Melinda French Gates doubles Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields charity total to $20million

Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields festival has raised $20million for organisations supporting women and girls after Melinda French Gates matched its original total. READ MORE: Olivia Rodrigo – ‘You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love’ review: a bittersweet, cinematic odyssey from a generational talent Ahead of the event, which took place at Great Park in Irvine, California yesterday (August 29), Rodrigo announced that it had raised $10million for 10 non-profit partners. French Gates then made a surprise appearance at the beginning of Rodrigo’s headline set and revealed that she would match the sum with a further $10million through her organisation Pivotal Ventures, taking the overall total to $20million. The co-founder of the Gates Foundation called the 23-year-old singer “a force” and praised her for “showing a new generation how much their voices matter”. Sharing photographs from the festival on Instagram, she later wrote: “What Daisy Chain Fields set in motion will last far beyond a single night.” The money will benefit Baby2Baby, Black Mamas Matter Alliance, the Center For Reproductive Rights, FreeFrom, Jhpiego, Johns Hopkins Center For Indigenous Health, the National Domes...