Arctic Monkeys' new single on sale in Oxfam shops
Howard Lake | 4 August 2009 | News
On 17 August The Arctic Monkeys will release their new single ‘Crying Lightning’ exclusively through independent record stores and Oxfam shops.
There are more than 600 Oxfam shops selling donated music, compared with only 305 independent record shops, according to Stuart Fowkes, online press officer at Oxfam.
The ‘Crying Lightning’ 7″ will cost £2.99, and each single will come with a download code allowing fans to get an MP3 version of the songs for free.
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The Oxfam deal was put together by Open Fundraising when they introduced their Oxfam contacts with the Domino Recording Company. In their blog post Feeling rather proud today, Open Fundraising acknowledge that the idea came from the recording company, but “Did we bring the right people together to change the world in a rather spectacular fashion? We like to think so”.
Open Fundraising’s James Briggs added: “It brings together art, charity, the state of our high streets, recession, you name it. It’s going to be big”.
www.openfundraising.com
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.