Delirious' first album since name change; raise money for AIDs.
DELIRIOUS? hope to
have their first 'church' album since changing their name from Cutting
Edge in shops by the end of June. The project 'Glo' has already been
recorded and is currently being mixed by American Tedd T. Three
members of the band ran in the London Marathon on 16th April. Drummer
Stew Smith (33), bass player Jon Thatcher (23) and lead guitarist Stu
Garrard (36) ran the 26.2 mile course from Blackheath to Westminster.
They were raising funds for Hope HIV - a new charity launched by
Salvation Army evangelist Phil Wall that cares for and supports AIDS
orphans in Africa. The aim of Delirious? is eventually to bring in
£150,000 for the cause. The London Marathon initiative began when Delirious? played at the
1999 Soul Survivor festival where Phil Wall gave everyone a £10 note
to invest for good causes. "We held on to our money until we had a
brainwave as to how to increase it," Stew recalled. "Then we thought
it would be a great idea to put it to Hope HIV." The boys had been
personally moved by the story of how Africa's AIDS epidemic is leaving
a generation of children without parents. They heard how Phil Wall and
his wife Wendy had tried unsuccessfully to adopt an AIDS orphan - and
how the couple then went on to spearhead Hope HIV.
Inspired by
the Walls' story, Stew, Jon and Stu G took part in the gruelling
London run and do their bit to help Africa's 10 million AIDS orphans.
"Delirious? have
brought so much to so many over the last few years through their great
rhythms and sounds," said Phil Wall. "By running this marathon for the
AIDS orphans of Africa, they're broadening their influence to a whole
new world that's so desperately in need of hearing good news."