Song to raise funds for memorial to terror victim
A song about Manchester terrorist attack victim Eilidh Macleod is being released by a contemporary Celtic music band to raise funds for a permanent memorial.
Skipinnish has announced the 14- year- old’s death was the inspiration behind Wishing Well, first released in December.
The musicians first felt they did not want to give away the detail of the song’s origin, but have now decided to put out a rearranged version to raise funds for Team Eilidh after support from the teenager’ s family.
In a statement, the band said: “We released the song originally in December, but it didn’t feel right at that time to make the background of it known.
“However, over the last few months having met with Eilidh’ s parents we decided with encouragement from them to make the origins of the song known to the public.”
Ms Macleod and her friend Laura Macint yre, both from Bar ra, were at the Aria na Grande concert at Manchester Arena when a bomb went off on 22 May last year.
Both were reported missing before it was realised the 14- year- old was among the 22 dead. Ms Macintyre suffered serious injuries.