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[Photo by: Facebook] Royal Blood have been added to the list of bands who have teamed up with the Yellow Bird Project to design an exlcusive t-shirt to benefit Trekstock, a charity that provides social and practical support to young adults with cancer in the UK.  Read more: Kinky Boots cast auction off rare collectibles to help fellow cast […]

Sweet Relief Musicians Fund will be holding a Strange 80s benefit concert hosted by Stranger Things' Finn Wolfhard May 14 at the Fonda Theater.  Read more: 10 ways to support music/musicians All proceeds will go to Sweet Relief Musicians Fund to provide financial assistance to career musicians and music industry workers in need due to illness, […]

Whether we find ourselves in great political difficulties or personal struggles, music has always been a bridge to guide us toward peace, happiness and understanding. As we grow as a society, we face many challenges, some of those impacting the artists we love. It’s important that we continue to support these artists and help those […]

“It's time to take a stand”—that's the opening line of a new initiative's website, which sees hundreds of bands donating their Bandcamp proceeds to A Voice For The Innocent. The goal of Take A Stand is to promote safe spaces within the music community. Read more: Halsey, Machine Gun Kelly, Skrillex and more to play ACLU […]

Beartooth is auctioning off various rare and exclusive items to raise money for Hope For The Day. Hope For The Day focuses on suicide prevention and mental health education through self-expression platforms to achieve outreach, education and prevention with a message of “It's ok not to be ok, have hope.” The band will be auctioning […]

Refused donated all the proceeds from VIP and meet & greet packages to Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS). The packages were offered on the band's North American tour with Plague Vendor and the Coathangers. Over $3,000 was raised for the charity! Read more: Andrew McMahon offers private living room concert as prize in new Dear Jack Foundation fundraiser […]

Update: As of the 24th hour of the stream, while a game of Dungeons & Dragons commences into overtime, the friends have raised more than $30,000. Way to go, Candy Lords! Gerard Way and former My Chemical Romance security guard “Big Worm” and friends are deep within hour 16 of a 24-hour board and card […]

For many of us, the November 13 attack on Paris was thousands of miles from home, but that doesn't mean our community is powerless to help. Multiple organizations have mobilized volunteers on the ground, while other foundations are accepting donations to provide immediate aid. Here are some ways you can show your support: On social media, […]

After growing his hair out for four years, Tonight Alive guitarist Jake Hardy has shaved his head for the Leukaemia Foundation's World's Greatest Shave. You can watch a video of frontwoman Jenna McDougall helping him out below. Hardy is on a mission to raise $10,000 dollars for the foundation, and has already amassed nearly $4,000. If he reached his […]

Fearless Vampire Killers are currently auctioning a recently unearthed and “scrawled on” first-edition sample copy of vocalist/guitarist Laurence Beveridge’s debut novel Ruple And Evelyn. Ten percent of the sales proceeds go to the Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust, a U.K.-based charity, which funds research for cancers that affect 13-24 year old patients. At post time, […]

The Used chat with AP West Coast Editor Ryan J. Downey about music festivals and how they've changed over the years, including how lifestyle branding has marred them.  “They're taking everything that's cool about people's lives and then selling it back to them for lots of money,” says vocalist Bert McCracken. They also chat philanthropy, […]

1BlueString, the organization which encourages guitarist to replace one string on their guitars with a blue one to raise awareness for the one in six men who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse, is up for the Artist Philanthropic AP Music Award presented by Sub City/Take Action with supporters Modern Baseball.  APTV Los Angeles correspondent Nick Major recently […]

Shirts For A Cure are up for the Artist Philanthropic Award presented by Sub City/Take Action at the APMAs with Rise Against! Get to know the organization / Syrentha Savio Endowment with founder Mark Beemer in this APTV profile. If you love their work and want to support them, be sure to vote for them over at the […]

Frank Iero, Ray Toro and James Dewees have donated rare items to be raffled off with proceeds going to the U.K. Make-A-Wish Foundation at an upcoming My Chemical Romance fan meet-up celebrating ten years of Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge. Fans who are interested in owning one-of-a-kind MCR items, including a Danger Days… World Contamination Tour […]

Converge have premiered a new music video for “Precipice” and “All We Love We Leave Behind,” the title track from their 2012 full-length album, on Pitchfork. The video was directed by filmmaker/animator Craig Murray (Converge, Oxbow, Narrows); watch it below, and let us know what you think. Coinciding with the video’s release, the band are […]

A fund set up to help the victims and families of yesterday’s fatal car crash at the South By Southwest festival has already raised $20,000 in donations. The SXSW Cares Fund will help distribute all funds raised to those most affected by the tragedy through a community-based process. (You can still donate to the fund […]

La Dispute is set to release their new full-length album, Rooms Of The House, on March 18 via Better Living, in partnership with Staple Records. Leading up to the album’s release, the band have decided to auction off 3 test presses of the new record for charity on eBay. Each of the three charities below will have […]

Animal Style Records have released a label sampler for charity, in celebration of founder Matt Medina’s recent Marriage. The sampler features cover songs from four acts on the label’s roster—Mixtapes, Born Without Bones, We Are The Union and Wolves At Bay. You can purchase the sampler on Animal Style’s Bandcamp page; all proceeds will be […]

Fadeaway Records have returned from a hiatus exceeding ten years with a mission, and it all begins with Friends.  “This compilation was a catalyst to reform Fadeaway Records as a not for profit label,” says Michael Dubin, who runs the label alongside Neil Rubenstein. “Everything that we release will be for charity, we plan on doing a series […]

Vans Warped Tour takes a day off in partnership with Waves For Water in New Jersey to help out a community affected by Hurricane Sandy.