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Each artist will donate a track to the project which will pressed just 100 times each, creating 700 unique 7” records. Additionally, artists, designers and illustrators from around the globe will be called to design special sleeves for each track, making every record and one-of-a-kind collectible. The 700 unique sleeve designs will be on display at London’s 180 Studios from August 18-30, 2026 and available to purchase via online auction running until September 2, 2026.

Buyers may make guesses based on the sleeve artwork as to which vinyl they will receive, but the track remains a mystery until it is purchased.

All of the proceeds from the auction will go towards War Child’s work delivering mental health support, emergency aid and protection to children and families in areas of conflict across 13 countries. Previously, the Secret 7” Auction has raised more than £900,000 for War Child’s efforts.

John Lennon will be donating his track ‘Out of the Blue’ from the 1973 ‘Mind Games’ album. While The Last Dinner Party will contribute their single, ‘Let’s Do It Again!’ which was featured on the recently released ‘Help (2)’ compilation album from War Child. Gabrielle has given her 2001 hit, ‘Out of Reach.’ And fans of The Maccabees will be excited to hear their 2009 track, ‘No Kind Words’ will be apart of the auction. It will be the song’s first standalone physical release. In a post announcing their contribution, the band encouraged fans to submit artwork for the auction saying their “work will be a missing part of [their] catalogue.”

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Also on the line up is ‘Purple’ from Skin’s 2006 album ‘Fake Chemical State.’ Glass Animals will be giving ‘Take a Slice’ to the project, from their 2016 album ‘How to Be a Human Being’ and still, one of the band’s most-streamed songs. And Bastille will contribute ‘Hope For The Future’ a track originally penned for a climate emergency documentary about wildfires which ravaged Portugal in 2017, From the Devil’s Breath.

Artwork submissions for the sleeves are open now on the Secret 7” website. Parameters for submissions are wide, artists are encouraged to submit whatever they like, so long as it is a piece inspired by their interpretation of one of the seven songs on the project. Submissions will close 1 June 2026 at 11:59 PM GMT.

Charlotte Nimmo, War Child’s fundraising and engagement director described the urgency of the 2026 Auction, “right now over 520 million children have had their lives impacted by conflict worldwide. The need has never been so great and it is increasing daily.” She continued, saying she hopes the 10^th Secret 7” project will “offer music and art fans something truly unique to take home that brings them joy when they see and listen, and know that they helped have a tangible impact on children’s lives in the process.”

Listen to all seven tracks included in the project here.

The tour will see the singer/song-writer bring out her signature hits as well as performing songs from her most recent album ‘Under My Skin, which was released in August this year. The record is the Londoner’s, sixth studio album and it reached No. 7 in the UK charts, which was her best charting performance since ‘Rise’ topped them in 2000. The album is also the stars first in eleven years and marks twenty-five years since the release of her massive debut single ‘Dreams’, which quickly stormed the charts all over Europe and Australia, announcing her as one of the biggest new names in pop.

‘Under My Skin’ is about being in love, Gabrielle says : “finding that person after you’ve been in shit relationships and you’re looking for that commitment. Because right now you’re feeling so good about yourself, but I want you to show me, is this real? My writing is about life, relationships, situations that you go through, positive and negative. I was inspired by my own real life events and people that I know as well. There’s one song, ’Every Step’, I wrote that for a close friend of mine who’s going through a shit time in their relationship.

She continued: “Another one called ‘Stronger’ is about being there for friends, when they’re losing confidence in themselves, because they’ve gone to this dark corner of their mind where they shut everybody out. And I think that’s when you present yourself – that show of strength and unity. That song is about being there for someone through thick and thin.”

In terms of the vibe of the new album, it’s a blend of old and new, she says: “It’s definitely classic Gabrielle. There are songs like ‘Breathe’, ‘Every Step’, they’re slightly different … and there’s songs like ‘Signs’ which are very retro sounding. I think you’ll hear things on this album and you’ll be like, yes that’s Gabrielle and yes that’s really cool.”

Gabrielle is one of the UK’s most decorated singer-songwriters, having sold over 5 million records in the UK alone, as well as two No. 1 singles, ten Top 10 singles, a No. 1 album and five Top 10 Albums. She is also a two time BRIT Award winner, receiving the Best British Breakthrough Act in 1994 and the Best British Female Solo Artist in 1997, as well as also picking up various MOBO Awards and an Ivor Novello for Outstanding Song Collection.

Gabrielle UK and Ireland Tour Dates 2019:

20/03/2019 – Old Fruitmarket – Glasgow
22/03 – Olympia Theatre – Dublin
24/03 – Bridgewater Hall – Manchester
25/03 – De Montfort Hall – Leicester
26/03 – Corn Exchange – Cambridge
28/03 – Town Hall Birmingham
29/03 – Parr Hall – Warrington
30/03 – Town Hall – Leeds
01/04 – Komedia – Bath
02/04 – O2 Shepherds Bush Empire – London
03/04 – Dome – Brighton
05/04 – Sage – Gateshead