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Three Pruned Men lined up for Rogue’s Gallery Dublin
Read more: Three Pruned Men lined up for Rogue’s Gallery DublinGuggi and Dave-id Busarus will join Gavin Friday to perform at Hal Willner‘s Rogue’s Gallery Dublin concert as ‘Three Pruned Men’. ‘Three Pruned Men’ recorded the song ‘Bully In The Alley’ on disc one of the Rogue’s Gallery double album. It is first time in 25 years the three ex-Virgin Prunes will perform together ‘live’. Rogue’s Gallery Dublin is part of the Analog festival and will take place on Grand Canal Square on July 18. Tickets are available from the festival website.
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Sean Osborne Exhibition – speech
Read more: Sean Osborne Exhibition – speechGavin introducing designer Sean Osborne, June 2008.
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Irish Opinion : Gavin Friday – Movies.ie
Read more: Irish Opinion : Gavin Friday – Movies.ieIrish singer, songwriter and composer Gavin Friday is no stranger to film. Since founding Virgin Prunes (legendary avant-garde post-punk group), in 1977, he (with music partner Maurice Seezer), has composed various albums and soundtrack, for films like ‘Short Cuts’, Jim Sheridan’s, ‘In the Name of the Father’ and Neil Jordan’s ‘Breakfast on Pluto’ (in which he also starred). Here, we chat movies with Mr Friday. Q: How often to you get to sit down and watch a movie? I am a frequent moviegoer and am addicted to watching DVD’s on my laptop. Q: Tell us about the last movie you…
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Rogue’s Gallery line up takes shape
Read more: Rogue’s Gallery line up takes shapeVia HotPress.com we learn that Hal Willner has confirmed the preliminary line-up for the July 18th Rogue’s Gallery concert in Dublin. Performing songs from the Rogue’s Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys album are Teddy Thompson, Waterson: Carthy, David Thomas of Pere Ubu fame, Julie Fowlis, Baby Grapms, Ed Harcourt, Rachel Unthank, The Winterset and of course, Gavin Friday. Update (June 12): Lou Reed has been confirmed for the Dublin show.
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Messiaen Anniversary Concert reviews
Read more: Messiaen Anniversary Concert reviewsThe Times reviews The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World: “The night before, more mysticism at a Messiaen Anniversary Concert. The French composer was honoured in a performance of his Quatuor pour la fin du temps, played with robust commitment by Finghin Collins (piano), Elizabeth Cooney (violin), Richard Harwood (cello) and Carol McGonnell (clarinet). And for those players, the Belfast-born composer Ian Wilson had written a “setting” of the Gabriel Garcia Márquez short story, The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World. With Gavin Friday as narrator, it received its UK premiere in a packed Corn Exchange: sand-ripples of meandering lines…
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Reminder: Brighton Festival
Read more: Reminder: Brighton FestivalGavin Friday will be in Brighton, England on Monday 19th, to narrate Ian Wilson’s The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World at the Brighton Festival. He will be joined by a new ensemble featuring three highly talented young Irish artists and the cellist of the Belcea Quartet. The piece was originally commissioned by the IIB Bank Music in Great Irish Houses Festival with support from the Arts Council of Ireland. Wilson’s The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World will be performed alongside Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time. Together they form the Messiaen Anniversary Concert to mark the…
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Breakfast on Pluto – trailer
Read more: Breakfast on Pluto – trailerView the Breakfast on Pluto trailer hi-res on Apple.com. “Set in the 1970’s, Breakfast on Pluto follows the exploits of Patrick Braden, an endearing, but deceptively tough young man. Abandoned as a baby in his small Irish hometown and aware from a very early age that he is different, Patrick survives this harsh environment with the aid of his wit and charm, plus a sweet refusal to let anyone and anything change who he is.”
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Interview: Friday on my mind – IMRO magazine 2005
Read more: Interview: Friday on my mind – IMRO magazine 2005From mQ – The IMRO magazine by Jackie Hayden – 26.10.05 These are busy times for Gavin Friday, what with his heavy involvement in overseeing the re-release of the Virgin Prunes back catalogue, his first substantial film role as a showband singer in Neil Jordan’s version of Pat McCabe’s Breakfast On Pluto, writing songs for his own next album and a daily starring role as one of Bono’s best and highest-profile mates. Jackie Hayden managed to interrupt the busy schedule of the artist formerly known as Fionan Hanvey for long enough for a quick chat. The Virgin Prunes were a…
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Download: Gavin Friday – Toazted interview
Read more: Download: Gavin Friday – Toazted interviewDownload a 1996 Kink FM interview in two parts from Toazted.com.