Bells Are Ringing: Gaza war inspires Tommy Fleming to re-release single for holidays

Singer hopes Christmas single will remind people of importance of hope in the darkest of times

Tommy Fleming

Maureen Coleman

Tommy Fleming has told how his decision to re-release Bells Are Ringing as a Christmas single was inspired by the “awful heartache” of the war in Gaza.

The song, written by Mary Chapin Carpenter, appeared on his festive album Song for a Winter’s Night in 2009.