Blue Wiggle Anthony Field removes his name from every track on his new album and donates all royalties to a terminally ill war veteran
Blue Wiggle Anthony Field has proven why he's one of Australia's most generous performers.
Field, 58, confirmed this week that he's donating his royalties from The Wiggles' latest album Lullabies with Love to the family of a war veteran named Brendan Nikolajew, who is currently battling terminal cancer.
The children's entertainer, who also is a former army-man himself, told Sense Music Media that he'd removed his name from every track on the album and replaced it with Brendan's, so that all co-writing royalties would flow directly the Nikolajew clan.
Generous act: Blue Wiggle Anthony Field, 58 (pictured) has removes his name from every track in his new album and donated all royalties to a war veteran named Brendan Nikolajew, who is currently battling terminal cancer
'[Brendan is] one of those guys who you talk to and he just brightens up your life, even though he's going through the worst you could be going through,' Field told the publication.
'[Lullabies with Love] will give royalties to the kids and the family for a few years. Every so often, they'll get some money, which will be really great,' he added.
Field also promised that if The Wiggles' new album wins an ARIA Award, Nikolajew's two young children will be invited to attend the ceremony.
'Every so often, they'll get some money': Speaking to Sense Music Media, the children's entertainer confirmed that all co-writing royalties from the album would flow directly the Nikolajew clan. Pictured: Brendan in hospital with one of his children
Music icon: Field is one of the founding members of The Wiggles. Pictured L-R: The Wiggles band-members Simon Pryce, Emma Watkins, Lachlan Gillespie and Anthony Field
'I said to Brendan, 'I want you to know that these songs mean a lot to me, and I'm glad they do, because I want to give them to you, because you mean a lot to me.' He's a real life force, you know?' Field added.
Nikolajew, 29, fought for Australia as an artilleryman in Afghanistan, and has beaten testicular cancer three times in the space of two years.
In November, he received the devastating news that is cancer had spread, with doctors estimating that he had six to 12 months to live.
Tragic: Nikolajew, 29, fought for Australia as an artilleryman in Afghanistan, and has beaten testicular cancer three times in the space of two years. Pictured: Brendan posing with wife Leah and their two children Georgie and Roman
Nikolajew's is currently battling pneumonia at home and is receiving palliative care.
He's been told he has just days left to live.
'I want to win, I want to live and I'm going to give it my all, I was given days to live and I now feel with all the support and self belief, I can win,' he wrote on his GoFundMe page this week.
Nikolajew's GoFundMe page has so far raised $120,999 in donations.
By his side: Field recently received a vitamin drip while visiting Nikolajew in hospital
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