# Cardiff tsunami concert raises £1,248,963

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/01/22/cardiff-tsunami-concert-raises-1248963/
- Published: 2005-01-22T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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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.

The major event was put together in under three weeks. Around 3,000 people volunteered
at the stadium.

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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](http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/tsunamireliefcardiff/pages/howtodonate.shtml)”
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](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/news.php?id=5468&rtype=news),
the DEC launched its appeal on 28 December 2004, two days after the disaster.

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