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Norwegian black metal band Wardruna have donated $14,000 from a T-shirt fundraiser to the Firekeeper Alliance, a non-profit committed to reducing suicide rates among the Blackfeet Nation and other Indigenous communities.
The donation came after the band’s performance at the Fire in the Mountains metal festival in late July. This year, the festival was held in the Rocky Mountains of northwestern Montana, at the Red Eagle Campground in the Blackfeet Nation.
As reported by Rolling Stone, one of the goals of the festival itself was to aid in reducing the suicide rate among Native Americans. Wardruna followed suit, holding a T-shirt fundraiser at the festival and online, with the shirt featuring a design created by a student in the Blackfeet Nation community. More than 500 shirts were sold.
“It makes us profoundly happy and proud to see that the Wardruna community all over the world responded with a genuine desire to support the Firekeeper Alliance, their cause, purpose and work,” the band stated in a press release. “True light-work is about daring to name and face the shadows, the dark and the pain. Thank you Firekeeper Alliance for your important work with suicide prevention. It was deeply moving to see the positive ripples of this work at Fire in the Mountains. Keep the fire burning!”
Charlie Speicher, director of Firekeeper Alliance, added: “The connection between FITM, FKA, Wardruna, By Norse and AISAmusic is one of the most powerful relationships I’ve been a part of. This support of our mission and the work we are doing means a lot to us. From the very bottom of our hearts, thank you. This gesture, and everything else you have supported us with, is going to translate directly to creating a safer world here for our loved ones. Please know that your love, support, and generosity has lifted our organization to allow us to help our community in ways we never dreamed would be possible.”
Wardruna are currently back in Europe for a run of shows, but return to North America in September for a headlining tour with support from Chelsea Wolfe. The trek kicks off September 4th in Fort Worth, Texas. See the schedule below, and get tickets here.
Wardruna 2025 Tour Dates:
08/13-16 – Dinkelsbühl, DE @ Summer Breeze Open Air 2025
08/14-16 – Bristol, UK @ ArcTanGent Festival 2025
08/16 – Chemnitz, DE @ Theaterplatz
09/04 – Fort Worth, TX @ Will Rogers Auditorium
09/05 – San Antonio, TX @ Tobin Center for the Performing Arts
09/07 – Mesa, AZ @ Ikeda Theater
09/08 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre
09/09 – Oakland, CA @ Paramount Theatre
09/11 – Portland, OR @ The Keller Auditorium
09/13 – Seattle, WA @ Moore Theater
09/14 – Seattle, WA @ Moore Theater
09/16 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Capitol Theater of SLC
09/17 – Colorado Springs, CO @ Pike’s Peak Center
09/19 – Minneapolis, MN @ Orpheum Theatre
09/20 – Chicago, IL @ The Auditorium Theater
09/22 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
09/23 – Rochester, NY @ Kodak Center Theater
09/24 – Boston, MA @ The Wang Theater
09/26 – New York, NY @ The Beacon Theatre
09/27 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kimmel Center
09/28 – Washington, DC @ The Warner Theater
11/14 – Hannover, DE @ Kuppelsaal
11/16 – København K, DK @ Det Kongelige Teater
11/17 – København K, DK @ Det Kongelige Teater
11/19 – Stockholm, SE @ Cirkus
11/21 – Helsinki, FI @ Finlandia-talo
11/22 – Lahti, FI @ Sibeliustalo
11/23 – Tampere, FI @ Tampere-talo
11/25 – Tallinn, EE @ Alexela Kontserdimaja
11/27 – Wroclaw, PL @ Centennial Hall
11/28 – München, DE @ Showpalast
11/29 – Stuttgart, DE @ Liederhalle
12/01 – Porto, PT @ Casa Música
12/02 – Porto, PT @ Casa da Musica
12/03 – Madrid, ES @ The Music Station
12/04 – Madrid, ES @ The Music Station
12/06 – Muret, FR @ Salle Horizon
12/07 – Torino, IT @ Auditorium del Lingotto
12/08 – Strasbourg, FR @ Palais de la Musique et des Congres
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