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Album – Shag Tobacco – reviews
Read more: Album – Shag Tobacco – reviewsNME (August 19, 1995) 7 (out of 10) – …the best work that Friday has put down on record for years; while some of it harks nostalgically to early-’80s electronic cabaret…the album…fits in with such ’90s defining sounds as Portishead or Tricky. Friday creates a more ominous vibe, part `Cabaret’, part Cabaret Voltaire… Melody Maker (September 2, 1995) …he effortlessly straddles the line between barfly poet and 21st century Las Vegas headliner….SHAG TOBACCO is a night out on the tiles that takes in pre-war Berlin, Lou Reed’s dazzling transvestite New York, Marc Bolan’s epochal `The Slider’ and Dublin’s late night…
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Hot Press magazine: ‘I suppose a shag is out of the question?’
Read more: Hot Press magazine: ‘I suppose a shag is out of the question?’It certainly would, Joe. But you can have a toot on my megaphone if you like! Gavin Friday discusses the finer points of sexual politics not to mention the post-Freudian subtext to his stunning new meisterwork Shag Tobacco with Dr Joe Jackson. Our man in the white coat concluded: Gavin s time has come. But is the world finally read Rock n roll has finally caught up with Gavin Friday. The same European tide which swept one of his original heroes, Scott Walker, back into the limelight, has similarly helped define a space in which Friday s concept art can…
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Shag Tobacco released in the UK
Read more: Shag Tobacco released in the UKShag Tobacco has hit the UK shops today. The album is expected to be in the European shops by the end of this week. Dutch newspaper The Volkskrant have a half page interview with Gavin in today’s issue. A showcase tour is expected to commence September 1.
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Shag Tobacco showcase
Read more: Shag Tobacco showcaseGavin showcases his new album with a string of appearances at the Chocolate Club in POD in Dublin Apparently no press was invited. Guests included Van Morrison and Jim Kerr, Michael Hutchence and Paula Yates.
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Ivor Novello Awards
Read more: Ivor Novello AwardsGavin, Maurice and Bono’s song In the Name of the Father is nominated for a best song award at the Ivor Novello Awards. Gavin is rumoured to be arranging the song ‘Dreamin’ my Dreams’ for Marianne Faithful and Dolores O’Riordan – to be released for an Aids benefit. Van Morrison will produce. The upcoming Batman Forever Soundtrack includes Iggy Pop’s ‘The Passenger’ – sung by Michael Hutchence and Gavin. The song is arranged by Gavin and Maurice and produced by Tim Simenon.
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Shag Tobacco release postponed
Read more: Shag Tobacco release postponedFor marketing reasons, the release of Shag Tobacco has been postponed until late August 1995. Gavin undergoes minor surgery on both hands.
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Brussels, Spoken Word Festival
Read more: Brussels, Spoken Word FestivalGavin plays a spoken word festival in Brussels. He performs various tracks from his upcoming album a capella, with an encore of Virgin Prunes’ Sweet Home Under White Clouds and he gives us the scoop on the new album title: ‘Shag Tobacco’: ‘It’s actually a romantic title. It’s what a lot of us do after making love: smoke!’
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Angel Baby soundtrack
Read more: Angel Baby soundtrackGavin Friday and Maurice Seezer wrote the song “Until I’m In You” and scored “Blue & Green (Can Never Be Seen)” for the soundtrack of the movie Angel Baby (starring John Lynch and Jacqueline McKenzie) by Australian director Michael Rymer. Angel Baby tells the story of two people with schizophrenia, Harry and Kate. They meet during therapy and fall in love. When Kate gets pregnant the couple decide to go off their medication.
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Spoken word at Crossing Border and beyond
Read more: Spoken word at Crossing Border and beyondWhen Gavin was asked to do a spoken word performance at the 1994 ‘Crossing Border’ festival in The Hague, The Netherlands, his manager asked him what on earth he was going to do there. He wasn’t too sure himself. Nobody did expect that in the end the man who once sang the line ‘words disobey’ was said to be the embodiment of the festival’s ideals of merging music and literature. He decked the stage with carpets, tables, chairs, a TV set and flowers – a long settee, a stereo, a hoover, an ironing board. ‘I didn’t bring any musicians, so…