Robbie Williams and Jay-Z Line Up for Simon Cowell’s Haiti Charity Single
Arylene Westlake | January 28, 2010 at 2:35 pm
ROBBIE Williams and Take That, Kylie Minogue and Leona Lewis are to sing on Simon Cowell’s charity single to raise funds for the victims of the Haiti earthquakes.
The music mogul has rallied stars including Rod Stewart, James Blunt, Susan Boyle, X Factor judge Cheryl Cole and winners Joe McElderry, Alexandra Burke and Lewis.
The single also marks a reunion of sorts, with both Williams and Take That reforming for the song, although it is not known whether their parts will be recorded together.
Williams said: “I’m very honoured to be asked to contribute to the single. We can all do something to help the people of Haiti – and I urge everyone to do what they can.”
They join Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus, Michael Buble, James Morrison and Mika on a cover version of REM’s “Everybody Hurts,” currently being recorded in Los Angeles.
Fifty per cent of proceeds from the single will go to Helping Haiti, a fund set up by The Sun, and the rest to the Disasters Emergency Committee.
The single comes after celebrities showed their support for the victims of the January 12 earthquake that killed an estimated 200,000 people and left around 1.5 million homeless in and around Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince.
Last Friday’s Hope for Haiti telethon hosted by MTV, and broadcast across 60 worldwide networks, saw the likes of Rihanna, Jay-Z, Coldplay, Bono, Madonna, Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen, Alicia Keys, Justin Timberlake and Stevie Wonder performing during a live link-up between London, New York, Los Angeles and Haiti.
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