Album will benefit Iraqi children

Eighteen top pop stars, including Paul McCartney and George Michael, released an album in the United Kingdom on Monday to raise money for child war victims in Iraq.

All profit from the 18-track album will go to War Child, a relief and development charity set up after the war in the former Yugoslavia.

The charity said the “Hope” album, whose contributors also include David Bowie and Avril Lavigne, is not a political album. “The plight of children transcends politics. These songs are a plea for hope, without which the children of Iraq have nothing at all,” it said.

The organization released a similar version of the album in Canada last week and plans another version for the Netherlands on May 5. No U.S. release plans have been announced.

From Reuters