Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Amnesty International Lennon CD out June 12th

Green Day, R.E.M, Christina Aguilera, and Snow Patrol are among the best-selling artists who will feature on a CD of songs written by John Lennon to benefit Amnesty International.

The CD will be released globally on 12 June 2007 by Amnesty International and Warner Bros. Records. All proceeds will go towards Amnesty International's human rights work, including the crisis in Darfur.

The album falls under the organisation's Make Some Noise initiative, which uses music to inspire a new generation of activists to stand up for human rights. The initiative is supported by Yoko Ono, who generously donated the rights to the entire John Lennon songbook to Amnesty International.

Jack Johnson, Corinne Bailey Rae, Postal Service and Regina Spektor have all recorded songs for the project, along with many other stars. There will be over 50 tracks available for download altogether.

Green Day have recorded John Lennon's Working Class Hero and its amazing....

The Green Day Track was released this morning HERE at ITunes.

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