Brand New respond to Shkreli price-gouging controversy with AIDS benefit sale
September 24, 2015In an apparent response to the recent controversy surrounding Martin Shkreli—the Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO who's been under fire for raising the price of a life-saving AIDS and HIV drug from $13.50 to $750 per pill—Long Island rock favorites Brand New have launched an AIDS benefit sale with all proceeds going to the Whitman-Walker Aids Foundation for the next 48 hours. On Instagram, the band announced, “Starting now, we are running a 48 hour sale on our merch store to benefit AIDS charity through Whitman-Walker Health in Washington D.C. Grab a t shirt and help us answer strife with generosity.”
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The sale consists of a 20-percent discount on the band's line of 'Electricity Is Dangerous' shirts which just so happens to be a shirt that Shkreli's seen wearing in a picture that's been going around as of late. You can check out Brand New's sale here and the Whitman-Walker Foundation here.