Pink Floyd have shared ‘Hey, Hey, Rise Up!’, their first authentic music in 28 years. The music, which is being launched to air the aid effort in Ukraine, options guitarist David Gilmour and drummer Nick Mason joined by longtime Pink Floyd bass participant Man Pratt and Nitin Sawhney on keyboards. It features a pattern of Andriy Khlyvnyuk, singer for the Ukrainian band BoomBox, singing the protest music ‘Oh, the Crimson Viburnum within the Meadow’ exterior St. Sofia Cathedral in Kyiv. The title of the Pink Floyd observe is taken from the ultimate line of the music, which interprets in English as “Hey, hey, stand up and rejoice!” Hearken to it under.
“We, like so many, have been feeling the fury and the frustration of this vile act of an impartial, peaceable democratic nation being invaded and having its individuals murdered by one of many world’s main powers,” Gilmour mentioned in a press release. He continued:
In 2015, I performed a present at Koko in London in help of the Belarus Free Theatre, whose members have been imprisoned. Pussy Riot and the Ukrainian band, Boombox, had been additionally on the invoice. They had been imagined to do their very own set, however their singer Andriy had visa issues, so the remainder of the band backed me for my set – we performed Want You Had been Right here for Andriy that evening.
Not too long ago I learn that Andriy had left his American tour with Boombox, had gone again to Ukraine, and joined up with the Territorial Protection. Then I noticed this unbelievable video on Instagram, the place he stands in a sq. in Kyiv with this stunning gold-domed church and sings within the silence of a metropolis with no visitors or background noise due to the battle. It was a robust second that made me wish to put it to music.
All proceeds from ‘Hey, Hey Rise Up!’ will go to Ukraine Humanitarian Aid.
