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Just announced – Tues, Nov. 29 at Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco - Russell Brand will perform a special evening of stand-up comedy to benefit the David Lynch Foundation (to support stress-reducing meditation programs for veterans, inner-city students and the homeless).  Click here to book.

Other upcoming USA and Canada gigs:

• Eastern Michigan University – Ypsilanti, MI – Wed, 11/16/11
• Patriot Center – Fairfax, VA – Thu, 11/17/11
• Mullins Center – Amherst, MA – Sat, 11/19/11
• Casino Rama – Orillia, ON – Thu, 12/08/11

See Ticketmaster for details on tickets.

Russell speaks on stage at the “Change Begins Within” benefit celebration presented by the David Lynch Foundation at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on December 13, 2010 in New York City.

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From USAToday:

Clint Eastwood, Russell Brand and David Lynch plan to launch a new initiative on Monday, Dec. 13, to teach 10,000 veterans and their families a simple meditation practice for preventing and treating post-traumatic stress disorder.

The Operation Warrior Wellness launch will highlight a conference to be held at the Paley Center for Media in New York at 11 a.m., and webcast live at Livestream.com/davidlynch, on the research and applications of Transcendental Meditation for PTSD.

An estimated 30% to 35% of the 1.64 million U.S. troops deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq since October 2001 meet criteria for PTSD, according to the Foundation. Meditating veterans from World War II, Vietnam, Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan will report on how TM has aided their recovery.

Later on Monday night, Katy Perry, Dr. Oz and Russell Simmons will join the group for a swanky dinner to benefit the foundation.

If you have an extra $1000 and are in the NYC area, you can purchase a ticket to see Russell at David Lynch’s “Change Begins Within” benefit on December 13, 2010.

Russell, along with Katy Perry, will join David Lynch and other celebrities such as Russell Simmons, Clint Eastwood, and Dr. Mehmet Oz for “a very different and exciting evening” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Find out directly from Dr. Oz how you can overcome the build-up of stress (holiday and otherwise) in your own life and hear from Russell, Clint, Katy, and Russell how combat-frayed veterans, inner-city students and New York’s homeless are overcoming the traumatic stresses of their lives.

More info here.

Found some more photographs from the Donovan & Friends concert hosted by the David Lynch Foundation last month.

All photos are copyright David Lynch Foundation Television.

Our Russ is so handsome …

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Bobby Roth, Vice President of the David Lynch Foundation, has posted a blog with some pics from last weekend’s Donovan benefit concert.

There are two nice ones that include Russ. To see them (including a larger version of the one above), check out Bobby’s blog.

Actor Russell Brand, singer/songwriter Donovan, actress Emily Stofle Lynch and husband director David Lynch pose backstage at a concert to benefit the David Lynch Foundation at the El Rey Theatre on March 19, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.

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