UK band Placebo donates $40,000 to Tbilisi flood relief fund

One of the biggest bands on the planet has contributed almost $40,000 USD to help Tbilisi recover from the devastating flood that caused immense damage to the capital city last month.

Prominent English alternative rock band Placebo donated $39,974 to the recovery efforts after raising funds at the Tbilisi Open Air festival on July 7.

At the time the world renowned band said it would donate any money received at the concert to those affected by the Tbilisi flood.

Shortly after the concert the band, established in 1994 by singer-guitarist Brian Molko and guitarist-bassist Stefan Olsdal, transferred the funds to the Indiegogo online fundraising campaign. Their hefty donation took about two weeks to process and was added to the charity fund late last week.

The band’s contribution made up about half of the $80,000 raised so far by about 800 donors.

Two days after the Tbilisi concert Placebo went online and thanked everyone who attended the gig.

...ANOTHER CRAZY NIGHT ON THE ROAD FOR PLACEBO! SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL THE FANS IN TBLISI, GEORGIA FOR GIVING US SO MUCH LOVE AND POSITIVE ENERGY. WE TRULY HAD AN AMAZING TIME!!!,” said the band on its Facebook page.

On July 7 UK band Placebo played at the Tbilisi Open Air festival. Photo from the band's Facebook page.

The Indiegogo online fundraising campaign was established by local woman Maka Meshveliani on June 15 – two days after the Tbilisi flood ravaged a part of the city and demolished Tbilisi Zoo and many of the animals that lived there.

Initially the goal was to raise $10,000 however in just over six weeks the campaign has raised $80,000.

On the Indiegogo website Meshveliani earlier said: "I would like to thank each and every one of you for your generosity. We have managed to raise $39,152 in just 26 days. It is incredible!”

As of today, July 28, 802 people have donated $80,000 to the campaign.