WAR CHILD MUSIC presents
ARMY OF YOU

Thursday 29 May, 2008
Scala, King's Cross

Featuring: Does It Offend You Yeah? + Rumblestrips + Kid Harpoon (with full live band) + Autokratz + Edward J Hicks+ Filthy Dukes (DJs) + Stop Making Me (DJs) + Show Your Bones (DJs) + Punks Jump Up (DJs) + Adventures Close To Home (DJs)

+ Hot Chip (DJs) just announced!!!

Following on from last year's sold out event that brought us The Noisettes, Metronomy, Late of the Pier, These New Puritans, Friendly Fires and Simian Mobile Disco amongst others, War Child Music's annual dance party, ARMY OF YOU, returns again on Thursday 29 May, this year at the Scala, Kings Cross.

Bringing together some of the most exciting names across the UK's thriving new music scene this year's ARMY OF YOU will be headlined by Does It Offend You Yeah? with additional live performances from Rumblestrips, Kid Harpoon, Autokratz, and Edward J Hicks, with more to be announced.

The live acts will be supported by special DJ sets from Filthy Dukes, Stop Making Me, Show Your Bones and Punks Jump Up.

ARMY OF YOU aims to raise awareness of and funds for, War Child an international child protection agency that works with the most marginalised children – child soldiers, street kids and children in prison – in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda – www.warchild.org.uk

A high profile fund-raising initiative, WAR CHILD MUSIC aims to raise awareness for War Child's UN award-winning campaigns. ARMY OF YOU, in keeping with the charity's ongoing use of music and live gigs, is a jam-packed London showcase, presenting an exciting array of the UK's hottest new bands and DJs.

War Child has an acclaimed history of using music to raise awareness and create support for children affected by war, from the opening of the Pavarotti Music Centre in Mostar, which marked the culmination of War Child's work in Bosnia in 1998, to the celebrated fundraising music compilation, The Help Album, released in 1995, which featured tracks from Oasis, The Stone Roses, Massive Attack and Blur. To mark the 10 year anniversary of the album in 2005, War Child released its second Help album entitled 'Help: A Day in the Life' which featured exclusive tracks from the likes of Razorlight, Kaiser Chiefs, Gorillaz and Radiohead. Recorded in 24 hours, it stands as the fastest recorded album of all time and has raised over 500k for the charity.

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