{"id":71465,"date":"2013-06-14T14:24:32","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T14:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.org\/us\/?post_type=one_press&amp;p=71465"},"modified":"2013-06-14T14:24:32","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T14:24:32","slug":"one-releases-new-acoustic-versions-of-classic-protest-songs-sunday-bloody-sunday-the-promised-land","status":"publish","type":"one_press","link":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/press\/one-releases-new-acoustic-versions-of-classic-protest-songs-sunday-bloody-sunday-the-promised-land\/","title":{"rendered":"ONE Releases New Acoustic Versions of Classic Protest Songs: \u201cSunday Bloody Sunday\u201d &amp; \u201cThe Promised Land\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (June 14, 2003) \u2013 The ONE Campaign today released videos of new acoustic versions of classic protest songs by U2 and Bruce Springsteen, along with performances from Green Day and Kid Rock.<\/p>\n<p>The new releases are part of <a href=\"https:\/\/one.org\/protestsongs\/\"><strong><em>agit8<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, a global music campaign featuring more than 50 artists including, Mumford and Sons, Ed Sheeran, Sting, Macklemore &amp; Ryan Lewis, rerecording classic protest songs highlighting the history and power of music in changing the world. <strong><em>agit8<\/em><\/strong> comes on the eve of the G8 summit in Northern Ireland and calls for millions more to raise their voices and demand world leaders take action to end extreme poverty by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>U2 recorded their new acoustic version of \u201cSunday Bloody Sunday\u201d on a rooftop in NYC last week for agit8. Bruce Springsteen filmed his performance of \u201cThe Promised Land\u201d earlier this week in Camden, north London. \u00a0ONE also released Green Day\u2019s \u201c99 Revolutions\u201d and Kid Rock\u2019s \u201cFor What It&#8217;s Worth.\u201d To see the videos and more information on the history of these songs visit:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>U2: &#8220;Sunday Bloody Sunday&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/one.org\/protestsongs\/?page=letswatch&amp;itemid=45\">video<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/one.org\/protestsongs\/?page=song&amp;itemid=U3VuZGF5IEJsb29keSBTdW5kYXlVMg==\">song page<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bruce Springsteen: \u201cThe Promised Land\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/one.org\/protestsongs\/?page=letswatch&amp;itemid=52\">video<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/one.org\/protestsongs\/?page=song&amp;itemid=VGhlIFByb21pc2VkIExhbmRCcnVjZSBTcHJpbmdzdGVlbg==\">song page<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Green Day: \u201c99 Revolutions\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/one.org\/protestsongs\/?page=letswatch&amp;itemid=19\">video<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/one.org\/protestsongs\/?page=song&amp;itemid=OTkgUmV2b2x1dGlvbnNHcmVlbiBEYXk=\">song page<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kid Rock: \u201cFor What It\u2019s Worth\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/one.org\/protestsongs\/?page=letswatch&amp;itemid=10\">video<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/one.org\/protestsongs\/?page=song&amp;itemid=Rm9yIFdoYXQgSXTigJlzIFdvcnRoTG9uZSBCZWxsb3c=\">song page<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For B-roll and interviews about <em>agit8<\/em>, contact Ari Goldberg [ari.goldberg@one.org; 202.330.3577].<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT ONE<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Co-founded by Bono and strictly nonpartisan, ONE is a campaigning and advocacy organization of more than three million people taking action to end extreme poverty and preventable disease\u2026 because the facts show extreme poverty has already been cut in half and can be virtually eliminated by 2030.\u00a0 Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/one.org\/\">ONE.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"buffer\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U2, Bruce Springsteen, Green Day and Kid Rock Join Mumford and Sons, Elvis Costello, Macklemore &amp; Ryan Lewis, Ed Sheeran, and dozens more as part of ONE\u2019s Global agit8 Campaign .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"contributor":[],"class_list":["post-71465","one_press","type-one_press","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ONE Releases New Acoustic Versions of Classic Protest Songs: \u201cSunday Bloody Sunday\u201d &amp; 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