Shinedown has presented a follow up check of $230,000 to their original $20,000 donation from their COVID-19 fundraiser. The 250,000 total will go to humanitarian aid organization Direct Relief, one of the largest providers of medical resources in the world.
Direct Relief provides personal protective equipment to frontline health workers responding to COVID-19.
Funds were raised through the sale of “Atlas Falls,” a song originally written in 2013.
The song recently gave Shinedown the record for the most #1s ever in the nearly 40-year history of the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart, scoring their 16th # 1. The song also marked the band's 17th # 1 on the Mediabase Active Rock chart and their sixth consecutive # 1.
TL;DR:
- Shinedown has presented a follow up check of $230,000 to their original $20,000 donation from their COVID-19 fundraiser.
- The 250,000 total will go to humanitarian aid organization Direct Relief, one of the largest providers of medical resources in the world.
