Post Malone's Nirvana tribute raises over $2.6 million for COVID-19 aid, fans adore the cover songs and dress
Rapper Post Malone paid homage to his hard rock roots by playing a set of iconic Nirvana songs for his delighted fans on Friday, April 24.
Having previously covered Nirvana tunes in his concerts as a successful hip-hop star, Malone decided to go the whole hog this weekend by organizing a Nirvana Tribute charity concert that was live-streamed from his Salt Lake City home this weekend.
The former metal band member-turned-solo artiste played a 15-song setlist on his official YouTube channel starting at 6 pm ET, and besides the entertainment factor, it helped serve as a fundraiser for coronavirus relief efforts.
The description for the Nirvana concert read: "This event will raise funds for The United Nations Foundation’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for The World Health Organization (WHO) in support of COVID-19 relief efforts. Fans will be able to make donations to the UN Foundation in real-time during the live stream event. Google. will be matching all donations at a 2:1 rate, up to $5M, with all proceeds going to the UN Foundation."
Austin Richard Post aka Post Malone was joined in his efforts by Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker, bassist Brian Lee and guitarist Nick Mac and ended up raising over 2.6 million dollars in donations.
Post Malone had previously stated his original goal was to raise 5 million dollars for charity, but this is certainly a hefty chunk of change.
In a fitting tribute to the great Kurt Cobain, who was notorious for cross-dressing on stage, Malone wore a flowery dress that was perfectly in tune with the late Cobain's (and Malone's) sense of fashion.
Here's the full setlist of Nirvana songs that he ran through during the course of the show:
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