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36-526: Delerium has traditionally been a two-person project, but the only constant member throughout its history has been Bill Leeb . Leeb was an early member of industrial music pioneers Skinny Puppy , but after he left in 1986 he went on to create his own project, Front Line Assembly , with collaborator Michael Balch. Later, the two worked on the side project Delerium and released their first album, Faces, Forms & Illusions . After Balch left both Front Line Assembly and Delerium, Leeb worked with Rhys Fulber , and

72-400: A Delerium album: Matthew Sweet ("Daylight", on Poem ), Greg Froese ("Apparition", on Nuages du Monde ), and Michael Logen ("Days Turn into Nights", on Music Box Opera ); in addition, the noted griot Baaba Maal was sampled ("Awakenings, on " Spiritual Archives "). The Mediæval Bæbes provided the vocal track for, and starred in the video of, Aria ; the vocals are an adapted version of

108-462: A band" for industrial music and their music "monotonous, boring, uninspired bullshit". Before the release of the issue, Reznor sent Leeb an apology letter. In one of their following issues, Spin printed part of the apology, in which Reznor expressed that he "should have thought before opening [his] mouth", along with a response from Leeb in which he implores Reznor to "think before making such ludicrous statements" and that he hopes "that others will use

144-408: A benefit concert is of a large-scale, popular event put on to support a charitable or political cause. In the modern era , the first benefit concert is generally seen as the 1971 Concert For Bangladesh . Comprising two shows on the same day at Madison Square Garden , it was organized by and starred George Harrison and Ravi Shankar . The format of most modern benefit concerts, involving many acts,

180-448: A cause that celebrities do not contribute by only donating their money, but by participating in event like benefit concerts. That way stars can inspire hundreds of thousands of others to give. The presence of celebrities can draw criticism, but that is outweighed by the benefits. Some argue that pop stars only take part in charity to improve their public image. That, arguably, may be a motivation, but their participation can be essential to

216-563: A convent school in Austria where he learned to play the violin. He moved to Kitimat, British Columbia , Canada with his family when he was 14, where he learned English and developed a keen interest in music. He was a high school student at Mount Elizabeth Secondary School . Leeb went to Camsoun College in Victoria, British Columbia to study journalism for two years. He lives in Vancouver . Leeb

252-450: A favourite celebrity support a cause can influence fans to support the same cause—not because the cause is significant to the fans, but because it seems significant to the artist. To feel connected to a celebrity, fans are likely to participate in activities the celebrity considers important. For example, if a benefit concert starred unknown musicians performing songs for unknown people in Africa,

288-400: A few of their recordings and concerts. He left in 1986 and formed his own industrial project Front Line Assembly with Michael Balch, and later Rhys Fulber and Chris Peterson . Though Front Line Assembly has had consistent underground success, Leeb's most widely known efforts are through his side project Delerium , which had a major hit in the late 1990s with " Silence ". Leeb composed

324-527: A little more thought before they go out of their way to put others down". In 1990, Leeb appeared in the trailer for the horror movie Chunk Blower together with Dwayne Goettel from Skinny Puppy , playing one of the victims of a killer. Due to the lack of funding, the movie was never made. Director Jim Van Bebber and Leeb would later use footage from the trailer in the video for the single " Virus ". Leeb has both Austrian and Canadian citizenship and speaks English as well as German. He received education at

360-873: A natural disaster rather than as a political issue". Benefit concerts are an effective form of gaining support and raising funds for a cause because of the large media coverage that they usually receive. In addition to the results they generate themselves, benefit concerts also generate a kind of cascading effect. That is, larger benefit concert motivate smaller concerts and other kinds of charity initiatives. Large-scale benefit concerts attract millions of viewers and are usually broadcast internationally. As powerful means of mass communication, they can be highly effective at raising funds and awareness for humanitarian causes. Media scholars Dayan and Katz classify benefit concerts as "media events": shared experiences that unite viewers with one another and their societies. In fact, in their book Media Events: The Live Broadcasting of History ,

396-449: A particular cause or occasion. They argue that media events interrupt the flow people's daily lives, and that such events create a rise of interpersonal communication or "fellow feeling". Furthermore, they propose that media events transform the ordinary role of the viewer into something more interactive where they adhere to the script of the event. All these principles of media events are true of benefit concerts. Benefit concerts interrupt

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432-540: Is held for a charitable purpose, often directed at a specific and immediate humanitarian crisis . Benefit concerts can have both subjective and concrete objectives. Subjective objectives include raising awareness about an issue such as misery in Africa (such as Live 8 ) and uplifting a nation after a disaster (such as America: A Tribute to Heroes ). Concrete objectives include raising funds (such as Live Aid ) and influencing legislation (such as Live 8 or Farm Aid ). The two largest benefit concerts of all time, in size, were

