George Michael has slammed Blue singer Lee Ryan?s desire to team up with other musicians for an anti-war song, Sky News reported on Thursday.

Ryan reportedly wants to collaborate with Kylie Minogue, Justin Timberlake and Pink to record a song similar to the Band Aid song which was recorded in aid of Ethiopian famine victims in the 80s.

Ryan announced at the Brit Awards last week that he wanted to record the song ?Stand Up As People?, that he personally penned. "All the money will hopefully go to charities like Warchild, for kids who have been affected by war,? Ryan reportedly said.

But the former Wham frontman Michael, who was involved in the Band Aid project, said the singers were ?extremely young and extremely lacking? in political knowledge, and so could not produce a credible song.

"I?m begging, I?m hoping that there will not be a Band Aid 2. The reality is that very, very few people in the industry now, that you?re hearing on the radio, make their money from their own hearts and minds.

"They make their money from singing the words of others, and so therefore the weight of something called Band Aid 2 will be incredibly slight. It?s not the same as making a record to send to Ethiopia," said Michael.