AN upcoming British rock band has pledged all of the proceeds from its next single to help keep a Bournemouth Air Festival favourite flying.

As reported in the Daily Echo, a teaser campaign online hinted at the tie-up between the Vulcan Cold War bomber and group Knock Out Kaine.

Today, it has been revealed that the group will release their song Set the Night on Fire as a special digital charity single, with every penny going towards keeping the only flying Vulcan in the air.

The plane, which needs hundreds of thousands of pounds a year to stay in the air and receives no public funding, is credited with bringing thousands of extra fans to events like Bournemouth Air Festival.

Vulcan to the Sky Trust, which runs the aircraft, needs £800,000 by the end of June, with the total currently at around £575,000.

Knock Out Kaine will also be filming their debut music video at Vulcan XH558's hangar next month and details are soon to announced of a fundraising day to tie in with the filming.

There will also be 1,000 special edition signed copies of the single being sold to boost funds.

The band, who are based in Lincoln and the Midlands, said they got together with their record label after reading about the cash needed to keep the Vulcan flying.

Lead Singer, Dean Foxx said: “My mum and dad were in the Falklands at the time of the conflict. I was only very young at the time, and they were away for what seemed an eternity.

“The Vulcan holds a special place in my heart because it was the Black Buck Raids that heralded the end of the war and enabled my parents to return home on the SS Canberra.”

Jon Weaver, Bournemouth Air Festival director, has welcomed the news and said he hoped XH558 would be back at the festival this year, alongside another 'big noise' favourite to be announced at tomorrow night's event launch.