| Thu Feb 02 2012 |
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AND STING BACK TO BASS TOUR
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Sting’s “Back To Bass” tour in early 2012 will provide a platform for Amnesty International to raise awareness on the organisation’s campaign against oil pollution and human rights abuse in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.
For more than two decades, Sting has been a proud supporter of Amnesty International and their work to promote human rights worldwide. This longstanding relationship continues today, as Amnesty volunteers will organise information booths, highlighting their Niger Delta campaign, at each venue along his 2012 “Back to Bass” tour.
Source: Amnesty international, UK
The tour, which received very positive reviews across North America last year, extends throughout Europe, the UK and South Africa beginning February 5, 2012 with a sold-out concert at The Sage Gateshead in Newcastle, then Manchester, Glasgow and finally London.
Sting’s support for Amnesty International began in 1981, when he performed at “The Secret Policemen’s Other Ball” benefit concert in London. Over the years, he has participated in several concert events, tours, and album recordings for the organisation. Most recently, he recorded a version of Bob Dylan’s “Girl From The North Country” for the compilation Chimes Of Freedom: The Songs Of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International, released in support of Amnesty’s human rights work.
This year, Amnesty volunteers along the “Back to Bass” tour will offer literature to concertgoers about the organisation’s “Shell: Own Up, Pay Up, Clean Up” petition, calling on Shell to pay an initial amount of £645m ($1billion) to establish a clean-up fund for the Niger Delta and to begin a process of compensation for the affected communities. The campaign is also calling for Shell and other multinational oil companies operating in the Delta to pay for a comprehensive assessment of the oil pollution in the whole of the area.
A recent report from the United Nations Environment Programme exposed severe oil contamination in the Niger Delta – one of Africa’s most bio-diverse regions.
Jo Metcalf, Head of Art For Amnesty, said: “'We are really happy to be a part of Sting’s tour and hope to help bring attention to this important campaign.”
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| Wed Feb 01 2012 |
STING AT SUMMER FESTIVALS
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More dates will be announced soon, as Sting is visiting the summer festivals with his band. here are some of them:
- June 17 Oslo, Norway, Frogenerbadet
- June 19 Bergen, Norway, Bergen Calling Festival
- June 23 Werchter, Belgium, TW Classic 2012
- July 21 Carhaix (Finistère, Bretagne), France, Festival des Vieilles Charrues
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| Tue Jan 24 2012 |
Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan, Honouring 50 Years of Amnesty International [Box set]
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Two iconic forces that have impacted the past half century - Amnesty International and Bob Dylan – are being saluted by 80 musicians in Chimes of Freedom.
To honour 50 years of Amnesty International, Chimes of Freedom is released, a 4CD that features a stellar and diverse group of artists across the generational and musical spectrum. The performers, including many of Amnesty International's longtime supporters, range in age from Miley Cyrus, 19, to folk music legend Pete Seeger, who, at 92, records Dylan's poignant "Forever Young", with a children's chorus.
The diversity of the musicians and musical genres -- from rock, rap, hip-hop to pop, folk, country, jazz and blues -- attests to Amnesty's depth of support in the music community, the universal appeal of the core message of human rights, and the breadth of Dylan's impact on culture. Almost every track on the album is being released for sale for the first time -- except for the title song, Dylan's original 1964 recording of "Chimes of Freedom."
Sting performs "Girl From The North Country".
Performed by: Sting
Composer: Bob Dylan
Musicians: Sting
Recorded at: Steerpike Studio
Produced by: Sting & Rob Mathes
Mixed by: Sting & Donal Hodgson
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