

The Charms are a Boston-based band that has appeared on MTV and performed alongside such groups as The Strokes, Blondie, The New York Dolls, The Stooges, and Public Enemy. Recently featured in The Boston Globe, their albums include "Pussycat," "So Pretty," and "Charmed, I'm Sure."

Among those who have joined the Plugged In teens at previous concerts are local sports stars Walter McCarty and Doug Flutie, musician Chad Urmston of Dispatch, and Zimbabwean world music superstar Thomas Mapfumo.

The Plugged In bands performing at the 'All Rights Preserved' concert include teens from Arlington, Belmont, Brookline, Dover, Framingham, Franklin, Holbrook, Hopkinton, Maynard, Medfield, Natick, Needham, Newton, Northborough, North Chelmsford, Sherborn, Wellesley, and Westwood.

Tickets for the 'All Rights Preserved' concert are $15 for students and $20 for adults. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Regent Theatre at 781/646-4849 or online at www.regenttheatre.com.

For more information about the Plugged In Teen Band program and the "All Rights Preserved" benefit concert, please visit www.pluggedinband.org or call 781/956-4281. For more information about Axis of Justice, please visit www.axisofjustice.org. For more information about Amnesty International, please visit www.amnestyusa.org.

For press inquiries, contact Chris Kelly, Fifth House Public Relations, at 617/532-0574 or ckelly@fifthhousepr.com.

The Plugged In Teen Band Program was established in 2002 by Tom Pugh and Sandra Rizkallah. Pugh, a Berklee alumni and musician for thirty years, is the music director for Plugged In. He is a member of two Boston-based bands and has played at the Montreal Jazz Festival. He has also been an engineer at WGBH in Boston for over twenty years. Sandra Rizkallah has a degree in film and television from Emerson College, has produced her own documentaries, and has worked in the post-production department of Nova at WGBH.