Posts Tagged ‘50th Birthday Celebration’
Courtney Love’s introduction to the Virgin Prunes
Courtney Love introduced the Virgin Prunes at the ‘Gavin Friday and Friends’ event in Carnegie Hall on October 4th. She did so eloquently and passionately, explaining how she came to know of them and what they meant to her life. What follows is a close approximation of what she said and it includes a brief…
Read MoreGavin Friday and Friends at Carnegie Hall – Press Round Up
The reviews are pouring in. Here’s what’s being said in the press about ‘Gavin Friday and Friends’ at Carnegie Hall: Jon Pareles of the New York Times: “Mr. Friday has built a latter-day career as an eclectic, cabaret-tinged songwriter who hasn’t forgotten rock. The songs testify to romance and disillusion, while taking unexpected harmonic twists.…
Read MoreArticle: Prune power – Irish Times
From: The Irish Times, October 3, 2009 By: Brian Boyd PROFILE GAVIN FRIDAY: He led an elite group of avant-garde chancers that included Bono and The Edge. A host of stars, including U2, will take the stage in New York to celebrate the former Virgin Prune’s 50th birthday LYPTON VILLAGE was a little known area…
Read More‘Look, we’ve actually shut Friday up!’
‘I still don’t know what to say about it,’ Gavin tells U2.com’s interviewer, then proceeds to talk about his 50th birthday celebration at Carnegie Hall for quite a bit: Question: What have Laurie Anderson, Andrea Corr, Courtney Love, Lydia Lunch, Maria McKee, Shane MacGowan and Rufus Wainwright got in common with Larry, Bono, Edge and…
Read MoreHal Willner presents: An Evening with Gavin Friday and Friends
Announcing a very special (RED) Nights Event – A Concert Series That Saves Lives Hal Willner presents: An Evening with Gavin Friday and Friends Featuring Laurie Anderson, Antony, Elizabeth Ashley, Bono, Adam Clayton, Andrea Corr, The Edge, Flo & Eddie, Joel Grey, Bill Frisell, Guggi, Scarlett Johannson, Courtney Love, Lydia Lunch, Patrick McCabe, Maria McKee,…
Read MoreGavin Friday talks about ‘An Evening with Gavin Friday and Friends’
We had a little chat with Gavin about ‘Hal Willner presents: An Evening with Gavin Friday and Friends‘. C: How are you? G: I am in excellent Physical and Emotional Health… and How are you? C: I’m doing well, Gav, thanks. ‘An evening with Gavin Friday and friends’… what’s the occasion? G: A Hal Willner…
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