Singer would have been touched by the state’s situation and made an anonymous millionaire contribution
Madonna would have made a million dollar donation to those affected by the floods in Rio Grande do Sul. The information is from Erlan Bastoscolumnist for In offaccording to which the singer was touched by the situation in the state and directed R$10 million to the victims of the tragedy.
The columnist found that the donation made by Madonna would be kept secret. The total donated, however, would correspond to a significant part of the amount received by the artist during her career. The Celebration Tour across Brazil, a total that would reach R$60 million, according to The globe.
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The value of the fee would be debated by critics, who claim that the public funds allocated to the event – around R$10 million from the city of Rio de Janeiro, plus R$10 million from the state of Rio de Janeiro – should be directed to aid of those affected by the catastrophe in the South, which already number 880 thousand people.
The Rio de Janeiro government’s estimate, however, would be that the event’s financial return to Rio de Janeiro would be R$300 million.
Madonna would have invested in the event itself
Madonna would have invested her own money in the historic performance held in Rio de Janeiro last Saturday (4). The information is from Luciana Huck (via Look), who has already interviewed Madonna and was with the singer herself at the Copacabana Palace hotel, alongside his wife, the presenter Angelicaon the day of the event.
According to Huck, “a lot has been said in the last few days about how much this show cost in Rio. But a revelation that I’m going to make now and nobody knows is that Madonna put her money, guys, into this show.”
