Cher to Present City of Hope’s Spirit of Life Award to Warner Records’ Tom Corson

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The superstar volition assistance grant the co-chairman/COO astatine the yearly fundraiser.

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Cher will contiguous Tom Corson with the 2025 Spirit of Life Award astatine City of Hope’s yearly Spirit of Life gala connected Oct. 15.

The icon has worked intimately with the Warner Records co-chairman/COO since Corson started the past fewer years, astir notably connected her hugely palmy vacation album, 2023’s Christmas, her archetypal acceptable to see archetypal worldly since 2013.

Fellow Warner Records superstar Michael Bublé has already been announced arsenic the evening’s performer. Labelmates Linkin Park are besides expected to beryllium successful attendance.

The lawsuit volition beryllium held astatine the Pacific Design Center successful West Hollywood, Calif., and volition rise wealth for City of Hope. Founded successful 1013, City of Hope is 1 of the largest crab and probe attraction facilities successful the U.S. The euphony manufacture has raised astir $170 cardinal for City of Hope successful much than 50 years since the founding of City of Hope’s Music, Film and Entertainment Industry group.

“It is simply a profound grant to beryllium recognized arsenic this year’s Spirit of Life honoree,” Corson said successful a connection erstwhile the honor was archetypal announced in May “At Warner Records, we often accidental it’s not conscionable astir the opus — it’s astir the artist. In the aforesaid way, City of Hope isn’t conscionable astir treatments — it’s astir the people, their dreams, and their futures. When I beryllium down with an artist, we speech astir their goals and aspirations, and we enactment to marque those dreams a reality. That aforesaid tone of translation is astatine the halfway of City of Hope’s mission: turning anticipation into tangible breakthroughs for patients warring cancer. The euphony manufacture has ever been astir much than entertainment; it’s astir connection, transformation, and impact. I americium arrogant to basal with my peers successful championing this origin and supporting the captious and lifesaving enactment City of Hope does each day.”

Past honorees include Jay Marciano, Lyor Cohen, Shelli and Irving Azoff, Edgar Bronfman Jr., Coran Capshaw, Eddy Cue, Clive Davis, Sir Lucian Grainge, Allen Grubman, Quincy Jones, Rob Light, Monte and Avery Lipman, Doug Morris, Mo Ostin, Bob Pittman, Jon Platt and Sylvia Rhone.