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1 October 2026 – War Child Australia Builds Forever Young From Unreleased Songs, Rare Covers and a Very Good Cause
By Editorial Team - October 1, 2026
Summary
War Child Australia reveals charity LP Forever Young, featuring unreleased tracks and covers from King Gizzard, Paul Kelly, Missy Higgins, and The Temper Trap.
Key Facts
- War Child Australia announces its first all-Australian benefit album 'Forever Young' out November 20.
- Features unreleased songs and rare covers from King Gizzard, Missy Higgins, Paul Kelly, and The Temper Trap.
- Proceeds directly support children and families affected by conflict globally.
- Entities: War Child Australia, Forever Young, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Ruel, Missy Higgins, Paul Kelly, Sarah Blasko, The Temper Trap, Youth Group
- Tags: war-child-australia, forever-young, charity-album, australian-music, king-gizzard, missy-higgins, paul-kelly, the-temper-trap
War Child Australia has announced Forever Young, its first all-Australian charity album, due November 20 with proceeds supporting children affected by conflict. The compilation brings together an unusually broad group of Australian artists including King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Ruel, Missy Higgins, Paul Kelly, Sarah Blasko, The Temper Trap, Grace Cummings, Loose Content, William Crighton and The Nagging Doubts.
More interestingly, this is not merely a playlist of familiar catalogue material wearing a charitable badge. The collection includes unreleased recordings, original collaborations and rare covers. Missy Higgins joins Paul Kelly and Sarah Blasko for new song "Dance On Fire," Ruel contributes an acoustic version of Crosby, Stills & Nash's "Helplessly Hoping," and The Temper Trap's cover of The Triffids' "Wide Open Road" has been released today. A Forever Young 2026 Flashback Remix from Youth Group and Paul Mac also marks twenty years since Youth Group's Australian number-one version.
The project follows War Child's Help(2), which earlier this year brought together artists including Big Thief, Wet Leg, Cameron Winter and Fontaines D.C. Charity compilations were once a significant part of music culture before streaming fragmented the album experience. Forever Young is a welcome reminder that a compilation can still be both musically interesting and useful outside the record industry.