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How Better Than Ezra’s Kevin Griffin Raised $40,000 for Coronavirus Relief by Clicking a Box on Facebook

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Last week, Better Than Ezra frontman raised $40,000 for MusiCares’ coronavirus relief fund simply by performing a virtual concert on Facebook and clicking a box on the site.

Asked how he did it, Griffin tells Variety: “I organized the event myself. I saw that the artist, Molly Tuttle, had done a Facebook live event that benefitted MusiCares and I was intrigued.

I didn’t know Facebook live events had a preference where you could designate a charity that people could donate to during the live stream and see the tally in real time.

Once I saw how easy and intuitive it was I decided to perform live and donate to MusiCares. “I had modest expectations, thinking I’d get $5-6k raised,” he continues. “I was blown away when we raised over $40k in an

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