Inspired by John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s historic “Bed-Ins for Peace” 38 years ago, Amnesty Internation and Warner Bros. Records will create a series of events featuring a variety of artists at music festivala round the world this summer. The events will promote the release of “Instant Karma: The Amnesty Internation Campaign to Save Darfur”, a collection of iconic songs by former Beatle and peace activist John Lennon recorded by an array of best-selling artists including U2, Green Day, R.E.M and Snow Patrol.
In keeping with its long tradition of combining music with activism, Amnesty International is launching this campaign to focus attention and mobilize activism around the urgent catastrophe in Sudan.
The first “Bed-In”, co-sponsored by Spin Magazine, took place last weekend at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, featuring interviews and photographs with artists while sitting in bed, with photography by Meiert Avis who has worked with Bruce Springsteen and U2.