Earlier this year, Eric Clapton donated over £1,000 and lent his family’s van to Jam For Freedom, a UK-based anti-vaccine and anti-lockdown group of musicians who campaign against what they call “medical apartheid.”
A new report in Rolling Stone describes how, following Jam For Freedom’s car being damaged in an accident, the group set up a crowdfunding campaign via IndieGoGo. The group’s founder, Cambel McLaughlin, received a surprising email that told him £1,000 had been donated under the name Eric Clapton.
He doubted the veracity of the donator’s identity, until he received a text from Clapton himself. “It was something complimentary, along the lines of, ‘Hey, it’s Eric – great work you’re doing,” McLaughlin told Rolling Stone. Following a phone call, Clapton lent the group his family’s Volkswagen Transporter van as a temporary replacement for the damaged car. Rolling Stone also reports that Clapton added to his £1,000 donation with an undisclosed…
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