Cardiff tsunami concert raises £1,248,963
Howard Lake | 22 January 2005 | News
Today’s Tsunami Relief Cardiff concert at the Millennium Stadium has raised £1,248,963 for the Disasters Emergency Committee’s Tsunami Earthquake Appeal.
The concert attracted 61,000 people, plus many more who watched or listened on TV, radio and the Internet.
Musicians and performers who donated their time included Eric Clapton, The Manic Street Preachers, Feeder, Keane and Charlotte Church.
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The major event was put together in under three weeks. Around 3,000 people volunteered at the stadium.
BBC Wales covered the event extensively, but it is interesting how within a month the original details of the DEC appeal have already become forgotten or misrepresented. On the “make a donation” page on the BBC Wales website, it claims that the DEC launched its appeal on the day of the tsunami disaster:
“The response from the British people to the Disaster Emergency Committee’s Tsunami Earthquake Appeal has been fantastic, with a huge amount of money raised since it was launched on Boxing Day.”
In fact, as UK Fundraising reported, the DEC launched its appeal on 28 December 2004, two days after the disaster.
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