Green Day get holier than thou over Darfur crisis
Cynics among you may think this post is really just an excuse for an old punk to show a picture of the lovely Green Day lads, but as they have just signed up to release a version of John Lennon's 'Working Class Hero' as part of Amnesty International's Instant Karma: Campaign to save Darfur I think it's more than justified! The single will be included on an album of John Lennon covers, featuring other artists like REM, U2 and Snow Patrol. All proceeds will go directly to Amnesty International.
Over 300,000 people have died in Darfur, and over 2.5 million displaced since the troubles began. There are also around 4.5 million people facing the threat of starvation, and hundreds of thousands more in neighbouring countries of Chad and Central African Republic. The release of Green Day's single will mark the beginning of many other events taking place around the world to highlight the crisis and to raise money to help the victims.
[via ecorazzi.com]
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