The iconic British band reunited to record "Hey, Hey, Rise-Up!" in reaction to the war. The new single samples a Ukrainian musician now on the front line.
where does this story start because this track s happened quite quickly, but the kind of genesis of it goes back a little bit, doesn t it? basically, the start of it is someone showing me an instagram feed from this singer called andriy khlyvnyuk, who s of ukrainian band boombox, and he is in a square in kyiv wearing military fatigues and carrying a gun, and hejust burst into this song. he sings. with all the ukraine stuff going on, itjustjust with all the ukraine stuff going on, itjust struck me that as it s acapella, one can turn this into something lovely, a beautiful song. by coincidence, the band boombox that this guy is a singerfrom, we played at a benefit concert for in 2015 for the belarus free theatre, and they were my backing band.
lovely, a beautiful song. by coincidence, the band, boombox, that this guy is a singer from, we played a benefit concert for in 2015, for the belarus free theatre. they were my backing band. and this guy, andriy khlyvnyuk, has quit his american tour and gone back home to fight for his home country. i d had spoken to him, said is this 0k? he said fine. i spoke to him from his hospital bed, strangely. where he had a pretty minor injury from a mortar. so he s right there, on the front line.