468-413: The industrial music group Front Line Assembly and Delerium . Additionally, Leeb is known for his work with groups Noise Unit , Intermix , Skinny Puppy , Synæsthesia , Cyberaktif , Equinox , Fauxliage and Pro>Tech . Leeb began his musical career with industrial band Skinny Puppy in 1985 under the pseudonym Wilhelm Schroeder , contributing bass synth and occasional backing vocals to

504-406: The "power of the people" to change the world. Benefit concerts, therefore, have the potential to raise enormous sums of money for a cause because of the para-social interaction that occurs between the performing celebrities (the leaders) and the spectating fans (the people). Dan Laughey describes para-social interaction as "the apparent familiarity between media personalities and audiences". Seeing

540-554: The Live 8 and the Live Earth events, which both attracted billions of spectators. Scholars theorize that the observed increase on concert size since the Live Aid is happening because organizers strive to make their events as big as the tragedy at hand, thus hoping to gain legitimization that way. Examples exist in musical history of concerts being staged for philanthropic purposes. In 1749,

576-468: The authors suggest that the song synonymous with the Live Aid benefit concert, " We Are the World ", might as well be the theme song for media events, as it nicely encompasses the tone of such occasions: "these ceremonies (media events) are so all-encompassing that there is nobody left to serve-as out-group". Dayan and Katz define media events as shared experiences that unite viewers and call their attention to

612-548: The composer George Frideric Handel wrote his Foundling Hospital Anthem , and put on annual performances of Messiah , to support an orphans' charity in London. While many composers and performers took part in concerts to raise donations for charitable causes, it was also not unusual in the 18th and 19th centuries for musicians to stage performances to raise funds for their own professional work, such as Ludwig van Beethoven 's 1808 Akademie concert . The modern understanding of

648-462: The event's success. Celebrities not only promote catalytic philanthropy, they can produce an effect some call Geldofism : "The mobilization of pop stars and their fans behind a cause." Therefore, because of their visibility, celebrities are used by organizers as a mean to gain support to the cause in hand. Furthermore, the success of benefit concerts is tightly related to the quality of entertainment offered by them. To gain space and legitimization in

684-447: The familiar face of their beloved artist on stage endorsing a cause, fans feel more compelled to support the cause. Criticisms against benefit concerts go further than just criticizing the intentions of the celebrities involved. Some argue that benefit concerts are a wrong response for tragedies because the atmosphere involved on them is not one of mourning. Further criticism comes from those who argue that Geldofism turns celebrities into

720-506: The greatest trance songs of all time. Delerium has received two Juno Awards for Best Dance Recording: in 1998 for "Euphoria ( Rabbit in the Moon Mix)", and in 2000 for "Silence". Bill Leeb Wilhelm Anton " Bill " Leeb (born 21 September 1966, in Vienna , Austria ) is an Austrian-Canadian electronic musician and record producer. He is best known for being a founding member of

756-487: The incentive for viewers to donate would be minimal. Bob Geldof, the founder of Live Aid, is aware of the need of familiarity and para-social interaction on behalf of the viewer. When criticised for not inviting enough African performers to play at Live Aid (of which the main purpose was famine relief for Africa), Geldof commented that only popular musicians were invited to play at the show because unfamiliar artists would cause viewers to lose interest and "switch off". In seeing

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792-416: The media, benefit concerts must have a large audience, the kind of large crowd attracted by famous music stars. Bob Geldof himself responded to criticisms about the lack of African artists on the Live 8 by stating that, although those musicians produce great works, they do not sell many albums—and, for the sake of reaching as many people as possible, his concert had to include only popular artists. Finally,

828-477: The name Fauxliage . Rhys Fulber has also maintained a solo project Conjure One since his temporary exit from Delerium. The single " Silence ", featuring vocals by Sarah McLachlan , reached number three on the UK music charts . In 2000, three years after Karma was released, notable DJs such as Tiësto and Airscape produced remixes of "Silence", which generated interest and gained considerable radio airplay for

864-706: The only legitimate spokespeople for a cause, robbing the NGOs of the possibilities to speak up for a cause. In chronological order, beginning with the earliest date: The following is an incomplete list of benefit concerts with their own Misplaced Pages page. For a more descriptive and inclusive list focusing on historically notable events, see the list above . Note that while some of the listed concerts feature only one headliner and several supporting acts, other benefit concerts feature diverse lineups and are also considered music festivals . This list may have some overlap with list of free festivals , which are rock festivals that often have

900-457: The original track, albeit most airplay was for the remixes. In 2003, Delerium embarked on their first tour, with vocals performed by Kristy Thirsk and Shelley Harland. In January 2005, Delerium performed at the One World benefit concert in Vancouver for the 2004 Asian tsunami , where "Silence" was performed live for the first time with Sarah McLachlan . The song has been described as one of

