"Back in 1995, a bunch of the biggest artists in the UK - including Radiohead, Blur, Oasis, Massive Attack, Paul McCartney, Paul Weller, Portishead, Sinead O'Connor, and Suede - all recorded and mixed new songs which would be released as the compilation album HELP a week later, all in support of charity War Child UK. The album raised £1.2 million for War Child UK's support of children caught in the Bosnian conflict."
"HELP(2) will be out March 6 via War Child Records, and like the first, it's got a staggering lineup of artists, including Arctic Monkeys, Olivia Rodrigo (covering The Magnetic Fields' "The Book of Love"), Fontaines DC (covering Sinead O'Connor's "Black Boys on Mopeds"), Cameron Winter, Pulp, Depeche Mode, Damon Albarn / Grian Chatten / Kae Tempest, Wet Leg, Black Country New Road, The Last Dinner Party, Arooj Aftab & Beck, English Teacher & Graham Coxon,"
""The original HELP meant a lot to me and to have the opportunity, given the current news cycle, to help galvanize our music community into doing something as unarguably positive as helping children in war zones seemed like a no brainer. The experience of making the album itself has been very powerful, and dare I say life affirming for me personally, against the backdrop of a very difficult year.""
In 1995 major UK artists recorded the HELP compilation to raise funds for War Child UK, generating £1.2 million to support children affected by the Bosnian conflict. HELP(2) will be released March 6 via War Child Records to raise money for children in Ukraine, Gaza, Yemen, Sudan and other areas. The new compilation features a wide lineup of contemporary artists including Arctic Monkeys, Olivia Rodrigo, Fontaines DC, Depeche Mode, Wet Leg and many more. Recording was overseen by producer James Ford and mostly completed during a single week at London's Abbey Road Studios. Ford described the project as powerful and life-affirming and expressed pride in the results.
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