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Post by Everton News. on Nov 4, 2014 18:39:18 GMT
 Roberto Martinez is leading Everton’s support for a charity Christmas single that was announced on Tuesday. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Christmas Truce football match during World War One, a new version of The Farm's 1990 hit 'All Together Now' has been recorded - with some unique vocals. The song is already close to Evertonian hearts after becoming part of the Blues' 1995 FA Cup campaign but, in addition to some of the stars from the UK music industry uniting as The Peace Collective to re-record the track, they are joined by a backing choir of schoolboy footballers. Sixty players at Under-12 level; two each from Everton and 18 other Premier League clubs and 22 from German sides such as Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen all headed to Liverpool for a weekend and recorded the song together at Parr Street Studios. During that weekend, the youngsters also trained at Finch Farm and met Blues boss Martinez. The Peace Collective are the team behind The Justice Collective, whose re-recording of 'He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother' in aid of the victims of the Hillsborough disaster topped the charts during Christmas 2012. All profits from 'All Together Now' will go to the British Red Cross and the Shorncliffe Trust and the record will be released on Monday 15 December. <img src="http://www.evertonfc.com/news/2014/11/04/d2qsy1h1438jt3.cloudfront.net///d2qsy1h1438jt3.cloudfront.net/~/media/1db643928a2442039be65932ad0b69b3.jpg?la=en" style="max-width:100%;" alt=""><br><br>Peter Hooton, lead singer of The Farm, said: “I wrote All Together Now about the extraordinary events on Christmas Day 1914 when British and German troops took part in an unofficial truce, singing Christmas carols, exchanging gifts and even playing football. It was a spontaneous act of humanity that transcended the horrors and barbarity of World War One and is a story which still resonates 100 years on. It is a story of hope and peace which should be told over and over again.<br><br>"At this new recording, it was poignant that we should bring together young footballers from Britain and Germany. As the songwriter it's an emotional song for me anyway, but I was overcome to hear these fantastic voices sing it in English and German.” The Christmas Truce was a series of widespread, unofficial ceasefires which took place along the Western Front over Christmas 1914. British and German troops ventured into ‘no man’s land’, exchanging food and souvenirs, singing carols, and, most famously, playing football. The Premier League has held the Christmas Truce International Tournament in Ypres since 2011 and invites U12 teams from the German, Belgian and French leagues to be part of the competition in December. |
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