{"id":14197,"date":"2016-05-19T17:12:59","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T16:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=14197"},"modified":"2016-05-19T17:12:59","modified_gmt":"2016-05-19T16:12:59","slug":"celebrity-boot-sale-for-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2016\/05\/19\/celebrity-boot-sale-for-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity Boot Sale For Refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Online auction boasts Zayn Malik\u2019s jumpers, signed Noel Gallagher guitar and Take That tickets<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Celebrity attendees at the Star Boot Sale will include Dave Rowntree, Hot Chip, Mel C, KT Tunstall, Phil Daniels and Dynamo <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Signed albums, books &amp; celebrities\u2019 own designer clothes up for grabs at Sunday\u2019s event, from Coldplay, the Libertines, Jake Bugg and many more<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>London, 19<sup>th<\/sup> May, 2016 <\/strong>\u2014 \u2018One man\u2019s trash is another man\u2019s treasure\u2019, or so the saying goes. With just days to go until the <a href=\"http:\/\/starbootsale.com\/\">Star Boot Sale<\/a> on May 22<sup>nd<\/sup> at London\u2019s Truman Brewery, the celebrity donations are piling up!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been overwhelmed by the response\u201d said Dave Rowntree, drummer with the British band Blur, and mastermind of the fundraiser.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve received all manner of items, ranging from limited edition vinyl, to signed football boots, household items- including bespoke artwork by Pete Doherty &#8211; festival tickets and even band\u2019s gold disks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the day there will be bargains on offer from as little as \u00a31. Books and records will start at a fiver &#8211; I\u2019ll be selling my drumsticks for \u00a36 &#8211; while we\u2019re hoping dresses and other designer pieces donated by Models 1\u2019s stable of celebrities including Erin O&#8217;Connor, Olivia Palermo, and \u00a0Amber Le Bon will go for a bit more than that! Some of Zebra One gallery\u2019s items should raise hundreds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut come down and see for yourself; celebrities including <strong>Badly Drawn Boy, KT Tunstall, Erin O\u2019Connor, Mel C<\/strong> and <strong>Hot Chip<\/strong> will be there and encouraging a spot of haggling. It will be a real car boot sale experience &#8211; but with celebs, and proper nosh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For those not able to attend the event, there is still time to get involved &#8211; an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shpock.com\/StarBootSale\">online auction<\/a> launches today in association with the app Shpock. It is listing items ranging from <strong>Chris Martin\u2019s<\/strong> FX pedal, to <strong>Take That <\/strong>tickets, a rare signed <strong>Stone Roses<\/strong> \u2018Lemons\u2019 poster and even personal jumpers donated by ex-One Direction-er, <strong>Zayn Malik<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Building on the success of the inaugural Star Boot Sale auction in December last year, the aim is to raise vital funds to support the International Rescue Committee\u2019s work providing healthcare for refugees living in Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>Armin Strbac, co-founder of Shpock said: \u201cWe are urging everyone to get involved. Whether you come along to the event or bid online, not only could you pick up a piece of music history \u2013 or Russell Brand\u2019s leather trousers &#8211; but you\u2019ll be safe in the knowledge that every penny raised will go straight to help some of the world\u2019s most vulnerable people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information and to receive updates about celebrities\u2019 items added to the Star Boot Sale and online auction, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starbootsale.com\/\">www.starbootsale.com<\/a> or follow the action at @starbootsale and @IRCUK<\/p>\n<p><strong>DETAILS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Star Boot Sale Event: <\/strong>The Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London, E1 on Sunday 22<sup>nd<\/sup> May 2016. Doors open at 11am until 4pm. <strong><u>This is a ticket only event,<\/u><\/strong> tickets cost \u00a313.50 (+ fees) and can be purchased here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starbootsale.com\/\">www.starbootsale.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Star Boot Sale Online Auction:\u00a0 <\/strong>The online auction is live at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shpock.com\/StarBootSale\">www.shpock.com\/StarBootSale <\/a>from Thursday 19<sup>th<\/sup> May at 8pm, and bidding will close at 8pm on Sunday 29<sup>th<\/sup> May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online auction boasts Zayn Malik\u2019s jumpers, signed Noel Gallagher guitar and Take That tickets Celebrity attendees at the Star Boot Sale will include Dave Rowntree, Hot Chip, Mel C, KT Tunstall, Phil Daniels and Dynamo Signed albums, books &amp; celebrities\u2019 own designer clothes up for grabs at Sunday\u2019s event, from Coldplay, the Libertines, Jake Bugg [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":14198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,38,112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-national-news","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}