The Fifth Annual Adopt-A-Minefield Benefit was held on November the 15th in Los Angeles. Gibson President, Dave Berryman, presented Sir Paul McCartney with a $1 million donation from Epiphone to help address the worldwide landmine crisis. In all, the organization raised approximately $2 million through ticket sales and auction items in addition to the $1 million donated by Epiphone. Late night host and master of ceremonies, Jay Leno, presented the first Paul McCartney Signature Epiphone Texan guitar for auction. Built as a duplicate of McCartney’s own original Texan, which was used to compose and record the classic hit, “Yesterday,” the Signature Series guitar was sold for $50,000 with all proceeds benefitting the charity. The evening was hosted by Adopt-A-Minefield Goodwill Ambassadors Paul and Heather Mills McCartney, who shared the stage with Tony Bennett as the evening’s headline performers. Among the other celebrities in attendance were Quincy Jones, Ray Romano, Alec Baldwin, Cameron Crowe, and Andy Garcia. Adopt-A-Minefield estimates that there are over 45 million landmines in the ground in one-third of the world’s nations which maim or kill 15,000 to 20,000 civilians every year. They cost as little as $3 to produce, but as much as $1,000 to remove.