George Ezra has become the first artist to waive the payment fee for the use of his music in Joe Wicks’ online PE lessons for children, with royalties going directly to the NHS.
Wicks, otherwise known as the Body Coach, is currently hosting live fitness sessions aimed at children on his YouTube channel in a bid to help youngsters stay active while the UK is in lockdown and schools are closed.
Singer-songwriter Ezra made the decision to allow Wicks to use his songs for free after being prompted by his mother, a primary school teacher.
She was doing one of Wicks’ online sessions with her key worker children in school when she learned that Wicks was having trouble getting approval to use his favourite songs in the sessions due to copyright
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