KEY POINTS

  • American Football will perform at a virtual coronavirus relief concert
  • The band will be joined by acts like Anamanaguchi and Baths
  • The concert will happen in a place called Elsewither in Minecraft

The pioneers of modern emo American Football is set to headline a virtual coronavirus relief concert. American Football and other noteworthy acts will be playing live in Minecraft.

The coronavirus benefit concert is called Nether Meant and will happen in a virtual space known as Elsewither, which is based on Elsewhere, a popular bar in Brooklyn, according to Verge.

The concert is set to take place in Minecraft in a zone where players can visit. People who don’t own Minecraft can watch the concert via streaming on Twitch.

The organizer of Nether Meant, Open Pit, will be selling VIP passes before the event. VIP access will give users special VIP areas in the game, access to the VIP areas in Discord where they can chat with the artists and organizers and get exclusive in-game merchandise.

All the proceeds from this relief concert will go to Good360’s relief efforts towards coronavirus crisis.

Nether Meant Coronavirus Relief Concert Acts

  1. American Football
  2. Anamanaguchi
  3. Baths
  4. Bean Boy & Folie
  5. Drive45
  6. Hana
  7. Lewis Grant
  8. Iglooghost & Kai Whiston & Babii
  9. Meishi Smile
  10. Nebita & Atura
  11. Planet 1999
  12. Onlytom
  13. Robin & Murder Club
  14. Skylar Spence
  15. Six Impala
  16. Y2K & Sleepycatt
  17. Wavedash

Nether Meant will start at 6 p.m. Eastern Time on Saturday, April 11.

Meanwhile, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Center, the death toll due to COVID-19 has surpassed 75,000 across the world. Moreover, more than 1.3 million people remain positive with coronavirus. Meanwhile, more than 280,000 people were able to recover from the COVID-19 illness.

As of 6 a.m. Eastern Time, April 7, the coronavirus has killed close to 11,0000 people in the U.S. and 368,449 people are infected with this deadly virus. And 19,919 people have recovered from this illness.

People are asked to strictly follow social distancing and encouraged to stay at home if they can in this fight against the coronavirus.

Minecraft is a hugely popular video game, with more than 170 million copies sold around the world
Minecraft is a hugely popular video game, with more than 170 million copies sold around the world GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Christian Petersen