Rage Against The Machine raised $1million for charity with five-night New York residency

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Rage Against The Machine have announced that, thanks to fans buying charity tickets to those shows, they’ve raised a total of $1million (£829,400).The political alternative metal outfit performed five shows at Madison Square Garden last week, delivering anthems like ‘Bulls On Parade’, ‘Killing In The Name’ and ‘Guerrilla Radio’ to an estimated 100,000 fans.10 percent of tickets to these shows – and all others on their North American ‘Public Service Announcement’ tour – were sold with “charity pricing”, whereby higher fees were implemented, partly in an effort to deter scalpers, with all additional funds generated being diverted to local charities.Rage announced their feat on social media overnight, assuring followers that the $1million raised by New Yorkers would be distributed between three non-profit organisations.

Those include the Immigrant Defense Project, which offers legal help to people in the US facing deportation “and other adverse immigration consequences”.The two other organisations are Neighbors Together, which provides food and social services to those in need across Ocean Hill, Brownsville and Bedford-Stuyvesant, “three of the lowest-income areas in New York City”; and The Campaign Against Hunger, which “increas[es] access to safe, nutritious food and related resources” all across NYC.In order to contribute to the latter two charities, Rage have teamed up with WhyHunger, a community-focussed organisation that aims to “provide critical resources to support grassroots movements and fuel community solutions rooted in social, environmental, racial and economic justice”.Immigrant Defense Project: https://www.immigrantdefenseproject.orgWhyHunger: https://whyhunger.orgNeighbors Together:.