Phoebe Bridgers’ smashed guitar raises $100K for GLAAD
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Phoebe Bridgers arrives at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Sunday, March 14, 2021. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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Songwriter John Hiatt once sang, “Oh, it breaks my heart to see those stars smashing a perfectly good guitar,” but he might make an exception Phoebe Bridgers.
Bridgers smashed her Danelectro Dano ’56 guitar onstage during a performance on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” in February and was later put up for auction. The result was a benefit of more than $100,000 for GLAAD, an advocacy group for the LGBTQ community.
“Phoebe Bridgers’ unforgettable
SNL guitar smash has now gone from a much-buzzed-about performance and morphed into an important moment of giving back to the LGBTQ community, Anthony Ramos, GLAAD s head of talent tells
Billboard in an email statement. Phoebe is such a visible, out powerhouse in the music industry and we knew that the item was special, but we were so pleasantly surprised to see such a large amount of money raised that will go directly into our work to support and uplift LGBTQ people. Thank you, Phoebe!”
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The electric guitar Phoebe Bridgers famously smashed onstage during her performance debut on U.S. comedy show Saturday Night Live has raised over $100,000 for GLAAD.
The singer destroyed her Danelectro Dano 56 guitar after belting out the track I Know the End on the 6 February episode, and the instrument was put up for auction to raise money for the organisation, which attempts to rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance , following the GLAAD Media Awards last week.
While the auction attracted a spattering of bids in the days after it was activated, a bidding frenzy in the final hours meant the final bid was for $101,500 (£74,056).