Taking Back Sunday Performing Charity Show In RVC Next Week

Taking Back Sunday, the Long Island band that has grown to be known around the world, is making a stop in Rockville Centre to play a benefit concert before jetting off to Central and South America to continue its international tour.

The concert, on Monday, March 11, will be at R.J. Daniel's, located at 279A Sunrise Highway in Rockville Centre. Tickets go on sale at the bar's back door Saturday at noon. Tickets are $80 each, and are limited to two per person. They are being sold in person only, and the name on the tickets must match the name at the door on the day of the show.

The concert is benefiting the Tommy Brull Foundation, a local charity now in its 10th year. The foundation was started by Tommy Brull's brother, Martin, to honor his brother's memory. Tommy died in 1999, and Martin founded the charity in 2008 to honor him. The Tommy Brull Foundation raises money to benefit people with physical and mental disabilities, who Tommy had dedicated his life to helping.

The funds from Monday's concert will go to benefit Mr. B's Playground, an all-inclusive playground that is being built in Rockville Centre, named after the village's late and beloved director of recreation.

Taking Back Sunday is currently in the middle of an international tour celebrating the band's 20th anniversary. But Martin Brull is friends with the band's drummer, Mark O'Connell. According to the Rockville Centre Herald, the two had been trying to get Taking Back Sunday to do a concert for the foundation for years, but the timing just never worked.

O'Connell grew up in Rockville Centre and now lives in Long Beach.

Tickets to the March 11 show are very limited, and are only available in person. Cash is preferred when making the purchase.