For the benefit of Haiti
Ex Norwegian have added two additional performances for this Friday, January 22nd, to support local Haiti relief efforts via benefit concerts. Their original scheduled show, the first of 2010, at Miami’s popular indie hang The Vagabond will go on as planned. So the night is as follows:
News Lounge @ 6:30 RSVP on Facebook.
American Legion @ 9:30; RSVP on Facebook.
The Vagabond @ 11; RSVP on Facebook.
The band is more than happy to help the humanitarian help efforts for Haiti who has hit by a devastation earthquake of a 7.0 magnitude on January 12th. However, guitarist Roger Houdaille is wary of the U.S. military and U.N. gaining control – almost by default – over the effort. “It seems that they took over and they are on an agenda that isn’t necessarily humanitarian. After all, we can’t forget that in 2004 the US sponsored the coup d’etat that removed Haiti’s president and helped create the military state it became. I find it hard to take them serious, and the news reports of them getting rid of doctors and how disorganized things are, yet millions are being spent…it’s all very troubling.”
The band also advised to research who you are donating to very well, and avoid the big guys such as Red Cross if you can.
More research:
The Militarization of Emergency Aid to Haiti: Is it a Humanitarian Operation or an Invasion?
Security concerns cause doctors to leave hospital, quake victims