You read it right, Rush is donating $40,000 to the Gord Downie Fund for Brain Cancer Research.
As a lot of you know already, Downie announced his terminal illness before the last Tragically Hip tour. Since this last tour, the singer also released a solo album, Secret Path.
This donation will be given to the Sunnybrook health Sciences Center which is where the Gord Downie Fund for Brain Cancer Research is based. Rush is being awarded a Canadian Music Week Award which can be given to the charity of their choice:
"We are pleased to direct this generous donation from the Allan Slaight Humanitarian award to the Gord Downie Fund for Brain Cancer Research at Sunnybrook," the band said. "Many Canadian families have been affected either directly or indirectly by this terrible disease. Through Gord's courageous efforts this cause is now getting the attention it desperately deserves. As a fellow musician and friend, it's our turn to help support his efforts to fight brain cancer now."
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The award will be presented on April 20th in Toronto at the Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Awards Gala Dinner.