The Cure, Jessie Ware, Scissor Sisters and more for Secret 7″ 2025

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The Cure, Jessie Ware, Scissor Sisters and more will be featured on ‘War Child Presents Secret 7”.The charity initiative, which first launched in 2012, takes seven tracks by seven musicians and presses each one to seven inch vinyl 100 times, creating 700 records.The sleeves for each are then designed by 700 creatives, ranging from renowned artists to newcomers.

All sleeves will then be available to purchase via auction after the exhibition. However, the designer’s identity is only revealed after the record is sold.Alongside the aforementioned names, Frank Turner, Gregory Porter, Keane and Sophie Ellis-Bextor have also contributed songs to this year’s edition of the initiative.

You can find a full tracklist further below.All money raised from the auction will support War Child’s work to provide protection, eduction and specialist mental health support to children affected by conflict around the world.The Cure – ‘Warsong: Troxy Live 2024’Frank Turner – ‘Be More Kind’Gregory Porter – ‘Merchant of Paradise’Jessie Ware – ‘Beautiful People’Keane – ‘Black Rain’Scissor Sisters – ‘Return to Oz’Sophie Ellis-Bextor – ‘Devotion’ (Brand New Song, Exclusive to War Child’s Secret 7″)Last year, ‘Secret 7″‘ returned for the first time since 2021 and included tracks from Paul McCartney, Aurora, The Chemical Brothers and more.

Among the 700 designers announced following the auction were Jamie Hewlett and Paul Smith.Charlotte Nimmo, Fundraising Engagement Director at War Child UK says: “We at War Child are so pleased to announce the start of another Secret 7”’s, marking the continuation of a beautifully creative endeavour.