NEWS
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Ecce Homo live in The Netherlands and Belgium
Read more: Ecce Homo live in The Netherlands and BelgiumGavin Friday is coming to the stage in the Benelux with two shows this spring! Tickets go on sale at 10 AM on January 16th.
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Ecce Homo live in Portugal
Read more: Ecce Homo live in PortugalGAVIN FRIDAY will be playing live in Portugal this Sprint to present his new album “ECCE HOMO”.The shows will take place at Hard Club, in Porto, on March 21st, and at República da Música, in Lisbon, on March 22nd. Tickets are available from 10am via Bol online, Fnac, Ctt, Worten and El Corte Inglês.
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Gavin Friday’s Peter & the Wolf Nominated for Three Children’s & Family Emmys
Read more: Gavin Friday’s Peter & the Wolf Nominated for Three Children’s & Family EmmysGavin Friday’s Peter & the Wolf has received three nominations for the prestigious Children’s & Family Emmy Awards, including ANIMATED SPECIAL, SHOW OPEN *, and the CHILDREN’S PERSONALITY category. In this last category, Gavin finds himself in extraordinary company, competing with none other than Meryl Streep. Peter & the Wolf, an animated adaptation of Sergei Prokofiev’s iconic work, blends visual artistry with musical storytelling. The project saw Gavin Friday narrate the reimagined classic tale with The Friday-Seezer Ensemble performing Prokofiev score, newly arranged by Maurice Seezer and Gavin Friday. The artwork seen throughout the film is based on original illustrations…
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Remembering Quincy Jones
Read more: Remembering Quincy JonesQuincy Jones, a true legend and giant in the music industry, has died at 91. His career, spanning over seven decades, redefined popular music. He produced landmark albums and worked with legends including Michael Jackson, Ray Charles and Frank Sinatra. In 2005, Jones brought his legendary touch to the soundtrack of Get Rich or Die Tryin’, the biopic of rapper 50 Cent, directed by the Irish director Jim Sheridan. This project marked an exceptional collaboration with Gavin Friday and his musical partner at the time, Maurice Seezer. The partnership was sparked by Friday meeting Jones in New York after first…
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Ecce Homo Live in Dublin
Read more: Ecce Homo Live in DublinGavin Friday will play his long awaited hometown show, the first since 2011, on Thursday 10th April at Vicar St, with an intimate show at Dundalk’s Spirit Store on Tuesday 8th April. Proudly presented by Foggy Notions, tickets go on general sale on Friday 1st November at 10:00 with exclusive presale access for gavinfriday.com subscribers from Wednesday 30th October at 10:00 On the subject of his return to the live stage Friday remarked, “Performing ‘live’ is probably the place I feel most comfortable with myself – it’s been an age and I cannot wait to get back on stage especially…
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Gavin Friday’s album Ecce Homo is out now
Read more: Gavin Friday’s album Ecce Homo is out nowECCE HOMO OUT 25TH OCTOBER VIA BMG Today, Gavin Friday‘s highly anticipated new solo album Ecce Homo is out. Produced by Soft Cell’s Dave Ball and Michael Heffernan – Ecce Homo marks his first solo album since 2011’s “Catholic”. Driven alternately by thundering electronics that recall the power of the Virgin Prunes and exquisite acoustics that reflect the beauty of his most recent solo work and soundtracks, Ecce Homo is an ecstatic and unbound expression of anger and independence, of severing oneself from stereotypes of what you’re supposed to be while also acknowledging that our hardest battles are often our…
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Gavin Friday shares new track “Stations of the Cross”
Read more: Gavin Friday shares new track “Stations of the Cross”Today, Gavin Friday has shared a new track titled “Stations Of The Cross”. The song is taken from his highly anticipated new solo album Ecce Homo. Out 25th October via BMG, the new album – which was produced by Soft Cell’s Dave Ball and Michael Heffernan – marks his first since 2011’s “Catholic” and was recently announced alongside it’s title track and an eponymous digital EP featuring two remixes and an instrumental version of the track. As with the prior single “Ecce Homo“, Friday has teased the new track with mysterious posts written in Ogham – an ancient runic language…
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Gavin Friday’s brand new single Ecce Homo out today
Read more: Gavin Friday’s brand new single Ecce Homo out todayTAKEN FROM HIS FIRST NEW SOLO ALBUM IN 13 YEARS The first taste of the new album comes in the form of it’s title track “Ecce Homo”. The track is a pulsing, pulverising menace, its streaks of florid noise and walls of hard-edged rhythms squaring up against enemies of inclusion and liberty as Friday throws the words of Pontius Pilate back at our persecutors, promising to “Fight fire with fire / We can walk on water” over warped gospel harmonies. Speaking on the track, Friday says “the track ‘Ecce Homo’ is my own personal kick in the head and kiss…
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Gavin Friday returns with first new solo album in 13 years
Read more: Gavin Friday returns with first new solo album in 13 yearsECCE HOMO OUT 25TH OCTOBER VIA BMG Today, Gavin Friday returns with details of his highly anticipated new solo album Ecce Homo. Out 25th October via BMG, the new album – which was produced by Soft Cell’s Dave Ball and Michael Heffernan – marks his first since 2011’s “Catholic” and is announced alongside it’s title track and an eponymous digital EP featuring two remixes and an instrumental version of the track. Driven alternately by thundering electronics that recall the power of the Prunes and exquisite acoustics that reflect the beauty of his most recent solo work and soundtracks, Ecce Homo…
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Gavin Friday writes score for Dominic Myatt solo exhibition
Read more: Gavin Friday writes score for Dominic Myatt solo exhibitionGavin Friday has written score for ‘Hoarse’, part of “Don’t Kiss by The Garden Gate, Love is Blind but the Neighbours Ain’t”, a solo exhibition by artist Dominic Myatt. Referencing front lawns and communal green spaces in cities, Myatt’s first solo exhibition Don’t Kiss by The Garden Gate, Love is Blind but the Neighbours Ain’t reflects the artist’s interest in theatre sets and their ability to whisk you away to a completely different location. Influenced by the stages of old-school Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals and the whimsical backdrops of Looney Tunes cartoons, Myatt explores spaces where everything is seemingly curious…