01 November, 2004 - Published 17:00 GMT

for the lady

27 major musicians, including Paul McCartney, RE.M., Avril Lavigne, Ani DiFranco, Damien Rice, Eric Clapton, Peter Gabriel, Sting, U2, and others have united on this groundbreaking two-CD set to support freedom for 1991 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi and the courageous people of Burma.

The publishers say all proceeds from the CD will benefit the efforts of the US Campaign for Burma.

For the Lady album is banned in Burma and BBC Burmese have received emails and telephone calls who would like to buy the CD.

Music fans' choice

'I can easily download this album free of charge from internet sources but I want to support their cause and therefore I will buy it from the shop,' says a music fan from the USA.

For the Lady features previously released tracks by Lavigne, Coldplay, Bright Eyes and Travis, while Pearl Jam, R.E.M., Damien Rice and Better Than Ezra contribute live cuts unavailable anywhere else. A

Also exclusive to the album is "Let Freedom Ring," a studio track by Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello's solo incarnation, The Nightwatchman.

Burmese singer Mun Awng performs a Burmese song written by imprisoned student leader, Min Ko Naing.

For the Lady track list

Disc 1:
U2 - "Walk On"
Pearl Jam "Betterman" (live)
Coldplay - "In My Place"
Ani DiFranco - "In the Way"
Bright Eyes - "No Lies, Just Love"
R.E.M. - "Drive" (live)
Avril Lavigne - "Complicated"
Talib Kweli featuring John Legend - "Around My Way"
Lili Haydn - "Unfolding Grace"
Peter Gabriel - "Here Comes the Flood"
Natalie Merchant - "Motherland"
Maná - "Cuando Los Angeles Lloran"
Rebecca Fanya - "Paper Airplanes"
Ben Harper - "Oppression" (live)

Disc 2:

Paul McCartney - "Freedom" (live)
The Nightwatchman - "Let Freedom Ring"
Eric Clapton - "Wonderful Tonight"
Sting - "Fragilidad"
Bonnie Raitt - "Angel From Montgomery" (live)
Damien Rice - "Lonely Soldier" (live)
Travis - "The Cage"
Guster - "Keep It Together"
Hour Cast - "Memories and Lies"
Indigo Girls - "Perfect World" (live)
Better Than Ezra - "Get You In" (live)
Matchbox Twenty - "So Sad, So Lonely"
Mun Awng - "Tempest of Blood"

'For the Lady' album has been released in United state and Canada.

It is also available from