Neil Finn, co -founder of band Crowded House, has pulled together a number of musicians for a special project. Artists confiming appearances are Wilco's Jeff Tweedy plus members of Radiohead and Modest Mouse.
Neil Finn has drafted Radiohead's Ed O'Brien and Phil Selway,
Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, John
Stirrat, Glenn Kotche and Pat Sansone, Smiths/Modest Mouse
guitarist Johnny Marr, Soul Coughing bassist Sebastian Steinberg,
singer/songwriter Lisa Germano and his son Liam for a sequel of
sorts to his 2002 live album "Seven Worlds Collide."
The as-yet-untitled studio project will be taped "over the next few
months" in Auckland and will be released next year, with
engineering by Jim Scott. Many of the guest artists will also join
Finn for a concert series the first week of January at Auckland's
Powerstation.
Save for the Wilco members, the other guests all participated in
"Seven Worlds Collide," alongside Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder.
All proceeds from the new endeavor will benefit international
development organization Oxfam.
Meanwhile, Finn and Crowded House will play five upcoming shows in
Australia, beginning Nov. 29 in Hobart.
