Pope Francis has been called a rock star among religious leaders and soon that will be true literally, with the pontiff out soon with an album.
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“It’s ridiculous really, like it’s ridiculously cool”.
For a taster track of the Pope’s rocking musical take, check out this clip on the Rolling Stones website.
“We’re very excited and kind of honored to be releasing an album at the same time as the pope with a similar title”.
McVey also said that “it would be awesome to do a gig together” with Pope Francis at the Vatican.
“In the ’70s, I founded the prog-rock band Le Orme and topped the charts, toured Italy and United Kingdom and had the chance to collaborate with worldwide artists like Peter Hammil and David Jackson”, he tells Rolling Stone magazine.
The album features the Pope speaking in several languages addressing his audience in Italian, English, Spanish and Portuguese. “For this reason, the voice of Pope Francis in Wake Up! dialogues music”.
Wake Up! will be available from November 27, with the iTunes pre-order now available with an instant download of Wake Up! Go! Go!
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“The album’s tracks range from pop to rock, from Latin music to Gregorian chants, and represent a harmonic link between tradition and modernism”, according to an announcement about the album.
