Mark Knopfler teams up with over 60 rock legends for Teenage Cancer Trust charity single

Mark Knopfler has announced a very special charity single featuring more than 60 rock legends including Bruce Springsteen, Brian May and Nile Rodgers.

Credited to Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes, the single is a re-recording of his hit 1983 instrumental Going Home and will raise funds for Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America. The original version of song will be particularly familiar to fans of Newcastle United, Mark's home football team, where it has long been embraced as a match day anthem.

The new charity version, which also features the likes of Joan Armatrading, Sheryl Crow and Ronnie Wood, will be released on March 15 in various formats: CD, 12” with etched b-side, deluxe CD+Blu-ray, download and streaming. 

Going Home (Theme from Local Hero) has artwork by Sir Peter Blake, the artist known for co-creating the iconic cover of the Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club and the the cover of the 1984 Band Aid single Do They Know It's Christmas?.

 

 

 

 

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Check out the full list of musicians who appear on the single below:

Joan Armatrading, Jeff Beck, Richard Bennett, Joe Bonamassa, Joe Brown, James Burton, Jonathan Cain, Paul Carrack, Eric Clapton, Ry Cooder, Jim Cox, Steve Cropper, Sheryl Crow, Danny Cummings, Roger Daltrey, Duane Eddy, Sam Fender, Guy Fletcher, Peter Frampton, Audley Freed, Vince Gill, David Gilmour, Buddy Guy, Keiji Haino, Tony Iommi, Joan Jett, John Jorgenson, Mark Knopfler, Sonny Landreth, Albert Lee, Greg Leisz, Alex Lifeson, Steve Lukather, Phil Manzanera, Dave Mason, Hank Marvin, Brian May, Robbie McIntosh, John McLaughlin, Tom Morello, Rick Nielsen, Orianthi, Brad Paisley, Nile Rodgers, Mike Rutherford, Joe Satriani, John Sebastian, Connor Selby, Slash, Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr and Zak Starkey, Sting, Andy Taylor, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, Ian Thomas, Pete Townshend, Keith Urban, Steve Vai, Waddy Wachtel, Joe Louis Walker, Joe Walsh, Ronnie Wood, Glenn Worf, Zucchero.