Concert revenues to be sent to disaster-hit Soma

ISTANBUL

Revenues from spring and summer fests / concerts, including the One Love Festival, Babylon Soundgarden, Bob Dylan, Travis, The Pixies, Sun Ra Arkestra and Belleruche, will be distributed to families of victims in Soma.

Revenues from several concerts scheduled for May and June will be donated to the families of the minimum of 301 miners who were killed last week in Soma’s mine disaster.

Those who buy tickets for concerts, including the One Love Festival, Babylon Soundgarden, Bob Dylan, Travis, The Pixies, Sun Ra Arkestra and Belleruche, scheduled for May and June, will all be helping relief efforts in Soma.

The tickets will be between 10 Turkish Liras and up to 500 liras for the concerts. Proceeds from all tickets that were sold before the disaster will also be donated to Soma miners’ families.

Those who have already bought tickets for any of these concerts will also be able to return their tickets if they so choose.

Details of the donation will be announced on May 20, and tickets will be open for sale at 10 a.m. on May 20, according to information released by Biletix on its website.