A host of top musical talents who all share a common love for Manchester and its people will be introducing live renditions of their songs by local residents in the Together In One Voice event, a mass doorstep sing-a-long this Thursday 28 May at 7:30 pm.

Produced in lockdown and designed to celebrate the spirit and importance of community in these unprecedented times, the one-off event aims to unite people from across the whole Greater Manchester region.

Liam Gallagher, Mark Owen of Take That, James’ Tim Booth, Emeli Sande, Mike Pickering from M People, Tom Walker, Denise Johnson, Liam Fray from The Courteeners and the city’s newest star Aitch, will all be appearing on screen for the event.

They will be inviting people to sing along from their doorsteps, windows, balconies and streets – Together In One Voice – and will introduce the set-list of songs via a live-stream on the night, alongside other well-known Manchester faces from the world of entertainment.

Tim Booth of James said: “Events like these are critical right now for the community and I am keen to support people in any way I can.”

Tom Walker said:  “It’s great to be part of Together in One Voice, Manchester has been such a massive inspiration to me over the years’

The special set-list of songs will be streamed for people to join in with via MIF LIVE – Manchester International Festival’s online channel – and broadcast on BBC Radio Manchester, alongside introductions and contributions from the artists.

The soundtrack will feature around 20 different community choirs and 30 musicians from across the city region who have all spent the last few weeks recording themselves playing their instruments and singing their parts in isolation in their own homes.

Each of these individual vocal and musical parts has then been sent in to Musical Director Dan McDwyer and his team of sound engineers, for mixing into the stunning live versions of the songs that everyone will sing along to during the event.

The playlist for the event will be:

Take That: Shine
Martha and the Vandellas: Dancing In The Streets
Emeli Sande : You Are Not Alone
Tom Walker: Leave A Light On
James: Sit Down
M People: Search for the hero
Oasis: Wonderwall

Dan McDwyer, Musical Director of the event, said:  “It’s been a huge task recording the choirs and 30 musicians including rhythm, horns, and strings, plus coordinating sound engineers and mixing vocals from around 20 different choirs – all recording from their own homes safely within social distancing.

“But what a moment it’s going to be when those choirs, all singing in their bedrooms, are amplified by thousands of voices across Greater Manchester.”

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