Julianne & Wayne on the radio on release day of YNWA

MWIS just wanted to remind you that the Hussey-Regan digital download single ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ in benefit of the ‘Respect 4 All’ charity goes on sale on Monday 28th November from all usual digital outlets. And we wanted to ensure you that even if you buy just the single or the whole Curios album on digital download between 28th November and Christmas Eve – 24th December – all sales of ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ will go to the charity.

In the meantime if you’re in the UK you can text ‘track LFC’ to 80818 and you’ll receive a download code with which you can download the track. Texts only cost £1 which again goes to the ‘Respect 4 All’ charity. Below is the full press release recently issued to the LFC affiliated media.

We also wanted to let you know that both Julianne and Wayne are being appearing live on Radio Merseyside on Monday 28th November, the day of release of YNWA. Julianne will be featured on the Billy Butler Show between 4 and 4:30pm whilst Wayne will be guesting on the ‘Total Football Show’ with Alan Jackson between 8 and 8:30pm, both UK times. To listen to Julianne go to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d736 and for Wayne go to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7x7

Hussey-Regan to release ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ in benefit of LFC charity ‘Respect 4 All’

Monday 28th November sees the official release of the download only single release of ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ by Hussey-Regan (Wayne Hussey of The Mission and Julianne Regan from All About Eve). All proceeds go to the Liverpool Football Club charity ‘Respect For All’. http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/community/respect-4-all
You can watch the video for the song here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnGkuEyYZA4

If you’re in the UK you can text ‘track LFC’ to 8018 and you’ll receive a download code with which you can download the track. Texts only cost £1 which goes directly to the charity. And from Monday 28th it will also be available at all digital outlets.
This release is the brainchild of Tony McDonagh at Manila PR and it is just one in a series of singles all being released on the same day by musician supporters of various football clubs who have all recorded their team’s anthems. Other clubs involved include Chelsea, Manchester City, and Arsenal. All releases are for charities affiliated to their respective clubs. Let’s see if we, Liverpool, can beat them in the pop charts as well as on the playing field. It’s gonna be a race to see who can top this premier league!

Wayne Hussey is a life long Red and even penned the song ‘Draped In Red’ from the 2007 Mission album ‘God Is A Bullet’ celebrating Liverpool’s monumental and historic 2005 Champions League victory in Istanbul. Wayne lived and played in bands in Liverpool, including a 2 year stint in Dead Or Alive with a pre-cosmetic surgery Pete Burns, between 1977 and 1983 when he crossed the Penines for Leeds to join The Sisters Of Mercy. He still maintains a deep affection for the city and does try to get to Liverpool for a match every time he’s back in the country.
Anyway, we managed to persuade Wayne away from his hammock at his present day home in Brazil to say a few words regarding this release.
Wayne: “Well, it’s no secret that I’m a lifetime Red so this song is obviously very close to my heart. Most people when they hear this song can’t get past the football and LFC association. What people don’t, sadly, appreciate about this song is that it truly is a wonderfully written song. The lyrics are great and uplifting, the chord structure is sublime, and the melody is to die for. And the Kop always recognised a good tune. I’ve been playing it at home on the piano for years and always wanted an excuse to record it, so when the call came for a contribution to the cause I jumped at the chance. At long last I had a justifiable reason to record one of my all time fave songs, YNWA, which along with ‘God Only Knows’ by The Beach Boys are the two songs I want played at my funeral.

Of course there have already been many very different versions of the song over the years, some good and some not so with my own particular fave probably being Aretha Franklin’s version, but Julianne and I did try to do something a little different with it and I think we succeeded.
And of course I love the fact that it is for a local charity and will benefit disabled kids in Liverpool that want to participate in sports. I was at the recent home game with Wolves and at half time they had some of these kids come out onto the pitch and have a penalty shoot out at the Kop End and as well as entertaining, and amusing, the supporters you could see the obvious joy and delight on the kids faces from even right back on the Kop. And if Julianne and I can help, if only a little, then to see smiles on kids faces is more than worth it.”
Wayne goes on, ” My most favourite memory of my time as a musician is when we, The Mission, organised and played a benefit show at the Royal Court in Liverpool two weeks after the Hillsborough disaster. We managed to persuade Pete Wylie, and if you know Pete then you’ll know he actually didn’t need any persuading, and the legendary La’s to join us for the evening. Anyway, it was already obviously a very emotional night but when we were about half way through our set all the power in the building just cut out. No sound and no light. Pitch black. And spontaneously and with no coaxing the audience held up cigarette lighters and started singing ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’. Of course to a man the band and crew started blubbering. A very emotional moment for me. It was at that moment that I realised that everybody in attendance that evening got it and knew why they were there. In tragic circumstances a brilliant memory.”

Walk on with hope in your heart!
You can watch the video for the song here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnGkuEyYZA4