Concert raises $8m for Vic, Qld | Northern Rivers Celebrity | Celebrities and Speakers in Northern Rivers

16th April 2009

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin and John Farnham perform live at the Sound Relief concerts.

AAP

MORE than $8 million was raised for the victims of the Victorian bushfires and Queensland floods, organisers of the Sound Relief concerts revealed on Thursday.

The twin charity concerts - held simultaneously in Melbourne and Sydney - were staged to raise money for the Victorian Bushfires Appeal and the Queensland Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal.

In total, $7,159,760 raised from the Melbourne concert at the MCG will be donated to bushfire victims while $874,416 will be given to the Queensland flood relief appeal.

"We are thrilled with the amount of money raised by Sound Relief. It is no small exercise to stage two stadium concerts of such magnitude," organisers said.

"We are proud to have been part of Sound Relief and hope the funds raised will help to heal the communities that have been impacted on by these devastating disasters."

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