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WAR CHILD ANNOUNCE HEROES FULL TRACK LIST AND ARTIST LINEUP HEROES TO BE RELEASED FEBRUARY 24, 2009 ON ASTRALWERKS RECORDS

War Child and Astralwerks Records are pleased to announce the full track list and artist lineup for the new benefit album, Heroes, which will be released on February 24, 2009. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Heroes will go to support War Child, an award winning charity that provides humanitarian assistance to war-affected children in some of the most devastated regions of the world.

The album’s concept mirrors one of the intrinsic aims of War Child’s efforts in war zones around the world - to place faith in the next generation. We asked some of the biggest legends in music history to select a classic track from their own songwriting canon, and nominate an artist from the next generation to create a modern reworking of that classic song. This album is the result: 16 exclusive and truly inspired cover versions.

The track list in full:
1. Beck (Bob Dylan - “Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat”)
2. The Kooks (The Kinks - “Victoria”)
4. Hot Chip (Joy Division - “Transmission”)
5. Lily Allen feat. Mick Jones (The Clash - “Straight To Hell”)
6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs (The Ramones - “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker”)
7. Franz Ferdinand (Blondie - “Call Me”)
8. Duffy (Paul McCartney - “Live And Let Die”)
9. Estelle (Stevie Wonder - “Superstition”)
10. Rufus Wainwright (Brian Wilson -” Wonderful & Song For Children”)
11. Scissor Sisters (Roxy Music - “Do The Strand”)
12. Peaches (Iggy Pop - “Search And Destroy”)
13. Adam Cohen (Leonard Cohen - “Take This Waltz”)
14. Elbow (U2 - “Running To Stand Still”)
15. The Like (Elvis Costello - “You Belong To Me”)
16. TV On The Radio (David Bowie - “Heroes”)

“I have been supporting War Child since 1995. Their work with children in war zones saves lives and their work with those who take decisions that help them to do something about it saves even more lives. The breadth of talent on this project is amazing; it’s great that so many people gave their time, energy and support to this initiative. I urge everyone to support War Child.” - Sir Paul McCartney

“War Child do exactly what it says on the tin. These kids shouldn’t be in such circumstances in the first place, but they are, so thank god someone’s doing something about it.” - Guy Garvey, Elbow

“On television we are constantly bombarded by all these horrific images. It’s important to realize that they are real people, real children, and that they need real help and real love.” - Rufus Wainwright

Music book and dvd releases:

Music DVDs

• Count Basie & His Orchestra - Live in Berlin & Stockholm 1968 (MVD Visual)
• Eric Burdon - The Animals and Beyond (Zeit Media Limited)
• En Vogue - Live in the USA (Charly)
• Coleman Hawkins - In Europe: London, Paris & Brussels (MVD Visual)
• Public Enemy - Revolverlution Tour 2003 (Charly/MVD Visual)
• The Who - The Kids Are Alright: Special Edition (1979) (Sanctuary)
• Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - In the 1960s (MVD Visual)

Music Books

• Revolutions in Sound: Warner Bros. Records - The First Fifty Years by Warren Zanes (Chronicle Books)

Great new releases today:

• Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion (Domino)
• Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light (Secretly Canadian)
• Beyman Bros (feat. Spinal Tap’s Christopher Guest) - Memories of Summer as a Child (5 Points)
• Andrew Bird - Noble Beast (Fat Possum)
• Fiction Family (feat. Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek and Jon Foreman of Switchfoot) - Fiction Family (ATO)
• Jane Monheit - The Lovers, The Dreamers and Me (feat. the songs of Paul Simon, Corrine Bailey Rae, Fiona Apple and more) (Concord)
• A.C. Newman - Get Guilty (Matador)
• Ben Nichols (Lucero) - The Last Pale Light in the West (Liberty & Lament / The Rebel Group)
• Robert Pollard -The Crawling Distance (Guided By Voices)
• Reel Big Fish - Fame, Fortune and Fornication (covers album) (Rock Ridge Music)
• Umphrey’s McGee - Mantis (SCI Fidelity)
• Various Artists - Change is Now: Renewing America’s Promise (CD/DVD set feat. eight of President-Elect Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign speeches, plus music from Stevie Wonder, Wilco, Death Cab For Cutie, Ozomatli, Common, Maroon 5, Will.I.Am, Lenny Kravitz, Sheryl Crow, James Taylor, India.Arie, Melissa Etheridge and more) (available at official inaugural events in Washington D.C., and from the Hidden Beach Records website)