The Foo Fighters classic “Times Like These” will be the focus of a new charity single organized by England's BBC.
Artists including Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Bastille, Yungblud, Royal Blood, Dua Lipa and Hailee Steinfeld are among 23 musicians uniting to perform a cover of the 2002 hit to raise money for charity. An accompanying video will world premiere during BBC One’s three-hour fundraising event, The Big Night In, this Thursday (April 23rd).
The BBC will also release the song as a single, with U.K. net profits combined with any funds raised by The Big Night In and split equally between BBC Children in Need and Comic Relief. Meanwhile, international net profits from the single will go towards the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.
The single will be recorded and filmed by the artists at home, with acts like Rita Ora, 5 Seconds Of Summer, Biffy Clyro, Ellie Goulding, Sean Paul, Grace Carter and more also participating.
The BBC’s Big Night In will take place just days after Global Citizen’s virtual concert, One World: Together at Home, raised $128 million for health care workers and coronavirus relief.
