7 Worlds Collide: Neil Finn’s Collective Returns — Grab the Widget

Crowded House frontman Neil Finn gently twists the arms of Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien, Phil Selway; Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy and band, Johnny Marr, KT Tunstall and many others for a album release to benefit Oxfam…

Bated breath in this household as one of our all-time faves Neil Finn has brought back his 7 Worlds Collide project.

Seven years after the original concert, Finn called in original members Johnny Marr, Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien and Phil Selway, Lisa Germano, and others, but this time also invited Jeff Tweedy and other Wilcos — and even drafted KT Tunstall, who happened to be on her honeymoon in New Zealand.

Finn invited the crew to NZ over Christmas and New Year’s, and unlike the first go-round in 2001, when they only performed live, this time they went into the studio.

The result is a double album – The Sun Came Out. The project benefits Oxfam.

A full 20 different musicians contributed, including the kids — Liam and Elroy Finn, plus Spencer Tweedy and Nile Marr.

First up will be “Hazel Black,” with KT Tunstall on vocals (concert video below).

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Here’s “Hazel Black” in concert, featuring KT Tunstall: