London band to play for Pope

Cherrie Anderson with Ooberfuse

Ooberfuse, a London-based electro-pop band, have been chosen to play in front of Pope Benedict XVI at World Youth Day in Madrid later this month. The band, along with six other international artists from Nepal, Colombia, France, Italy and Spain, was selected from over 270 acts.

Ooberfuse will perform front-woman Cherrie Anderson’s winning entry to the WYD11 global song contest Tuned Into Madrid. Anderson’s song Faith in You was singled out by a jury of five music and song-composition specialists and awarded a special category of ‘distinction’ for best celebrating ‘the festive, creative and cultural dimension’ of the Catholic faith through the privileged language of music.

Cherrie said : "It was a great honour and privilege for our song Heart’s Cry to have been selected by the English Bishop’s as the youth anthem of the papal visit to the UK last summer. It is an even greater honour and privilege to now be asked to perform my song Faith in You on the same stage as the Pope this summer in Madrid. It is an awesome thought to play before such a holy man and an estimated audience of over 2.5m young people. It is an immense responsibility...I am rehearsing like mad in anticipation of the 18th August!"

To listen to Cherrie’s entries to WYD11 song contest visit: www.ooberfuse.com/worldyouthday2011.cfm.