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Bono and his ONE Campaign have created a new project entitled "agit8." This is a collection of songs performed by well-established and up-and-coming musical acts all in one collection in the hopes to enlighten some key people at the upcoming G8 summit about world poverty. The artists chose these songs as their favorite protests songs. Advertised as "songs that changed the world," these new takes on the tunes really highlight the change that the original versions enacted. Sting, Greenday, Elvis Costello, Mumford & Sons and Ed Sheeran are just a few of the artists on this compilation.
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"Music is a powerful tool in galvanizing people around an issue," Ed Sheeran said in a statement. The young performer recorded a new version of Bob Dylan's Masters of War. "There's no better way to get your point across than to put it in a beautiful song."
"We'll use amazing protest songs performed by contemporary artists to get people to take action," said chief marketing officer of the ONE campaign, who also masterminded agit8 Jeff Davidoff.
"Extreme poverty (defined by the World Bank as living on $1.25 or less a day) has been halved in the last 20 years, from 43% to 21%," says Davidoff.
This project hopes to continue the progress to fight pBono and his ONE Campaign have created a new project entitled "agit8." This is a collection of songs performed by well-established and up-and-coming musical acts all in one collection in the hopes to enlighten some key people at the upcoming G8 summit about world poverty. The artists chose these songs as their favorite protests songs. Advertised as "songs that changed the world," these new takes on the tunes really highlight the change that the original versions enacted. Sting, Greenday, Elvis Costello, Mumford & Sons and Ed Sheeran are just a few of the artists on this compilation.
Click here to find out more about agit8!
"Music is a powerful tool in galvanizing people around an issue," Ed Sheeran said in a statement. The young performer recorded a new version of Bob Dylan's Masters of War. "There's no better way to get your point across than to put it in a beautiful song."
"We'll use amazing protest songs performed by contemporary artists to get people to take action," said chief marketing officer of the ONE campaign, who also masterminded agit8 Jeff Davidoff.
"Extreme poverty (defined by the World Bank as living on $1.25 or less a day) has been halved in the last 20 years, from 43% to 21%," says Davidoff.
This project hopes to continue the progress to fight poverty.
"I was talking to a group of kids and asked, 'Who here knows Bob Dylan's Masters of War?' No one," explained Davidoff. "Then I asked, 'Who here follows Ed Sheeran on Twitter?' All hands shot up."
Check out Sheeran's performance of Dylan's "Masters of War" followed by the agit8 promotional video:
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"I was talking to a group of kids and asked, 'Who here knows Bob Dylan's Masters of War?' No one," explained Davidoff. "Then I asked, 'Who here follows Ed Sheeran on Twitter?' All hands shot up."
Check out Sheeran's performance of Dylan's "Masters of War" followed by the agit8 promotional video:
