Due to unforeseen circumstances the Gavin Friday concert scheduled to take place in Cork on Monday 13th February has been cancelled.
For more information please visit the Cork Opera House website. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Yearly Archives: 2011
Gavin Friday on VPRO’s Winter Guests
Gavin Friday will be showing and discussing his favourite tv and film clips in conversation with Dutch writer and comedian Raoul Heertje, host of VPRO’s Winter Guests (Wintergasten), on Dutch national television (Ned 2) at 8.25pm on Monday, January 2nd. The complete show will be repeated on Saturday, January 14th at 1.55pm.
Raoul Heertje: “Friday is a real artist in my opinion, someone who does what he thinks has to be done. He is completely autonomous and I get the impression he nurses his talent carefully. Woody Allen once said all his work is about love, sex and death. I think Friday’s the same. He deals with big, intense subjects. I dig that.”
Previous guests on the show include the director David Lynch, the economist Jeffrey Sachs, the writer Isabel Allende and musicians Iggy Pop and Antony.
Winter Guests (Wintergasten) is the international version of Dutch broadcaster VPRO’s successful format Summer Guests (Zomergasten). The program features a renowned guest who shows and talks about his or her favorite television and film clips, and about his or her work and life.
Wintergasten, VPRO (Dutch television)
Monday, January 2, 8.25-10pm on Ned 2.
Wintergasten official website
You can see Gavin Friday live at Paradiso in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on February 19th.
Gavin Friday added to line-up of Kaleidoscope’s 2nd Birthday Party
Kaleidoscope are delighted to add Gavin Friday to their 2nd Birthday Party line up at The Button Factory this Sunday 2011, as a guest of cellist Kate Ellis. The event is curated by Cliodhna Ryan and Kate Ellis and co-produced by pop – up productions.
The Kaleidoscope 2nd Birthday party includes a world premiere by acclaimed composer David Fennessy, New Dublin Voices, works by Brahms and Gershwin as well as the Pulitzer Prize winning “Different Trains” by Steve Reich. Come, celebrate and be part of the Kaleidoscope community. The musical programme begins at 9pm and is followed by a super special AFTER HOURS SHOW.
Event Details:
Sunday December 11 2011
The Button Factory, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Drinks Reception: 7:30pm
Music: 9pm
After Hours Show: 11pm (until late)
Tickets €22.50 (including booking fee) from tickets.ie
‘Able’ video nominated for IMTV Video Music Award
The video for Gavin Friday’s song Able, directed by Kevin Godley and produced by Ned O’Hanlon has been nominated for an Irish Music Television (IMTV) Video Music Award in the category ‘Best Male’.
Winners will be announced at the IMTV Awards 2011 on Wednesday, 30th November at the Sugar Club in Dublin, Ireland.
Achtung Baby Covers Album to Benefit Concern’s Famine Work
(Ǎhk-to͝ong Bāy-Bi) Covered, The Achtung Baby Covers Album featuring Gavin Friday doing U2′s The Fly is now available for download worldwide* on iTunes. All proceeds will benefit Concern Worldwide’s work in famine-stricken areas of East Africa.
The album was was conceived for Q Magazine to mark their 25th Anniversary issue and coincides with the 20th Anniversary re-release of U2′s Achtung Baby. Other artists on the album include Nine Inch Nails, Patti Smith, Depeche Mode, Garbage and more.
With the support of iTunes, the Independent Online Distribution Alliance (IODA) and all of the participating artists, managers & labels, all proceeds from the sale of (Ǎhk-to͝ong Bāy-Bi) Covered, will support Concern’s response to the East Africa crisis, where thousands of children have already died of hunger or related diseases and over 10 million people remain at risk.
Gavin Friday live at Kulturama Festival, Leuven
Gavin Friday will play live in Leuven, Belgium on February 17, 2012.
The concert takes place at Het Depot as part of the city’s Kulturama 2012 festival. Tickets cost 15/18 euro.
The show in Leuven is the fourth concert announced for Gavin’s February 2012 tour of Belgium and The Netherlands. Other shows take place in Ghent, Hasselt and Amsterdam.
Gavin Friday confirms show at Paradiso, Amsterdam
Gavin Friday will play live at the Paradiso in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on February 19, 2012.
It has been sixteen years since the last time Gavin Friday graced the stage of this iconic venue in the Dutch capital, to promote his album Shag Tobacco on October 6, 1995. This time he will be touring The Netherlands and Belgium to showcase his new album ‘catholic’, released earlier this year.
Dutch fans will be getting a taster of Gavin Friday live at the Crossing Border festival in The Hague this month (18-11). Tickets for this festival have sold out.
Tickets for the Paradiso show go on sale at 10am this Saturday, November 12 and cost 25 euro (+ 3 euro membership).
Gavin Friday confirms show in Hasselt, Belgium
Gavin Friday will play live in Hasselt, Belgium on February 15, 2012.
The concert takes place at Muziekodroom. Tickets cost 25 euro (pre-sale) and 28 euro (door).
Gavin Friday confirms show in Ghent, Belgium
Gavin Friday will play live at Handelsbeurs Concertzaal in Ghent on February 18, 2012.
The concert is a fully seated show and tickets cost 25 euro (pre-sale) and 28 euro (door). (Concert sold out on Dec 1st)
Gavin Friday’s first three solo albums re-issued on iTunes
Irish singer Gavin Friday releases his first three solo albums on Island records through iTunes on October 24th.
Gavin Friday is excited to announce the reissue of his first three solo albums by Island Records on iTunes on October 24th. It is the first time the Irish singer, songwriter and composer’s acclaimed albums Each Man Kills the Thing He Loves, Adam ‘n’ Eve and Shag Tobacco will be available digitally. The three albums document Gavin’s working relationship with writing partner Maurice Seezer.
Gavin Friday’s solo debut Each Man Kills the Thing He Loves was originally released in 1989. Produced by Hal Willner, it was recorded in New York with a stellar cast of musicians including Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot, Fernando Saunders, and Michael Blair. The NME wrote: “The cabaret waltzes and orchestrated vignettes pursue Friday’s grand tangle of themes with a singular vision.”
The 1992 eclectic follow up Adam ‘n’ Eve, produced by Flood, Dave Bascombe and Hal Willner, saw Gavin exploring the pop and glam obsessions of his youth, with guest performances by Maria McKee and backing vocals by U2’s The Edge and Bono. Q magazine praised its “cache of vignettes, crammed with opulent details like Saint Divine’s soul shimmer and flamenco flourishes.”
Shag Tobacco (1995) was produced by Bomb the Bass’s techno-wizard Tim Simenon. Q Magazine called its 21st century neon cabaret “a remarkable piece of work ” and the song Angel prominently featured in Baz Luhrmann’s film Romeo + Juliet and on its hugely succesful soundtrack.
(The albums are being reissued world wide, some stores still need to update)
From his early work with the incomparable Virgin Prunes, to his eclectic solo albums, his soundtrack scores, his work in theatre and film, Gavin Friday is an uncompromising maverick whose music and theatrics celebrate the world according to him. ‘catholic,’ Gavin Fridays fourth studio album, his first solo project in 16 years, was released in April. It received four star reviews from Q Magazine, Mojo and Uncut.
Gavin Friday live dates:
November 18 – Crossing Border festival, The Hague – The Netherlands
November 19 – Crossing Border festival, Antwerp – Belgium
November 26 – Dolan’s Warehouse, Limerick, Ireland
November 29 – The Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
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