MORE than £7,000 raised at York Barbican’s pre-opening charity concert by party band Huge has been handed over to worthy causes.
The 90-minute concert on May 10 was a sell-out, raising £5,446 from booking fees and ticket income. Another £1,740 was raised through a bucket collection and £200 through an auction of a poster, bringing the total raised for the Lord Mayor’s Charities and York Against Cancer to £7,386.
Huge lead singer Ian Donaghy: “It was wonderful to see the people of York come out in force to support the Lord Mayor’s Charities and York Against Cancer, and great to perform once again at the York Barbican.”
Nick Reed, of Barbican operator SMG Europe, said: “Thank you to Huge, everyone involved in the event and of course to the people of York for supporting it.”
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