To coincide with Bob Marley’s 80th birthday, Young Voices in conjunction with The Bob & Rita Marley Foundation will stage a worldwide singalong from the Co-op Live arena in Manchester, England at 3:00 pm GMT on Thursday, February 6, 2025.
Students from all over the world will sing a specially designed Bob Marley Medley in a massive singalong featuring the following Bob Marley classics: “One Love, “ “Jammin’,” “Three Little Birds, “ “Get Up Stand Up,” “Could You Be Loved,” and “Redemption Song.”
The livestreamed singalong will feature an 8,000 strong Young Voices student choir live from Manchester’s brand-new Co-op Live, along with hundreds of thousands of students participating around the world
In preparation for the celebration, students across the globe will learn about Bob Marley's legacy while singing the Young Voices Bob Marley medley in their schools using sheet music, audio and dance tutorial resources provided by Young Voices and Hal Leonard. Over 200,000 children from Young Voices UK and Young Voices USA alone will be taking part in the event which is open to all.
Cedella Marley (Bob Marley’s daughter), said “I know daddy (my father) would have a huge smile on his face and be so proud to know that his words of freedom, love and unity would be sung by so many beautiful young souls around the world over 50 years after he wrote them. It’s a huge testament to the power of his music that his songs resonate stronger than ever and with each new generation. My father’s songs speak universal truths and that is why they sound as convincing coming out of the mouths of children as they did when he himself recorded and performed them.”
Young Voices is the largest music and choir education program in the world, servicing over 250,000 students annually. Ben Lewis, Young Voices CEO said, “To be able to introduce a whole new generation to the music of Bob Marley is an honour. The fact we are 60 years on from the release of One Love & yet it means as much now as it did then, just shows the timeless nature of his message.”
Children, teachers, and parents across the planet are invited to join the Young Voices and Bob Marley Foundation’s 80th Birthday Celebration Singalong by accessing the free sheet music, audio and dance tutorial resources here https://www.youngvoices.co.uk/
Participants will share their experiences with the following hashtags:
#Marleyat80 #YVSingalong #OneLove #MarleyMagic #YVPals
NOTES TO EDITORS
About Young Voices
For the past 28 years, Young Voices have staged the largest children’s choir concerts in the world, a yearly program culminating in full-scale arena concerts with first class production values where the children are the stars. Young Voices is an all-inclusive educational program designed to use music to develop 21st-century skills such as communication, collaboration, creativity, mindfulness, and innovation. We provide extensive support materials and resources for teachers and a multifaceted experience for children that encourages a life-long love of music. More than 2.5 million children have taken part in Young Voices since 1996 and the UK tour in 2024 alone involved over 202,205 children across 30 arena dates.
Young Voices have previously staged the following singalongs
In 2005, Joss Stone led the largest simultaneous singalong of the Bill Withers classic "Lean on Me" at the Royal Albert Hall. 293,978 participants joined the singalong, across 1,616 locations throughout the UK - earning Young Voices a Guinness World Record.
In 2020 Young Voices hosted Superstar Singalongs on Zoom with well-known music stars performing classic tracks during the Covid-19 Lockdown. This gave children all over the world the opportunity to sing along with their favorite artists.
In 2021 Young Voices teamed up with music legend Billy Ocean, Ruti and YolanDa Brown to raise vital funds for children’s mental health charity Place2Be and were certified as the Biggest Zoom Choir by Zoom Inc
ABOUT BOB MARLEY
Bob Marley, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, is notable not only as the man who put Reggae on the global map but also as a statesman in his native Jamaica; he famously brought together the country’s warring factions. Today, Bob Marley remains one of the 20th century’s most important and influential entertainment icons. Marley’s lifestyle and music continue to inspire new generations as his legacy lives on through his music. The 2024 biographical drama and musical film based on Marley’s life, Bob Marley: One Love, opened at #1 at the domestic box office on Wednesday, February 14th, with a record-breaking $14M, and a CinemaScore and 5 out of 5 stars on PostTrak. It had a strong Valentine’s Day opening internationally, setting new records for a music biopic opening in the U.K., New Zealand, and Belgium. Overall, the movie opened at No. 1 in 13 international markets, including the U.K., France, Australia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, and Norway, and the film set the record for the biggest film opening of all time in Jamaica. After only 10 days in theaters, Bob Marley: One Love surpassed $100 million at the worldwide box office. Overall, the movie grossed $185M at the worldwide box office.
