Simply For One Day – The Stay Assist Musical album has been unveiled forward of the fortieth anniversary of the historic international occasion.
The album of authentic forged recordings was introduced at Wembley Stadium previous to the musical’s West Finish opening. The occasion was hosted by Jo Whiley, who was joined by the founders of Stay Assist and Trustees of the Band Assist Charitable Belief, Sir Bob Geldof, Midge Ure, Harvey Goldsmith and John Kennedy.
The album captures the eagerness, energy, and urgency that made the 1985 response to the famine in Ethiopia a turning level in music historical past.
Arriving at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre on 15 Might, following a record-breaking run at The Previous Vic, Simply For One Day – The Stay Assist Musical may even be celebrating the fortieth anniversary of Stay Assist on 13 July 2025 with a really particular efficiency on the Shaftesbury Theatre adopted by an unique after social gathering with particular visitor performances at Koko, Camden. There are a restricted variety of tickets accessible. For extra info on this, and all different performances, click on right here.
The World Jukebox Musical
Sir Bob Geldof mentioned: “We couldn’t probably have identified that 40 years down the monitor, the problem can be as very important or the curiosity as nice. Hundreds of thousands of kids in the present day are being pressured to starve as an instrument of struggle, and thousands and thousands of lives are in peril attributable to AIDS and due to cuts to worldwide assist.
“This musical is extraordinary, and it brings Stay Assist to a brand new technology. It refutes Thatcher’s dictum that there’s no such factor as society. There may be and it roared its existence on that day 40 years in the past in Wembley Stadium. Human beings do care about one another – they rise above modern politics.
“Simply For One Day places Stay Assist into perspective. It’s an outstanding piece of labor. I learn someplace that it’s a ‘jukebox musical’ – dude, it’s the unique musical jukebox! That’s what we known as it again then – ‘Stay Assist – the World Jukebox’! That’s what Stay Assist was, arguably the best assortment of songs of the rock period, and so this musical is hit after hit after hit! Its achievement is to conjure that vivid sense of 40 years in the past, and to make it related to now.”
Humbling Expertise
Simply For One Day – The Stay Assist Musical album was created with the backing of Sir Bob Geldof and the Band Assist Charitable Belief. The album options anthems from the artists who made historical past at Stay Assist, together with Queen, David Bowie, Ultravox, Boomtown Rats, U2, Elton John, The Police, Madonna, Phil Collins and extra.
Arranger and Producer Matt Brind mentioned: “Being given the keys to a number of the biggest songs of our wonderful pop music tradition has been an enormous reward. Then, to mix these songs in a brand new, thrilling theatrical setting with an unimaginable and vibrant firm of fantastic singers and a strong band has been extremely thrilling.
“Creating the thrilling new preparations of those songs with our good director, Luke Sheppard, was an enormous pleasure. What a humbling expertise it’s to proceed to lift consciousness about world poverty, to proceed to make use of artwork and music in doing what it does greatest… inspiring change.”
Simply For One Day Tracklisting
Aspect A
Overture
Heroes
Rat Entice (that includes Craige Els)
Drive (that includes Abiona Omonua)
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes (that includes Jack Shalloo)
Do They Know It’s Christmas? (Feed The World)
Radio Ga Ga
Cease Your Sobbing (that includes Julie Atherton)
We Are The Champions (that includes Collette Guitart & Jo Foster)
Aspect B
We Are The World
You’re The Greatest Factor (that includes Emily Ooi)
I’m Nonetheless Standing (that includes Craige Els & Julie Atherton)
Dangerous
Message In A Bottle
Pinball Wizard (that includes Joel Montague)
Dancing In The Streets (that includes Danielle Steers & Ashley Campbell)
Aspect C
Summer season of ’69 (that includes Collette Guitart)
Blowing In The Wind
Attain Out And Contact (Anyone’s Hand) (that includes Julie Atherton)
In The Air Tonight / We Can’t We Stay Collectively (that includes James Hameed, Danielle Steers & Ashley Campbell)
We Will Rock You / King Of Rock (that includes Olly Dobson & Tamara Taye)
Rockin’ All Over The World (that includes Olly Dobson)
Vienna (that includes Jack Shalloo)
Aspect D
I Don’t Like Mondays (that includes Craige Els)
All You Want Is Love (that includes Jason Battersby)
In opposition to All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) (that includes Joel Montague)
Insurgent Insurgent / Don’t You (Neglect About Me) / Into The Groove (that includes Jo Foster, Rhys Wilkinson and Tamara Taye)
Bohemian Rhapsody (that includes Freddie Love)
My Technology (that includes Naomi Katiyo)
Let It Be
Accessible on double vinyl, double CD and digital, the album is obtainable to pre-order right here
10% of all ticket gross sales for Simply For One Day – The Stay Assist Musical go to the Band Assist Charitable Belief. To this point the musical has raised over £600,000. Buy tickets right here
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