NEWS

  • Other Voices CD released this week

    Other Voices is releasing a CD on June 3. It features 18 live song recorded in St James Church, Dingle, Co Kerry in December 2004. Gavin is featured on the album with the song Angel. Full track listing: Joe Chester – ‘A Drop of Rain’ Republic of Loose – ‘Hold Up’ Emiliana Torrini – ‘Sunnyroad’ Angela McCluskey – ‘It’s Been Done’ The Chalets – ‘GoGo (Don’t Go)’ Declan O’Rourke – ‘Galileo’ Paddy Casey – ‘Saints & Sinners’ Donovan – ‘Sunshine Superman’ Eddi Reader – ‘Kite Flyers Hill’ Tom Baxter – ‘Day in Verona’ The Divine Comedy – ‘Our Mutual Friend’…

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  • Dingle show on RTE this month

    Gavin and Maurice’s Other Voices appearance, recorded in Dingle in December last year, will be broadcast on RTE on May 15. The show will be made available online as well. Check the Other Voices website for pictures and information about other artists on the show. Other Voices presenter John Kelly will be answering your questions in a live web chat on Monday April 4, between 4 and 5pm.

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  • Gavin in Hot Press readers’ poll

    Shag Tobacco and If I Die, I Die have made it into the Hot Press reader’s poll at numbers 38 and 46 respectively. The complete list of winners is available in the current issue of Hot Press magazine. U2’s Joshua Tree got the #1 spot. Thanks to all who voted.

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  • My hometown: artists and their city

    Gavin Friday is featured in VPRO television’s “R.A.M”, for a special series on artists and their city, this Sunday, February 20, at 7.13pm on Net3 (The Netherlands). Gavin will be discussing ‘Lypton Village’. The programme will be repeated on Saturday, february 26th at 1.40pm, and will be available for viewing online. Gavin’s item starts about 35 minutes into the programme.

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  • Lillywhite fears

    U2’s record producer Steve Lillywhite confesses he fears Gavin Friday in the second part of his recent interview with U2.com: U2.Com: How much can you remember about the early days? “It’s a bit like when people talk about the war being the best times of their lives, when really they weren’t. It was very bleak: Dublin in the late Seventies was not the vibrant, multicultural city that we have now. I used to hang out with Adam a lot. We were the party boys. Larry and Bono and Edge were into their own thing. These very strange guys with make-up…

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  • Rattlebag reminder

    Don’t miss this Friday’s (28th) edition of Rattlebag on RTE 1, when Gavin will be presenting an hour-long live special on Jesus Christ, covering various aspects of His life in music, film, literature, poetry and “a few surprises”. Irish listeners can tune into Radio 1 at 2.45 pm GMT, while fans around the world can listen through RTE’s live stream. The programme is now archived on the Rattlebag website.

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  • Jackie Hayden has Friday on his mind

    Jacky Hayden talks to Gavin Friday in an interview entitled ‘Friday on my mind’ available on the IMRO (Irish Music Rights Organisation) website. The interview is the cover story for the forthcoming edition of the IMRO magazine MQ which is sent to the IMRO membership. The magazine will be circulated later this week. ‘Friday on my mind’ reveals the titles of the songs Gavin recorded for Neil Jordan’s Breakfast on Pluto: Sweet’s ‘Wig-Wam Bam’ and ‘Sugar Baby Love’ by The Rubettes. You’ll also find the first mention of Gav’s work with Sinead Lohan and her producer Malcolm Burns. The two…

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  • Presenting Jesus Christ

    Gavin Friday will present ‘Jesus Christ’ on Rattlebag, RTE Radio 1’s art show, this month. Gavin is the first of a number of Irish artists approached by Rattlebag’s producers to curate a series of 45 minute specials on cultural icons. The series will be broadcast on the last Friday of every month, starting this month. Tune in to Rattlebag to hear Gavin Friday on Jesus Christ, RTE Radio 1 on Friday, January 28th at 2.45pm.

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  • Gavin dismantles Dublin for Much Music

    Canadian fans, tune into Much Music for a special on U2, featuring Gavin. “Taped on location at U2’s private recording studio in Hanover Quay, and at various Dublin-based hotspots from December 8th – 13th 2004. (…) Featuring exclusive footage of U2 performing the new track Miracle Drug, commentary from the rock legends’ long-time manager Paul McGuinness, and a guided tour of this supergroup’s childhood hangouts by their lifetime friend Gavin Friday.” Thursday, January 13, 10pm ET, 7pm PT

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  • Friday fans raise cash for Irish Hospice

    The final tally of the The Gavin Friday forum community fundraiser raised is 1085 Euro. Fans started the fundraiser to celebrate Gavin’s birthday in 2004.

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