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Proceeds from the song will go to the Ukraine Humanitarian Relief Fund. The track features David Gilmour and Nick Mason, as well as long-time collaborator and ...

We want to raise funds for humanitarian charities, and raise morale. He said of the song: “I hope it will receive wide support and publicity. The song, which was recorded last week, features Khlyvnyuk’s vocals taken from a video of him, dressed in his Ukrainian army uniform in Kyiv’s Sofiyskaya Square, singing the patriotic Ukrainian protest song The Red Viburnum In The Meadow.

The band's first new material in 28 years was inspired by David Gilmour's "anger" over the war.

It helps to create a discontent in that country which will hopefully, at some point, create some sort of change of regime." Work on the song began a couple of weeks ago, when Gilmour was shown Khlyvnyuk's Instagram feed. "So he's right there on the front line. Gilmour said he found the "powerlessness of the West" in the face of Russian aggression "infuriating" but said he supported the ongoing sanctions against the country. But it is also intended as a morale booster for the people of Ukraine, and a call "for peace". Gilmour says the song is a show of "anger at a superpower invading a peaceful nation".

All proceeds from "Hey Hey Rise Up" will go toward Ukrainian humanitarian relief efforts.

"I played him a little bit of the song down the phone line and he gave me his blessing," Gilmour said. He posted the Instagram video from which his vocals were taken three days later. In it, the band is seen performing, intercut with footage of anti-war protests and destruction in Ukraine.

Hey, Hey, Rise Up! by Pink Floyd with Andriy Khlyvnyuk is their first original music in 28 years.

And if it’s a bit of a lumbering Frankenstein of a track, there is no quibbling with the sincerity of Khlyvnyuk’s singing. Because Hey Hey Rise Up is officially credited to “Pink Floyd with Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Boombox” – and is as much his song as theirs. On and on Gilmour’s solo goes, a sort of mutant offspring of his segment in the middle of Shine On You Crazy Diamond and the fade-out from Comfortably Numb. Hey, Hey, Rise Up! – the English translation of the final line of Oh, the Red Viburnum – is no Floyd classic. There is a terrible symmetry to the release by Pink Floyd of their first original material since the Division Bell 28 years ago. As with all his best Floyd work, it rumbles on longer than all the Lord of the Rings novels set end-to-end (including appendices) but nonetheless feels over far too soon.

Out of the blue, a new Pink Floyd single has arrived. Prompted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it's been launched to raise funds for humanitarian relief ...

At worst, it's contemptuous of the suffering. And from much of the response, one could be forgiven for thinking that a favourite band releasing new music for a good cause wasn't something worth celebrating. Out of the blue, a new Pink Floyd single has arrived.

The band's first new material in 28 years was inspired by David Gilmour's "anger" over the war.

It helps to create a discontent in that country which will hopefully, at some point, create some sort of change of regime." Work on the song began a couple of weeks ago, when Gilmour was shown Khlyvnyuk's Instagram feed. "So he's right there on the front line. Gilmour said he found the "powerlessness of the West" in the face of Russian aggression "infuriating" but said he supported the ongoing sanctions against the country. But it is also intended as a morale booster for the people of Ukraine, and a call "for peace". Gilmour says the song is a show of "anger at a superpower invading a peaceful nation".

Pink Floyd have come back together and released a new track in order to raise funds for Ukraine Humanitarian Relief. The track is called 'Hey, Hey, ...

It’s Pink Floyd if it’s me and Nick, and that is the biggest promotional vehicle; that is, as I said, the platform that I’ve been working on for my whole adult life, since I was 21″. The frustration of seeing that and thinking ‘what the fuck can I do?’ is sort of unbearable”. According to The Guardian, Gilmour explains: “I thought: that is pretty magical and maybe I can do something with this.

“Hey Hey Rise Up” features Pink Floyd members David Gilmour and Nick Mason, with vocals from Ukrainian singer Andriy Khlyvnyuk of the band BoomBox. Roger Waters ...

We both hope to do something together in person in the future.” He said: “I played him a little bit of the song down the phone line and he gave me his blessing. LONDON (AP) — Pink Floyd is releasing its first new music in almost three decades to raise money for the people of Ukraine, the band announced Thursday.

Even after BoomBox frontman Andriy Khlyvnyuk ditched his United States tour and went back to his home country of Ukraine to fight the invading Russian army, ...

