Collaborative Benefit Album and Recent Team-Leading in 'The Great Walk To
Beijing' Charity Trek Continues Star's Wellness Efforts To Knock Out Cancer
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug. 7 -- Capitol/EMI is proud to
announce the September 2 U.S. release of Olivia Newton-John's new
collaborative benefit album, Olivia Newton-John & Friends: A Celebration In
Song. The newly-recorded CD and digital collection features 12 songs,
sexual union Newton-John with several of her melodic friends, including Sir
Cliff Richard, Keith Urban, Barry Gibb, John Farrar, Melinda Schneider,
Delta Goodrem, Sun, Jann Arden, Amy Sky, RyanDan and Richard Marx.
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"I'm so delighted to bring you these songs with the help of a mathematical group of
gifted friends -- some old and some new -- who let donated their gifts
and their sentence for this new collaborationism," says Olivia Newton-John.
Olivia Newton-John & Friends: A Celebration in Song is a meaningful
project for the worldwide star of stage and screen, whose personal
have with cancer 16 years ago light-emitting diode her to partner with Melbourne's
Austin Hospital in 2003. Royalties from the album will be donated to
Newton-John's organization, The Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness
Centre, a comprehensive snapper for the treatment, concern and research of all
types of cancer to help heal the whole person: body, mind and spirit.
Furthering her committedness towards the fight against cancer, Newton-John
recently completed 'The Great Walk to Beijing 2008: a million steps in the
fight against cancer,' a thought-provoking six-part trek along the Great Wall of
China. Along the 228 kilometer fundraising trek, Olivia and her team of
stars from sports and entertainment, and everyday survivors of cancer faced
bad physical and mental challenges; in conquest them, the team has
raised more than two million dollars to date from their trek and ongoing
efforts, sponsored by individual donors.
"I walk for the friends I have baffled and for the many others world Health Organization are
meshed in their wellness journeys," said Newton-John as she embarked on
the travel to rear funds for The Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness
Centre in Melbourne. "As we walk this historical metaphor of forcefulness and
endurance, each stair that my team and I take will bring us closer to a
realization for our crab and health centre and a healthier world."
Furthering her goals to train women about breast malignant neoplastic disease and the
importance of early detection, Newton-John has announced a partnership with
Curves (the world's largest fitness franchise for women) to launch an
international campaign to distribute 1 million units of the Liv Aid (R), a
breast self-exam tending that assists women to exercise white meat self exams
correctly. The initiative's goal is to empower and encourage women to take
control of their bodies and breast health by launching a
"first-of-its-kind" political campaign beginning in October 2008, as section of "Breast
Cancer Awareness Month," available exclusively through Curves.
Olivia Newton-John's new TV series, "Sordid Lives: The Series," began
airing July 23 on Logo.
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OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN & FRIENDS: A CELEBRATION IN SONG (CD & Digital Album)
1. Right Here With You with Delta Goodrem
2. Find A Little Faith with Sir Cliff Richard
3. Courageous with Melinda Schneider
4. The Heart Knows with Barry Gibb
5. Everything Love Is with Jimmy Barnes
6. Isn't It Amazing with Sun
7. Never Far Away with Richard Marx
8. Sunburned Country with Keith Urban
9. Reckless with John Farrar
10. Angel In The Wings with Jann Arden
11. The Water Is Wide with Amy Sky & RyanDan
12. Beautiful Thing with Belinda Emmett
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