Metropolis To Release Hillsborough Benefit Single in December…

Metropolis To Release Hillsborough Benefit Single

Release Date: 17th December 2012

Metropolis Group will release the cover of The Hollies’ classic He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother by Justice For The 96 Collective, featuring artists such as Robbie Williams, Melanie C, Rebecca Ferguson, Paloma Faith and Mick Jones.

Produced by world renowned producer Guy Chambers. ‘He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother’ will feature other artists including; Peter Hooton (The Farm), Pete Wylie, (The Justice Tonight band), Chris Sharrock (Oasis), Ren Harvieu, Dave McCabe (The Zutons), Paul Heaton (Beautiful South), Hollie Cook, Jon McClure (Reverend & The Makers), John Power (Cast) and Gerry Marsden (Gerry and the Pacemakers), with further names to be announced in the coming days.

Released on 17th December 2012, the single is aiming to top the Christmas charts. All artists involved are giving their time for free, and all proceeds from the sale of the single will go towards the Hillsborough Families legal costs in their fight for justice.

Producer, Guy Chambers said: “I am deeply honoured to be asked to produce this record for the 96.  If we can help to raise money to support the families’ legal battle so that they finally get their time in court then our job will be done.  I spent my teenage years in Liverpool and feel a deep affection for both its musical heritage and the unique solidarity of its people.”

Speaking from his Westminster office Steve Rotheram MP explained: “Today, I am proud to announce that a group of some of the biggest UK recording artists are coming together to record ‘He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother’ to support the Hillsborough Families fight for justice and to raise funds for any future legal costs. Whilst we are confident that the campaign for truth and justice is nearing a conclusion, for 23 years the bereaved Hillsborough families have carried the eternal flame of hope that we would one day see those responsible brought to justice. All profits from this CD will go towards assisting with any legal costs incurred in that fight.  The families have suffered enough”.

Liverpool Legend, Kenny Dalglish said: “The families of the 96 should never have been in the position they are now in, of having to fight to get the accidental verdicts from the 1989 inquests overturned. I will continue to support their dignified campaign every step of the way.”

The Hollies classic ‘He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother’, was used to great effect earlier this season by Everton FC at Goodison following the release of the HIP report.

Triple Ivor Novello winning songwriter Guy Chambers will record the single at the end of the month, in his North London Studio and at Metropolis Studios. Guy has worked with Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue, Tom Jones, and many others.  Pledge Music will also be offering a host of exclusive items via their website to aid the campaign (www.pledgemusic.com)

In 2009, Steve Rotheram, as the then Lord Mayor of Liverpool, brought together; Peter Hooton (The Farm), Dave Pichilingi (Sound City), Phil Hayes (The Picket) and Kevin McManus (Liverpool Acme), musicians, footballers and Liverpool celebrities to record ‘Fields of Anfield Road’ for the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough tragedy. The record spent two weeks in the top 20.

This year’s ‘He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother’ release is expected to go even further and will hopefully challenge the X Factor winner for the Christmas Number 1 position.

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Pre-orders will be available from early December

For further information, please contact:

Jane Kearney at LD Communications:
Jane.kearney@ldcommunications.co.uk/ 0207 439 7222

Job title – Senior Designer 
Term – Permanent
Salary – Competitive
Start Date – Immediately 

An excellent opportunity to join Metropolis for a career driven, self motivated, independent and enthusiastic individual that wants to drive their career forward in this role.

As a senior designer it will be your role to produce outstanding designs across various mediums, make sure the company’s brand is represented well across all visual material which leaves the building and keeping an eye on design trends.

 Key responsibilities and accountabilities 

• The preparation and creation of graphics and video to client or Group briefs.
• To support the creative team in the development of a range of creative solutions.
• To deliver exemplary service to all clients.
• To be a self-sufficient member of the creative team.
• Win people’s confidence and that they can always expect you to be patient, reasonable, approachable, understanding, and supportive of any issues.
• Be prepared to be involved and contribute to areas outside your core responsibility, and expect your team manager to assist you in any problems you face.
• To produce outstanding designs across various mediums, make sure the company’s brand is represented well across all visual material which leaves the building and keeping an eye on design trends.

