WiZink Center to host Spanish flooding benefit

The Spanish music sector is uniting for a benefit gig in aid of those affected by the worst natural disaster in the country’s modern history.

Music from the Heart will take place at Madrid’s WiZink Center on 24 November, featuring artists Amaral, Arde Bogotá, Dani Fernández, David Bisbal, Hijos de la Ruina, Malú, Manuel Carrasco, Pablo Alborán, Raphael, Rozalén, Sole Giménez, Vanesa Martín and Viva Suecia.

It follows the weather phenomenon known as DANA (Depresión Aislada en Niveles Altos), which caused the deadliest flooding catastrophe to hit Europe in 50 years and led scores of events to be cancelled.

Valencia was the hardest-hit region, with the death toll exceeding 200, with fatalities also reported in the Castilla La Mancha region and Andalusia.

Collaborators include Valencia-based promoter The Music Republic

The charity concert has the support of the Generalitat Valenciana and the Community of Madrid, which owns the 17,456-cap WiZink Center. Collaborators include Valencia-based promoter The Music Republic, as well as other Spanish event organisers, record labels, artist managers and music associations.

Tickets go on sale today (8 November), with prices starting at €30. All profits raised, plus any additional income from the show, will go to the Som Solidaritat platform of the Generalitat Valenciana, which will channel aid to flooding victims. A phone line will also be set up for further donations.

Operator Baila.fm will not charge a commission and will “assume the transaction costs to ensure that 100% of the proceeds reach their destination”.

Elsewhere, a sold-out fundraising concert in Austria on 26 October, organised by Barracuda Music, held at Arena Nova in Wiener Neustadt, raised €250,000 for victims of the recent Austrian floods resulting from Storm Boris.

And in the US, Luke Combs’ Concert for Carolina at Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium raised $24.5 million for the Hurricane Helene relief effort.

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