Pink Floyd's 'Hey Hey Rise Up' features vocals by Boombox singer Andriy Khlyvnyuk; it's the band's first new original music since 1994's 'Division Bell.' The proceeds from the single will go to Ukrainian humanitarian relief, the band said.
How the song came about
"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," Gilmour, who has a Ukrainian daughter-in-law and grandchildren,"Then I saw this incredible video on Instagram, where he stands in a square in Kyiv with this beautiful gold-domed church and sings in the silence of a city with no traffic or background noise because of...
Gilmour said he spoke to Khlyvnyuk, who is recovering from a shrapnel injury, and played him a snippet.The proceeds from the single will go to Ukrainian humanitarian relief, the band said.Keep up with all the latest news, arts and culture, and TV highlights from KPBS.
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