author: Meg

source: Tainted Reality Press Release

Tainted Reality, the subculture entertainment website, will be collecting donations for GACKT's Show Your Heart charity to help the victims of the March 11th Japan earthquake and tsunami. Fans who make donations of $5 or more will receive a handmade ribbon showing their support, courtesy of Tainted Reality staff. Donations will be collected at all of Tainted Reality's live events in the months of March and April.

Tainted Reality will be accepting donations at Rose Noire events in Pennsylvania, Maryland and New York and at the lix and Call of Duty video game tournament at Tekkoshocon. 100% of all funds collected will be donated to Show Your Heart.

Show Your Heart was founded by Japanese pop singer GACKT shortly after the recent earthquake and tsunami. Show Your Heart is a charity to raise disaster relief funds. The foundation is supported by many music artists in Japan, including Shinya from LUNA SEA, DAIGO from BREAKERZ, Ni~ya from Nightmare, Versailles-Philharmonic Quintet-, and labels such as Darkest Labyrinth / Starwave. In the short time since the charity has come into existence, it has already raised $1,255,462.53 to ease the suffering of the Japanese people in the wake of these tragedies.