936-428: The presence of other people, and that happens in benefit concerts, they become connected to each other and are more likely to work together towards a goal. Critics also say that benefit concerts are just a way for the rich West to forgive itself by helping the poor and distressed. These critiques argue that concerts like the Live Aid "rob Africans of agency, reinforces Western ethnocentrism and racisms and see famine as

972-438: The quality of entertainment is key to the creation of a public sphere where discussions about the concert's cause can occur. The better the entertainment, the more people watch the concert, and thus the more people become aware of the cause. Furthermore, the music played in the concerts can lead spectators to interconnect and become more likely to act towards the cause. According to a theory, by Jane Bennett , when people sing in

1008-541: The release of Semantic Spaces . These have included mostly women, such as Kristy Thirsk (of Rose Chronicles ), Sarah McLachlan , Leigh Nash (of Sixpence None the Richer ), Elsieanne Caplette (of Elsiane), Lisa Gerrard (sampled only), Jaël (of Swiss band Lunik ), Camille Henderson , Nerina Pallot , Emily Haines (of Metric ), Jacqui Hunt (of Single Gun Theory ), Isabel Bayrakdarian and Shelley Harland . Other than Leeb, only three males have contributed vocals to

1044-673: The routine of people's lives because they occur (in most cases) for only for one night or for one week-end. Furthermore, they are broadcast as television spectacles that interrupt the regular scheduled programming on a given television network. Often, this kind of announced interruption has television viewers discussing the event with others beforehand, generating excitement around the event. Moreover, benefit concerts encourage audiences to adhere to their script, such as by phoning in donations or signing an online pledge. As media events, benefit concerts are widely broadcast and seen by millions of people. (The Live Aid charity concert in 1985, for example,

1080-529: The soundtrack to the 1999 video game, Quake III Arena , of which the expansion pack, Team Arena , was composed by his band, Front Line Assembly. In 2017, Leeb appeared as guest singer on the single A Shiver of Want , a release of John Fryer 's project Black Needle Noise. In 2022, Leeb contributed vocals for Black Asteroid's single Methane Rain . In June 2024, American label Metropolis announced Leeb's first solo album Model Kollapse , to be released on September 13, 2024. The first single Terror Forms

1116-576: The two released several albums under the Delerium moniker; these years saw a gradual stylistic change from darker ambient to a more danceable sound. After the release of Karma , Fulber left to pursue other interests, and Leeb teamed up with producer Chris Peterson to release Poem . 2003, however, saw the reunion of Leeb and Fulber for the release of Chimera , followed by Nuages du Monde in 2006. In contrast to Leeb and collaborators' other projects, Delerium has included several guest vocalists since

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1152-659: The vocals from "All Turns to Yesterday" on the Bæbes' Worldes Blysse album. They are also featured on two tracks from Delerium's 2006 album, Nuages du Monde . Although it may be argued that Front Line Assembly has the largest cult following of all Leeb and associates projects, Delerium is undoubtedly the most financially successful. In addition to these two mainstays, related collaborations between Leeb and Fulber, Peterson, and/or Balch include Equinox , Intermix , Noise Unit , Pro-Tech , and Synæsthesia , among others. In addition, in 2007 Leeb and Fulber collaborated with Leigh Nash under

1188-530: Was married to the Canadian artist Carylann Loeppky. Loeppky was part of the tour personnel on Front Line Assembly tours "designing and selling merchandise and put together a visual presentation for the live performance." She continued to create artwork for albums of Delerium. Benefit concert A benefit concert or charity concert is a type of musical benefit performance (e.g., concert, show, or gala) featuring musicians, comedians, or other performers that

1224-413: Was pioneered in 1985 with Bob Geldof's Live Aid. Benefit concerts are a major example of celebrity charity for they involve popular musicians; actors and actresses; and other kinds of entertainment figures volunteering to a greater cause. The efficiency of celebrity charity is explained by the theory of Catalytic Philanthropy designed by Paul Schervish . His thesis explains that it is more beneficial to

1260-464: Was released on July 9 along with a video. Metropolis released the second single Demons on August 9, 2024, that was also accompanied by a video. Leeb explained that the idea of a solo album was suggested by Metropolis founder Dave Heckman, who passed away before the album's release. In an interview with music magazine Spin in 1992, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails made derogatory remarks about Front Line Assembly, calling them "a textbook case of

1296-471: Was seen by an estimated 1.5 billion viewers worldwide.) However, this mass dissemination is only one of the factors that contribute to the success of benefit concerts. The people who send the message for collective action are essential to a benefit concert's effectiveness. Dayan and Katz suggest that media events are an expression of a "neo-romantic desire for heroic action", meaning that media events produce leaders who inspire collective action with belief in

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