LONDON --
Pink Floyd is releasing its first new music in nearly three many years to lift cash for the individuals of Ukraine, the band introduced Thursday.
"Hey Hey Rise Up" options Pink Floyd members David Gilmour and Nick Mason, with vocals from Ukrainian singer Andriy Khlyvnyuk of the band BoomBox. Roger Waters, who left the band within the Nineteen Eighties, is just not concerned.
The monitor options Khlyvnyuk singing a patriotic Ukrainian tune from a clip he recorded in entrance of Kyiv's St. Sophia Cathedral and posted on social media.
Gilmour, who carried out with BoomBox in London in 2015, mentioned the video was "a strong second that made me wish to put it to music."
After Russia's invasion, Khlyvnyuk minimize quick a tour of the U.S. to return to Ukraine and be part of a territorial protection unit.
Gilmour mentioned he spoke to Khlyvnyuk, who was recovering in a hospital from a mortar shrapnel damage, whereas he was writing the tune. He mentioned: "I performed him slightly little bit of the tune down the telephone line and he gave me his blessing. We each hope to do one thing collectively in particular person sooner or later."
The tune is being launched Friday and the band says proceeds will go to the Ukraine Humanitarian Reduction Fund.
"We wish to specific our help for Ukraine, and in that method present that many of the world thinks that it's completely mistaken for a superpower to invade the unbiased democratic nation that Ukraine has grow to be," Gilmour mentioned.
Pink Floyd was based in London within the mid-Sixties and helped forge the U.Ok. psychedelic scene earlier than releasing influential Seventies albums together with "The Darkish Aspect of the Moon," "Want You Have been Right here" and "The Wall."
Unique member Waters give up in 1985, and the remaining members of Pink Floyd final recorded collectively for the 1994 album "The Division Bell." After keyboard participant Richard Wright died in 2008, Gilmour mentioned he doubted Pink Floyd would carry out collectively once more.
"Hey Hey Rise Up" additionally options Man Pratt on bass and Nitin Sawhney on keyboards.
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