The weapons: Ukraine is making use of weapons such as Javelin antitank missiles and Switchblade “kamikaze” drones, provided by the United States and other allies. “I played him a little bit of the song down the phone line and he gave me his blessing,” Gilmour said. The last independent newsletter in Russia suspended its operations. The result is “Hey Hey Rise Up.” It is the first new original piece of music the band has recorded since the 1994 album “The Division Bell,” and all of its proceeds will go toward humanitarian aid for Ukrainians. The guitarist and vocalist said that he’s known about BoomBox since 2015, when he played with the band in London. Khlyvnyuk was not there because of issues with his visa, Gilmour said, so he and the rest of BoomBox played Pink Floyd’s classic “Wish You Were Here” for Khlyvnyuk. “We want to express our support for Ukraine and, in that way, show that most of the world thinks that it is totally wrong for a superpower to invade the independent democratic country that Ukraine has become,” Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour said in a statement Thursday.

“Hey Hey Rise Up” features Pink Floyd members David Gilmour and Nick Mason, with vocals from Ukrainian singer Andriy Khlyvnyuk of the band BoomBox. Roger Waters ...

We both hope to do something together in person in the future.” He said: “I played him a little bit of the song down the phone line and he gave me his blessing. LONDON (AP) — Pink Floyd is releasing its first new music in almost three decades to raise money for the people of Ukraine, the band announced Thursday.

With “Hey Hey Rise Up,” famed psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd has reunited to release its first song in almost three decades in support of a Ukrainian ...

“I played him a little bit of the song down the phone line, and he gave me his blessing. Khlyvnyuk ended a U.S. tour early to return to Ukraine to join a territorial defense unit. Khlyvnyuk’s emotional clip plays throughout the song’s music video, which also shares his backstory, as Pink Floyd performs. Gilmour said that the band wanted to show its support for Ukraine and “show that most of the world thinks that it is totally wrong for a superpower to invade the independent democratic country that Ukraine has become.” Guy Pratt plays bass and Nitin Sawhney plays keyboards on the track. With “Hey Hey Rise Up,” famed psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd has reunited to release its first song in almost three decades in support of a Ukrainian singer’s “message of resistance.”

'The Wall' by Pink Floyd is a bleak album. Masterminded by Roger Waters, the primal demos paint a vivid picture of his feelings at the time. Listen here.

There’s a real frost to the songs, reflecting the bleak period the band and wider society were enduring. On the raw demos that Waters showed Parker, you can hear his “black heart” beating loud and clear, and the themes of the album are brought into a chilling focus. These were raw and angry – Roger’s primal scream, which to this day remains at the heart of the piece.” It set the wheels in motion for the next chapter of their career, and in many ways, would spell the end of Pink Floyd. In 1983, Waters left the group permanently, in one of the most bitter departures in music history. It tells the tale of a burnt-out rock star who turns his back on organised society and civilisation to become a recluse. This theme of isolation is explored through the imposing structure of the titular wall, making the record one of the most complex that a rock band has ever produced.

The song Hey Hey Rise Up features vocals from Ukrainian singer Andriy Khlyvnyuk from rock and pop band Boombox. | ITV News Anglia.

We both hope to do something together in person in the future." Legendary musicians Pink Floyd have reformed after 28 years to support the people of Ukraine. Legendary musicians Pink Floyd release their first track since 1994 to support the people of Ukraine

The song, 'Hey Hey, Rise Up', marks the first original music recorded together as a collective since 1994's The Division Bell and features vocals from Ukrainian ...

He explained: “In 2015 I played a show at Koko in London in support of the Belarus Free Theatre, whose members have been imprisoned. We both hope to do something together in person in the future.” He is heard singing a patriotic Ukrainian protest song, The Red Viburnum In The Meadow, and the title of the Pink Floyd track is taken from the last line of the song.

A near-capacity crowd filled Mizner Park Amphitheater to see musicians from around the world interpret Floyd's catalog from 1971 to 1983.

Or the saxophonist, materializing in the center aisle of the theater during “Money,” and wailing away with an unbridled virtuosity. That came from the musicians themselves, who performed the songs of Waters, Gilmour and company with reverence and virtuosity. At its best, “The Wall and Beyond,” a tribute concert promoted by Seaside Music Management, brought me close.

Remembering the late drummer Taylor Hawkins, we look back at the moment Foo Fighters ran through a rare cover of Pink Floyd's song 'Have A Cigar'.

Roger Waters and David Gilmour stepped away from the microphone, welcoming Roy Harper to the lead the band. So, why did Foo Fighters choose to make the switch from Dave Grohl to Taylor Hawkins in the first place? In a piece of alternative music trivia, the original ‘Have a Cigar’ sees Pink Floyd introduce an outside lead singer for only the second time in their history.