Instant Karma For Darfur

5 Jun 2007
U2 have recorded John Lennon's 'Instant Karma' for an Amnesty album drawing attention to the crisis in Darfur. It's out next week.

More than 50 artists are taking part in the Amnesty International campaign which combines the music of John Lennon with new technology and human rights activism.

Highlights include: U2 ("Instant Karma"), Green Day ("Working Class Hero"), R.E.M. ("#9 Dream"); Jackson Browne ("Oh My Love"); Christina Aguilera ("Mother"), Avril Lavigne ("Imagine"), Corinne Bailey Rae ("I'm Losing You"); Snow Patrol ("Isolation"), The Flaming Lips ("(Just Like) Starting Over") Regina Spektor ("Real Love"); Lenny Kravitz ("Cold Turkey"); Los Lonely Boys ("Whatever Gets You Thru the Night"); Jakob Dylan with Dhani Harrison ("Gimme Some Truth") and Ben Harper ("Beautiful Boy").

Up to 400,000 people have died in Darfur, Sudan, while another 2.5 million have been displaced from their homes. Some 4.5 million people in the region and hundreds of thousands in neighboring countries Chad and Central African Republic are at risk of starvation, disease, and further attacks. "Instant Karma: The Campaign to Save Darfur," will be released by Warner Brothers Records next week.

More on "Instant Karma: The Campaign to Save Darfur," here

Watch the YouTube commercial here

Become a friend of the campaign on My Space here

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