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.
(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 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 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 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 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)