![]() ![]() “This is the second biggest appeal in our history, second only to the Boxing Day tsunami appeal in 2004,” said DEC’s chief executive, Saleh Saeed. Proceeds from ITV’s Concert for Ukraine will also go to the DEC appeal. On 3 April, the London Philharmonic Orchestra will perform at Glyndebourne with various opera singers to benefit the Disasters Emergency Committee’s (DEC) Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal, which funds charities including British Red Cross, Oxfam and Save the Children. Photograph: Canadian Press/REX/Shutterstockĭuring a rooftop performance in Los Angeles on 17 March, Duran Duran played Ordinary World with the colours of the Ukrainian flag projected on to the nearby Capitol Records building. Record labels including Ninja Tune and Sub Pop, and artists such as Belle and Sebastian, have donated proceeds from the sale of music, and Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja has raised money via limited edition art prints.Īrcade Fire, who recently performed a Ukraine benefit concert. Numerous other concerts have been staged to benefit Ukraine, including one in New Orleans by Canadian alt-rockers Arcade Fire earlier this month, and another in New York featuring the cream of the American avant garde such as Laurie Anderson and John Zorn. “I’ve been talking as a mum to other mums about what they are doing in their area, and what is happening in local schools. “It’s amazing how the public are getting galvanised too,” Rawcliffe continued. It does feel like Live Aid in the respect that once people started to get onboard the whole thing snowballed.” Other artists on the bill include Gregory Porter, Becky Hill and the Kingdom Choir, with more names being added this weekend. “It’s a big logistical operation,” said Rawcliffe, “but there’s been so much goodwill. Normally, casting and budgeting for this sort of thing can take months, but we were ready to press go within 24 hours.” ITV is donating all its advertising revenue – around £3m – from the 8pm-10pm broadcast, and the vast majority of the £52 ticket price is also going to Ukraine (with the government waiving the VAT). Katie Rawcliffe, ITV’s head of entertainment, said that the broadcaster instantly said yes because “it was just the right thing to do. Others have provided everything from hotel rooms to trains.” Some of the British acts were in the US, so British Airways offered us free flights to bring them back. “The number of companies helping is amazing,” said Freeman. ![]() ![]() The Concert for Ukraine organisers and performers alike are giving their services for free, as is a vast infrastructure network including staging and sound crew. Photograph: Inquam Photos/Reutersįreeman said: “Obviously I’m mindful that the industry is just getting back on its feet after Covid so it’s a tricky time to be asking people to interrupt a tour, but such is the strength of feeling that people just went: I’m in.” When Odell was called, he had just performed at a charity concert for Ukraine in Bucharest he had seen Ukrainian refugees getting help at the train station and wanted to do more. Tom Odell in Bucharest, Romania, on 11 March. ![]()
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