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The Farm Re-Release All Together Now For Charity

• 1st Dec 2010

This December 1st, on the 20th anniversary of The Farm’s hit single ‘All Together Now’, the Liverpudlian legends have kindly agreed to re-release the single and donate proceeds from the downloads to a very special charity, Operation Shoebox UK (link). For the month of December, the proceeds will go towards helping the Shoebox appeal fulfill its role in making the lives of our overseas servicemen and women in Afghanistan a bit more tolerable this Christmas. The charity delivers shoeboxes filled with popular items like razors, magazines and toothpaste.

Ian Whiteway one of the organisers of the appeal which is endorsed by the Ministry of Defence said “I’m sure lots of people will be keen to help our troops and personnel at a time when they are far from home and engaged in difficult tasks abroad. It is the little things that we all take for granted that makes life out there more tolerable, items like razors, underwear, toothpaste and magazines. It would be nice if as many people as possible filled a shoe box to help bring a little cheer to our troops and importantly, let them know that back home in Britain we are thinking of them. A big thank you to all those who have helped with Operation Shoebox and especially The Farm who have agreed to let us use their song!”

Also in conjunction with The Farm’s record label Demon Music Group, the funds are being raised in order to send over 14,000 shoeboxes to troops and personnel in Afghanistan this Christmas.

Peter Hooton lead singer of The Farm commented ‘We had already arranged to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the song with a concert in Liverpool on Dec 4th but when the Shoebox Appeal asked us to consider re-releasing the track we thought it was the right thing to do. The song is about a ‘spirit stronger than war’ and the Shoebox Appeal fits into that sentiment. This appeal is about giving and that’s surely what Christmas is all about.”

The single is available for download from iTunes here: link

The Farm play Liverpool O2 Academy on Sat December 4th.

“The Operation Shoebox single will be available from 1st December until the 31st December 2010 and record company royalties will all go to the appeal from the digital sales of the EP and the individual tracks downloaded from the “Operation Shoebox EP”, UPC No. 5032698620944 (previously “The Farm – Alltogethernow Digital Single”) at iTunes over those dates. From 1st Jan 2011, the original Farm EP release will be reuploaded to iTunes and the cover art will revert and record company payments will cease to Operation Shoebox.”