Knowledge and Experience

• Have a minimum of 4-5 years industry experience and should be comfortable working as an individual or as part of the team.
• Existing client contacts list advantageous.
• Passion for music.
• Understand branding and ensuring it is well presented externally and internally.
• Strong knowledge of design platforms.
• Evidence of leading large scale content projects

Skills/Aptitudes

• IT skills
• Ability to present at a senior level
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong diplomatic and interpersonal skills
• Experience and expertise in proposal writing
• Lateral thinker
• Leadership ability
• Must be fluent in the Adobe Creative Suite (most importantly after effects, Photoshop and Illustrator)
• A knowledge of 3D will be a big advantage (Cinema 4D or Studio Max)
• Editing skills are a bonus as well, either in Premier or Final Cut.

If you are interested in the position and meet the requirements detailed, please email your CV, along with covering letter to, human.resources@metropolis-group.co.uk with subject heading Senior Designer.

Job title – IT Helpdesk Administrator
Term – Permanent
Salary – £16,000+
Start Date – Early December

An excellent opportunity to join Metropolis for a career driven, self motivated, independent and enthusiastic individual that wants to drive their career forward in this role.

As a first line support engineer, you will be the first point of contact for our internal staff on all IT and communication technical support issues. Duties including reactive helpdesk, Engineer scheduling, quotes, purchase orders, developing infrastructure, assisting the 3rd party support engineers in any contract support issues they may have as well as general administration duties.

The ideal candidate will have a working knowledge of the following:

•       Windows XP/7
•       Mac OSX
•       MS Office
•       TCP/IP
•       Wireless Technologies
•       Active directory
•       Microsoft Exchange 2003
•       Trend anti-virus
•       Dealing with third party company’s
•       Basic Understanding of VMware

The IT Helpdesk Administrator will work as a member of a dynamic engineering team, responding to and resolving support queries and escalate logged calls to second and third line support.

The successful candidate will have a strong academic record, outstanding communication skills and exceptional technical skills. This is a great opportunity for a 1st Line Helpdesk Administrator to become part of an expanding and interesting company in the music industry.

If you are interested in the position and meet the requirements detailed, please email your CV, along with covering letter to, human.resources@metropolis-group.co.uk with subject heading IT Administrator.

Metropolis are looking for a ‘special projects’ intern who can start immediately. The ideal candidate will be a dynamic, self starting, motivated individual preferably with TV and/or label experience. Understanding of the music industry would also be beneficial but not essential. Availability of a minimum of three days per week would be ideal.

If you are interested, please send your CV with accompanying cover letter to client.services@metropolis-group.co.uk. Please put Special Projects Intern as the subject heading.

Available from – Early September
Salary – Competitive

Metropolis Creative, part of the world-famous Metropolis Studios, is currently looking for talented and creative freelance iOS iPhone/iPad developers to join our ever expanding team, after the release of our first iPhone music game. Candidates must have excellent knowledge of Objective-C, launch experience of a consumer iPhone/iPad application is preferred and you must have must have iPhone and/or iPad apps that are available for viewing & evaluation. Experience using at least one iOS graphic framework, e.g. UIKit/Interface Builder, CoreAnimation, OpenGL or 3rd party libraries such as Cocos2D, Unity etc. is also required.

Experience using other technologies such as XML, Javascript, Flash/Flex, server-side technologies e.g PHP and digital media tools e.g. Photoshop would be preferred.

Knowledge of other mobile platforms, and the ability to work in a cross-platform environment (Windows XP/Vista/7 Mac OS X etc.) is also preferable.

Must be able to function well in a small team environment with excellent interpersonal and technical skills.  Applicant must be able to multi-task as we have multiple projects under development; must be able to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.

If you are interested and believe you are the right candidate for the role, please send your CV to human.resources@metropolis-group.co.uk with subject title iOS Developer.