The Straits to perform at Rock4Rhinos

The Straits will play at the Supersport Park in Centurion on 28 June 2014, helping to raise money to feed and care for orphaned and injured baby rhinos. The band will feature South African singer/guitarist Terence Reis, renowned for his Knoplfer-style guitar work.

The Straits will be supported in their Rock4Rhinos concert by local acts including  Freshlyground, Arno Carstens, ISO, Bedouin Sea, and Matthew Mole.

 

The Straits’ manager Tom Cleary said in an interview from the USA where the band is now touring, that they would consider it a privilege to help raise funds for such a worthy cause: “The least we can do is to help raise money to feed the orphaned baby rhinos,” he said.

 

Annual event

 

According to Rock4Rhinos facilitator Chris de Bruno Austin, the Straits concert will be the first of Rock4Rhinos concerts to be staged annually.

 

“We hope to be able to bring more top flight artists to South Africa, including stars such as Eric Clapton and others to raise funds to save orphaned baby rhinos,” he said.

 

 

Care for Wild is currently looking after ten orphaned rhinos– a number of them sent to CFW by SANParks rangers, after the slaughter of their mothers in Kruger Park.

 

Tickets for the Pretoria concert will go on sale soon at www.webtickets.co.za. Seats are expected to sell for R380 per person for general admission and R650 for Golden Circle.

 

For more info, go to www.rock4rhinos.org.