Arctic Monkeys join HELP(2)
Arctic Monkeys contributed to War Child’s HELP(2) charity album — a follow‑up to the 1995 Help Album — alongside Olivia Rodrigo, Damon Albarn, Pulp, Big Thief and others raising funds for children in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan and Yemen War Child Records - Help(2) (Album Review). Olivia Rodrigo’s closing‑track cover includes a video built from footage shot by children in conflict zones, giving the project a raw documentary edge El disco que reúne a Arctic Monkeys, Olivia Rodrigo, Damon Albarn, Pulp y más artistas por los niños de países en guerra - LA NACION.
War Child released warchild.org.uk the HELP(2) compilation on March 6, 2026. The record was assembled during one intensive week of sessions at Abbey Road in November 2025 warchild.org.uk. Arctic Monkeys issued faroutmagazine.co.uk the album’s lead single “Opening Night” on January 22, 2026, marking the band’s first standalone single in four years faroutmagazine.co.uk. Sessions were produced abbeyroad.com by James Ford, and the full HELP(2) tracklist includes new contributions from Oasis, Depeche Mode, Beck, Wet Leg and Bat For Lashes among others consequence.net. Olivia Rodrigo recorded yahoo.com a cover of The Magnetic Fields’ “The Book of Love” for the compilation, and the song’s visual was posted to her Instagram on March 6, 2026 yahoo.com.
