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Play My
Birthday
Billy Idol
By Rocky & Kristine Fields
What started out as one
man's dream, is now turning
into his reality.
Michael Henrichsen of Se-
attle, WA decided two years ago
that his ultimate dream birthday
present would be to have
Billy Idol play a show for his own
personal birthday party.
He's the kind of guy that
doesn't take no for an answer,
who won't let anyone tell him
that he can't accomplish something,
no matter how big or
small. His determination lead
him down a path that could
have gone nowhere, but instead
is actually coming to fruition on
October 26, 2012.
With the help of his friends,
Michael petitions publicly to have Billy Idol play his birthday
Michael created a Web site:
www.playmybirthdaybillyidol.
com. His friends and colleagues
began a two-year long campaign
to make this dream come true.
They stood on corners with
signs, held rallies in Seattle,
enlisted the help of celebrities
like Nick Cannon, Kevin Nealon,
Sugar Ray’s Mark McGrath,
Apolo Ohno, Jay Buhner, and
many others to record video messages
to Billy Idol.
Michael realized that in order
to get Billy's attention, he'd
have to go big. Do something for
the good of the community, for
the good of others. A believer
in karma, he developed a band,
which he himself fronted, named
"Nite Wave". They began playing
benefit shows for the Red Cross,
and for Northwest Harvest, accumulating
over $7,000 in donations
and over 400 lbs. of food!
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