Today, Pink Floyd has released their first new music in 28 years to aid in supporting Ukraine.
The track, “Hey, Hey, Rise Up,” features a sample of Andriy Khlyvnyuk, the singer of the Ukrainian band Boombox. All proceeds from the song will go to Ukraine Humanitarian Relief.
According to a press release, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Guy Pratt (bass), and Nitin Sawhney (keyboards) recorded the song on March 30th.
“I hope it will receive wide support and publicity,” said Gilmour, who has a Ukrainian family. “We want to raise funds for humanitarian charities, and raise morale. We want 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.”
He continued: “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.”
The band has also decided to remove their music from digital music providers in Russia to show support for Ukraine.
“To stand with the world in strongly condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the works of Pink Floyd, from 1987 onwards, and all of David Gilmour’s solo recordings are being removed from all digital music providers in Russia and Belarus from today,” Pink Floyd tweeted.
Listen to “Hey, Hey, Rise Up!” here.
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