Music
Hollywood Vampires are a tribute to a bygone era of a drinking club that Alice had
so we’re playing Rock in Rio which is one of the biggest festivals in the world.
It’s really incredible to have Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp, Joe Perry, Matt Sorum, Duff McKagen
and the Hollywood Vampires Partner up with Starkey Hearing Foundation to give the gift of hearing
to the people of Rio and also give them the gift of music tonight.
We’re so happy to be a part of this and to do something good with a celebrity.
We have a reason, other than ego, to go to Rio. Everyone jumped right on board.
Can you hear over there? A little louder? I was made to do this.
Hello, Hello, Hola.
Us rockers are probably responsible for a lot of hearing loss over the years.
For these people to hear for the first time, it’s an amazing thing to see.
Being able to work with the guys we’re working with, all musicians that I’ve admired over the years
and this whole thing coming together, and to say "Oh by the way, we’ll be helping people hear for the first time"
it’s stunning
It’s an amazing opportunity for us to be able to experience something like this.
To be able to give this gift that Bill has so generously created.
To be able to help these kids, help these people, it’s amazing.
This is the good stuff. Yeah.
Hello, hello.
It’s good?
-Applause-
There’s nothing quite like that moment when you’re testing the hearing aid.
You’re saying “ba ba ba ba” and that moment when they light up.
Yeah the eyes.
That moment, it’s worth everything.
Congratulations
I love you are words that we all love to hear, most certainly.
But I think that’s something you can visualize, something you can see, you can feel.
But to hear the words, certainly.
How would I even be in a band if I didn’t hear the Beatles, if I didn’t hear Elvis.
Without my hearing, I would have just seen guys doing this and not known what it was.
Being able to hear, that’s my whole life.
I wouldn’t be able to handle it. I would be gone, I would be lost.
These are very brave people here.
Hello? Hello. Hello? Hello.
Good, good, very good.
Yeah it’s good now.
We all get wrapped up in ourselves so much, and that’s just human nature.
Then you see something like Starkey Foundation that’s helping somebody else
because that’s what we should be doing.
She’s transformed, this is going to change her life forever.
It must be so difficult to find your way in the world when you’re missing one of your essential senses.
To give somebody that is to give them the gift of the whole world.
For us to have these people working with us, it sends the message to a broader audience
and we need that collective energy of people to saying yes we want to be part of good.
With so many things being wrong in the world, we've got to do something right.
To give without expecting anything back is what I believe too.
So that’s what he’s doing. I think it's putting the word into motion.
That’s the best thing you can do. Don’t talk about it. Do it. He does it all over the world.
I love people who are passionate about what they do.
Just like the musicians. They walk into a room with a guitar, they start playing.
Bill see’s a set of ears and he starts making them work. That’s what he does.
I think everybody takes all their gifts for granted, the gift of hearing in particular.
And I think something like this is a beautiful moment for everybody to remember how lucky they are.
To be grateful and put something back in.
We need an army to change the world. Bit by bit it’s growing.