On 14 June 2017, a high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, at 00:54 BST. 72 people died, including two who later died in hospital, with more than 70 others being injured and 223 people escaping. It was the deadliest structural fire in the United Kingdom since the 1988 Piper Alpha oil-platform disaster and the worst UK residential fire since World War II.
Artists for Grenfell one week later released the charity adaptation of Simon & Garfunkel’s classic “Bridge Over Troubled Water” in honor of the victims. The song features vocals from Stormzy, Robbie Williams, James Blunt, Rita Ora, Craig David, Dan Smith (Bastille), Liam Payne, Emeli Sandé, Kelly Jones (Stereophonics), Paloma Faith, Louis Tomlinson, Labrinth, Jorja Smith, Louis Rei (WSTRN), Leona Lewis, Jessie J, James Arthur, Roger Daltry (The Who), Ella Eyre, Anne-Marie, Ella Henderson and Louisa Johnson. A choir of 300 residents and locals led by choirmaster Gareth Malone contributed to the track.
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