Seven Worlds Collide… again
This is very exciting.
Members of Radiohead, Wilco and the Smiths are uniting for a charity supergroup project, brought together by Neil Finn.
The project is called Seven Worlds Collide, a follow-up to Finn’s 2002 live album of the same name.
The studio project will be recorded in Auckland “over the next few months”, according to Reuters, with many contributors joining Finn for a tour. Profits from the project will go to Oxfam.
Besides Marr, Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien and Phil Selway, and Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, John Stirrat, Glenn Kotche and Pat Sansone, there will also be contributions from KT Tunstall, singer-songwriter Lisa Germano and Soul Coughing bassist Sebastian Steinberg. Finn’s son Liam will also be involved.
The original concert was amazing (or rather, the DVD I have of said concert) and the thought of a similar project being done again is fantastic. And, as much as I liked Eddie Vedder’s presence on the original, the thought of him being replaced by Jeff Tweedy this time around is amazing!
Bring it on. It’s time I watched the DVD again soon.
