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The show is brought to fans by War Child and supported by Youtube music, it will be a celebration of young women in music as well as raising awareness of the challenges that young women and girls face around the world.

The tickets for the event are no longer available to buy however there is a chance to win tickets on the War Child’s website. A £5 donation via the war child site will enter fans into a draw to win tickets for the event.

The winner of the rising star awards at the 2021 brit awards will be headline this special night. She is the 3rd youngest recipient of the Brits rising star award sitting in a very respectable company with the only recipients who were younger than her being 19-year-old adele 2008 and Jorja smith aged 20 winning in 2018. The 20-year-old brit from kings langley in Hertfordshire will headline the show as a sign of the impressive young women in music.

The young singer released her debut project One foot in front of the other, a title that suggested the songstresses naivety and youthfulness in the music industry. The 7 track project was released at the end of June and peaked at number 4 in the official charts and currently sits on just over 72 million Spotify streams.

Similarly to Griff, Olivia Dean is another young British star at only 22 years of age. She was named Amazon music 2021 breakthrough artist of the year, releasing a 4 track project What am I gonna do on Sunday at the end of 2020 and a 5 track project Growth in July this year.

The 22-year-old is another act that celebrates the youthful women making an impact in the UK music industry and her and Griff alongside each other will be the perfect duo for the show titled ‘Day of the Girl’.

War child’s events celebrating women in the music industry as well as raising awareness for the challenges young women and girls are facing around the world doesn’t end with their show at Lafayette on the 8th of October. They will also be holding a Day of the girl industry day at abbey road studios on the 11th of October with Griff as the keynote speaker as they look at advocating equality of gender representation and access to the music industry, along with panel discussions hosted by Abbey Road Studios, Shesaid.so and the Music Managers Forum (MMF).

More information on these events and tickets are all available on the war Child’s website and can be found here.

The Charity has announced the launch of a new independent record label, War Child Records. The War Child and Virgin Music Label collaboration will focus on changing children lives with the power of music. The Virgin Label & Artist Services, Vanessa Higgins commented: “We are delighted to be the label services partner for War Child Records. It’s a brilliant project and we look forward to supporting the label in their mission to use recorded music to help ensure that no child’s life is torn apart by war.”

Rich Clarke from War Child Records added: “It’s incredibly exciting to be leading the launch of War Child Records. There is an amazing heritage of putting out cool and credible music to make a difference. The mantra has always been, ‘If you wouldn’t release if it wasn’t a charity record, don’t release it’, and that’s something I plan to stick to. I can’t wait to make the catalogue available again to this generation of music fans, and start working with the next generation of artists who can use their platform to change the lives of children affected by conflict. There are some really exciting projects in the pipeline so watch this space”

The charity live shows have raised over £5 million since 2009 only with with their Brits Week series of £5 donations for the tickets and with the support of the media. Their Safe and Sound celebrations featuring new and alternative artists “raise awareness for the importance of mental health for young people”. Some of the biggest artists played for War Child great causes: Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, Muse, Florence + the Machine to name a few. Chis Martin called them: ”One of the world’s most important charities”

Album ‘Help’ has been reissued in 2020 and made available on all the streaming services for the first time to celebrate its 25th anniversary. To find out more about War Child and the history of the ‘Help’ album, check Spotify podcast here. By buying and downloading a copy of the album today, we can all help children living in war zone additionally affected by Covid-19.