INDIE-rock band Foals are contributing a song from their set at this weekend's Glastonbury Festival for a fundraising album for Oxfam in memory of MP Jo Cox.

The Oxford band of Yannis Philippakis, Jimmy Smith, Jack Bevan, Walter Gervers and Edwin Congreave play the main Pyramid Stage on Friday, performing just before headliners Muse.

The group join fellow festival stars Muse, Coldplay and The Last Shadow Puppets in providing tunes for the Stand As One album – the first of its kind. Money raised will contribute towards the Cowley-based charity's Refugee Crisis Appeal, helping people affected by conflict, disaster and poverty.

MP Jo Cox, a former Oxfam activist, would have celebrated her 42nd birthday today. A tireless supporter of refugee rights, she was shot and stabbed to death, in her West Yorkshire constituency last Thursday.

Other acts confirmed for the album include Sigur Rós, The Last Shadow Puppets, Chvrches, Wolf Alice, Laura Mvula, Jamie Lawson, John Grant, Jack Garratt, Two Door Cinema Club, The 1975, Editors, Years & Years and Fatboy Slim. Adele is also expected to contribute to the album, which is due for digital release by Parlophone on July 11. A CD will be released a month later.

An Oxfam spokesman said: “The world is in the middle of the most serious refugee crisis since the Second World War. More than 65 million people have been forced to flee their homes by brutal conflict and violence, millions more by natural disaster and poverty.

"The album is part of Oxfam’s new campaign to put pressure on world leaders to welcome more refugees, to prevent families from being separated and to keep people fleeing their homes safe from harm."

Glastonbury is a crucial source of funding for Oxfam, bringing in up to £250,000. The charity has about 2,300 volunteers on site as stewards, campaigners and as help in its four vintage clothing festival shops.

Claire Williamson is the charity's marketing executive for the festival team. Talking from the festical site at Worthy Farm, Somerset, yesterday, she said: "What we are doing is serious stuff mixed in with fun.

"Our stewards are part of the infrastructure of the event and are crucial to the life and wellbeing of festival-goers, while our campaigners take part in fun activities but are also raising awareness of very serious issues."

The festival provides stewards for other festivals, including Reading, but Ms Williamson said Glastonbury was the biggest, she said: "We raise well over a million pounds altogether, but this is the biggest and is our flagship event."

And who is she most looking forward to seeing over the weekend? "Art Garfunkle," she said. "I'm a massive fan!"

Oxfam's Stand As One album can be ordered here...