In the digital era, he has the second-highest social media following of any posthumous celebrity. The official Bob Marley Facebook page draws over 66 million fans, ranking it among the Top 50 of all Facebook pages (#47), and the Top 20 among all celebrity pages (#17). Marley’s music catalog has sold millions of albums worldwide. His iconic collection LEGEND is the longest-charting album in Billboard Magazine’s Catalog Albums chart and remains the world’s best-selling reggae album, and second longest charting album of all-time overall. “Could You Be Loved,” the first single off Marley’s last album, Uprising (also featured on Legend,) was named one of the "500 Best Songs of All Time" by Rolling Stone Magazine (2021) and surpassed one billion streams on Spotify this Fall (2024). Marley’s accolades include inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1994) and ASCAP Songwriters Hall of Fame (2010), a GRAMMY® Lifetime Achievement Award (2001), multiple entries in the GRAMMY® Hall Of Fame, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (2001). For more information, visit bobmarley.com and facebook.com/bobmarley.
About Co-op Live
Co-op Live is a £365m, 23,500 capacity premier venue located on the Etihad Campus in the heart of Manchester. It features over 120 nights a year of unique entertainment. Co-op Live emerges as the newest and largest arena in the UK, a testament to the unrivalled partnership between Oak View Group (OVG), City Football Group (CFG), Harry Styles, and Co-op. Distinguished as a world-class, planet-friendly venue deeply rooted in the local community, Co-op Live is poised to become one of the world’s most sustainable and socially responsible venues delivering on Co-op’s vision of a fairer world within the entertainment industry. With an impressive array of 32 food and drink concessions, including bars, premium restaurants, lounges, and club spaces, Co-op Live sets the standard for live entertainment in the music industry today. Venue excellence extends to the innovative ‘Smart Bowl’ design with cutting edge technology and state-of-the-art acoustics, crafted to offer an intimate and immersive sensory experience for all patrons.
Co-op Live is a £365m, 23,500 capacity premier venue located on the Etihad Campus in the heart of Manchester. It features over 120 nights a year of unique entertainment. Co-op Live emerges as the newest and largest arena in the UK, a testament to the unrivalled partnership between Oak View Group (OVG), City Football Group (CFG), Harry Styles, and Co-op. Distinguished as a world-class, planet-friendly venue deeply rooted in the local community, Co-op Live is poised to become one of the world’s most sustainable and socially responsible venues delivering on Co-op’s vision of a fairer world within the entertainment industry. With an impressive array of 32 food and drink concessions, including bars, premium restaurants, lounges, and club spaces, Co-op Live sets the standard for live entertainment in the music industry today. Venue excellence extends to the innovative ‘Smart Bowl’ design with cutting edge technology and state-of-the-art acoustics, crafted to offer an intimate and immersive sensory experience for all patrons.
Hal Leonard
Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard, a Muse Group company, is the world's largest provider of music publications and music instruction materials. In its catalog of more than one million titles available in print and digitally, Hal Leonard represents many of the world's best-known and most respected publishers, artists, songwriters, and arrangers. Their global headquarters is in Milwaukee, WI, and their distribution and printing facilities are in Winona, MN. In addition, they have offices abroad in Australia, Belgium, China, Germany, the Netherlands, India, Italy, Switzerland, as well as in London and Bury St. Edmunds in the UK.
Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard, a Muse Group company, is the world's largest provider of music publications and music instruction materials. In its catalog of more than one million titles available in print and digitally, Hal Leonard represents many of the world's best-known and most respected publishers, artists, songwriters, and arrangers. Their global headquarters is in Milwaukee, WI, and their distribution and printing facilities are in Winona, MN. In addition, they have offices abroad in Australia, Belgium, China, Germany, the Netherlands, India, Italy, Switzerland, as well as in London and Bury St. Edmunds in the UK.
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