Pink Floyd on Friday released their first new song in almost 28 years to support war-torn Ukrainians. Hey, Hey, Rise-Up! released
yesterday, reports Al Jazeera.The song will be used to raise funds for humanitarian causes linked to the war, the band announced yesterday. The song features Andriy Khlyvnyuk, from one of Ukraine’s biggest bands BoomBox, singing in Sofiyskaya Square in Kyiv in a clip that went viral. Khlyvnyukh had abandoned a world tour to return to Ukraine and help defend his country.
“We, like so many, have been feeling the fury and the frustration of this vile act of an independent, peaceful democratic country being invaded and having its people murdered by one of the world’s major powers,” Pink Floyd said on their official Twitter feed. In a press release, band leader David Gilmour said he had been moved by Khlyvnyuk’s video: “It was a powerful moment that made me want to put it to music,” reports AFP. It is the first
original music from Pink Floyd since 1994’s The Division Bell, the
AFP report adds.
