During Flood Relief With Vince Gill and Friends, a telethon held Thursday night to raise money for flood relief organizations, Taylor Swift made an appearance to show her support, repots E! Online.

On Wednesday she expressed how sad she was to see the state that Nashville is in.  Swift tweeted, “Please keep Nashville in your heart. Seeing a picture of the Grande Ole Opry halfway underwater was a kind of heartbreak I can’t describe.”

E! Online has confirmed that the country music star’s contribution stretches beyond words of concern, Swift has reportedly donated $500,000 to flood relief organizations.

However, Swift’s donation is just a margin of what recovery efforts will cost.  Reports say that estimated clean-up costs for the areas affected by the flooding could reach upward of $1 billion.

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Electro-rap due LMFAO had to shut down a concert Friday at Irving Plaza in New York City because of flooding, reports Perez Hilton.

The fire alarm went off and the sprinkler system began filling the plaza with water part way through the group’s second song.

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A British school that lost all of its musical instruments in a 2007 flood has received a big helping hand from Coldplay.

The super group have purchased a $6,000 Kemble piano for St David’s School, a primary school in Moreton-in-Marsh.

After a neighbour told bassist Guy Berryman about the school’s plight, the band sprung into action.

“It is fantastic,” head teacher Bob Forster told BBC News. “I was impressed they cared enough to want to help. Music is important to St David’s and gives huge pleasure to people inside and out of the school.”

The children of the school have sent a thank you letter to the band, and will send photos of themselves with the piano.

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