Linkin Park Set Up Charity For Victims Of The Tsunami

Linkin Park have teamed up with the American Red Cross to establish a charity that will help victims of the tsunami that recently battered southern Asia.

Music For Relief will be dedicated to providing aid for the victims of the charity reports MTV. Linkin Park have already donated $100,000 of their own cash to help get the charity started.

Guitarist Brad Delson said: "As a band, we were in a position to help, but this needs to be a lot broader effort — both by our fans and by other musicians. If one of our fans can donate $10, then that's going to help, and the faster we can do it, the better.

"Here in the States, we might not think that we're directly affected by all this, but we can help. And the more we can do, and the quicker we can do it, the more lives we can save. Obviously, there's been a horrendous, unparalleled loss of life. But a lot more people are going to die from being homeless and the problems with the water and diseases."

"The whole thing is really a race against time," Delson said.

In June Linkin Park played a massive outdoor gig in the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand. That arena is now serving as a makeshift triage centre where victims are receiving medical treatment.

"We played what was the largest Thai concert in the past 10 years. It was an amazing show, and I carry with me the hospitality of the Thai people and the people of southern Asia," Delson continued. "And having been there, I can just say that people there were so welcoming to us, and I really hope that through this effort we can help in some small way."

"We don't have a specific monetary goal right now," Delson said. "But we hope that anyone and everyone who can help will. We hope people will contribute what they can, because we can really save lives."

Donations can be made via MusicForRelief.org, which goes live today at 4 p.m.