{"id":144638,"date":"2025-01-18T02:01:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T02:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/18\/the-weeknd-donates-to-los-angeles-wildfire-relief\/"},"modified":"2025-01-18T02:01:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T02:01:47","slug":"the-weeknd-donates-to-los-angeles-wildfire-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/18\/the-weeknd-donates-to-los-angeles-wildfire-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weeknd donates to Los Angeles wildfire relief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-01-18\" datetime=\"1737165707\" pubdate=\"\">18 January 2025<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/the-weeknd\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,the-weeknd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Weeknd<\/a> has donated $1 million to the wildfire relief effort in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">The Weeknd has donated money to the relief effort<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old singer &#8211; whose real name is Abel Tesfaye &#8211; has donated $1 million across three different organisations &#8211; The Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation, GoFundMe\u2019s Wildfire Relief Fund and the LA Regional Food Bank.<\/p>\n<p>The chart-topping star has made the donations in partnership with World Food Program USA and XO, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/the-weeknd\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,the-weeknd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Weeknd<\/a>&#8216;s humanitarian fund.<\/p>\n<p>The singer made the generous donation shortly after cancelling a scheduled concert in Los Angeles due to the wildfires.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/the-weeknd\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,the-weeknd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Weeknd<\/a> &#8211; who is preparing to release his new album, &#8216;Hurry Up Tomorrow&#8217; &#8211; wrote on Instagram at the time: &#8220;Out of respect and concern for the people of Los Angeles County, I am canceling the Rose Bowl concert originally scheduled for January 25th.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;This city has always been a profound source of inspiration for me, and my thoughts are with everyone impacted during this difficult time. In light of this, I have also decided to push the release of my album to January 31st.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;My focus remains on supporting the recovery of these communities and aiding its incredible people as they rebuild.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;With love, Abel. (sic)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nMeanwhile, Beyonce recently donated $2.5 million to support relief efforts in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Grammy-winning star announced that the money would be given to the LA Fire Relief Fund through her BeyGOOD Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe charity said on Instagram: &#8220;Los Angeles we stand with you. BeyGOOD is taking action by announcing the LA Fire Relief Fund with a donation of 2.5 million dollars.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;The fund is earmarked to aid families in the Altadena\/Pasadena area who lost their homes, and to churches and community centers to address the immediate needs of those affected by the wildfires. (sic)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/weeknd-donates-los-angeles-wildfire-relief-1412297.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>18 January 2025 The Weeknd has donated $1 million to the wildfire relief effort in Los Angeles. The Weeknd has donated money to the relief effort The 34-year-old singer &#8211; whose real name is Abel Tesfaye &#8211; has donated $1 million across three different organisations &#8211; The Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation, GoFundMe\u2019s Wildfire Relief [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":144639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[532,61],"class_list":{"0":"post-144638","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-beyonce","9":"tag-the-weeknd"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}