14 February 2018
Newsdesk
Last night, just over 800 lucky fans witnessed the performance of a lifetime for the second show of 2018’s War Child BRITs Week together with O2 with an incredible performance from BRITs Critics Choice winner Rag ‘n’ Bone Man supported by singer Samm Henshaw at London’s Islington Assembly Hall as part of the ever-successful BRITs week War Child together with O2 shows.
The crowds went wild for hits Grace, Skin, As You Are and Human, as fortunate fans were selected from thousands through a prize draw to attend the special sold-out show. The Prize could be entered by donating £5.00 to War Child, raising money for children whose lives have been torn apart by war. The series of gigs all take place in London and Manchester between February 12 and 24 in the lead up to the BRIT Awards and celebrate another phenomenal year for British music.
Singer-songwriter Alexandra Burke joined singer-songwriter Becky Hill and TV broadcaster and radio DJ Pips Taylor as they watched BRIT Award Nominee Rag N Bone Man perform at the intimate Islington Assembly Hall.
The celebration of the best artists in the most intimate venues, all to raise money for War Child, continues with a stellar line up including GRAMMY and BRIT Award Winner, Ed Sheeran, British Female Solo Artist winner and multiple BRITs nominee Laura Marling, pop sensations The Vamps, art-electro indie rockers and multiple BRITs nominees alt-J, breakthrough rock band The Amazons, UK alt-rock band Deaf Havana performing a reworked set exclusively for War Child, superstar Norwegian DJ, record producer and songwriter Kygo and American soul outfit Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats. Plus, new to BRITs Week for 2018, fans in Manchester will be able to see twice BRITs nominated four-piece Wolf Alice play an exclusive set at Manchester’s Gorilla.
BRITs Week with War Child together with O2 is a series of gigs that give fans the opportunity to see the biggest names in music in intimate venues across London – all whilst raising money for children whose lives have been torn apart by war. The shows are produced by AEG, BPI and War Child UK.
In 2017 War Child raised a phenomenal £567,000 by staging spectacular shows together with O2 as part of BRITs Week. Thousands of people applied for tickets to see artists including Craig David, Tinie Tempah, Richard Hawley and Paul Weller. The money helps fund War Child’s vital work delivering solutions protecting and educating children in some of the world’s worst conflict areas, such as Afghanistan, Jordan (working with Syrian refugees), Iraq, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Yemen.
