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NewsNovember, 9 Bob Geldof and Madness join Ukraine benefit gig
Bob Geldof and Madness are among the acts booked for a Ukraine benefit concert, with a long list of stars also on the bill. The Songs of Freedom show will include live sets from Chrissie Hynde and Peter Hook and the Light, plus video appearances by Paul McCartney, Barbra Streisand, Sean Penn and Huey Lewis & The News. Manchester's Co-Op Live Arena hosts the event on 3 February, and it will be broadcast around the world. Also performing are The Doobie Brothers, Midge Ure, Nick Lowe, Inspiral Carpets and Chris Difford of Squeeze. More names are expected to be added later. Geldof, frontman of The Boomtown Rats, and Ure launched Live Aid in 1985. In December 1984 they had released the Christmas charity single Do They Know It's Christmas? to aid people hit by the famine in Ethiopia. Proceeds from the new concert will be shared by United24, Voices of Children, the Sviatoslav Vakarchuk Charitable Foundation (People Of The Future) and the Masha Foundation, helping women, children and vulnerable communities affected by the war in Ukraine. Before the show, a special recording of the Ukrainian song Shchedryk (Carol Of The Bells) will come out, performed by the Songs For Ukraine Choir, the Royal Opera Choir and the London Metropolitan Orchestra. A national campaign will push it towards number one on the UK singles chart, and all money from the single goes to the charity appeal. Tickets for Songs of Freedom go on general sale on Monday 16 November, after a pre-sale on Thursday 12 November.
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