More Haiti benefits
Jim Carroll
Yes, I know, every second gig at the moment seems to be a Haiti benefit gig and you have to hope that audience fatigue is not about to set in. Many of those I’ve spoken to in the live gig business over the last few days have questioned if those putting on the gigs actually know what they’ve taken on, especially at a time of year when ticket sales for many shows are quite sluggish. Nevertheless, the gigs are still happening so if you can, support them.
The latest one to be announced has Cathy Davey (who should have a new album out this year), Julie Feeney, Villagers, The Chapters, The Chakras and many more to be announced playing Dublin’s Vicar Street on February 11. Tickets are €20 each and all cash raised goes to Trocaire’s Earthquake Appeal. The gig will also try to raise awareness about the Drop Haiti’s Debt campaign. The country owes some US$890 million to the International Monetary Fund and other creditors to pay off national debts ran up in the past and the campaign is lobbying for this debt to be dropped to allow the country to be rebuilt.
Mavericks for Haiti: finally, a charity single which might actually be some cop. Shane MacGowan has rounded up Nick Cave, Bobby Gillespie, Chrissie Hynde, Glen Matlock, Paloma Faith, Johnny Depp and Mick Jones to record a cover of Screamin Jay Hawkins’ “I Put A Spell On You”. The single will be released later this month, with all money raised going to Concern Worldwide. It’s going to be a hoot. And speaking of hoots: if you haven’t read Will Hodgkinson’s off-the-wall account of a mad night out with MacGowan in Tipperary for a recent issue of Mojo magazine, read it here. Maybe we should start a campaign to get Tom Creagh into Dail Eireann alongside Michael Lowry and Mattie McGrath?
i was just thinking this morning how many more gigs for Haiti will be coming up in the next few weeks, Phantoms First Friday this week is also for Haiti and have Republic of Loose headlining…entry fee is only 5euro i think.
Have you heard the monstrosity that is the cover of REM’s everybody hurts?!
it make my ears bleed…I know it’s a cover for charity and everything but there’s no excuse for that amount of dreadfulness..i couldnt even listen to it through once and had to turn it off…it really make me squirm in my seat..
by the by Jim, there was a piece in this mornings Metro about the upcoming choice music awards…
david kitt, jape, legion of two, patick kelleher and goodtime john are playing whelans on the 17th of feb in a foggy notions haiti appeal..
should be a cracker!
caroline – yep, that Phantom First Friday is another one – http://www.phantom.ie/entertainment/3345-first-friday-for-haiti-friday-5th-february.html – and so is the cake sale and benefit gig which Sweet Oblivion and friends have on in the Twisted Pepper tonight with Bats, Groom, Hunter-Gatherer etc – http://sweetoblivionloves.com/2010/01/26/bats-hunter-gatherer-groom-play-haiti-fundraiser/ Plus Foggy Notions have a few on as well which we have covered here before – http://www.myspace.com/foggynotions
There are TONS of them – just hope there’s enough audience demand for them
Re Choice – yep, a month from now, it will all be over and someone will be waking up with an XL novelty cheque for 10k beside them in the bed! We’re getting tons of coverage online and offline so that’s awesome to see. Have a feeling this year’s gig will be something else entirely – would love to be in that audience when And So I Watch You From Afar, Dark Room Notes, Adrian Crowley, The Swell Season and the rest play but I shall be in a locked room with 12 angry men and women. Had a look at the new jury room yesterday – oh, it’s going to be intense!
AC/DC’s Brian Johnson: Bono Should Do Charity Work In Private
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/03/acdcs-brian-johnson-bono_n_447831.html
I think he has a point:)
“I do it myself, I don’t tell everybody I’m doing it,” Johnson said,
Erm, you just did.
Equally annoying as Bono is celebs who use Bono to say how they give to charity but don’t shout about it. But then do.
Here’s a chance for the people to take centre stage……Karaoke in aid of Haiti down the Ringside in the National Stadium tomorrow night. What would your number be Jim?
€10 from 8pm. Details here…..
http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=287775342200&ref=ts
DOI – am one of the organisers.
I was at the benefit gig in Whelans last night and i was really surprised at the number of people there. The main venue and Whelans upstairs were both very well populated. Very well organised too, fair play.
Did get some annoying probably non-gig goers talking loudly during Patrick Kelleher – but i guess you have to expect that to happen on a night like that…
Jim, you should buy some stress balls for that jury room!
Has the new jury room got actual, real-life windows?
Re: Shane MacGowan in Tipp.
Here’s some footage of a Nipple Erectors (Shane’s pre-Pogues punk band) reunion gig in Philly Ryan’s pub in Tipp, with Mick Cronin of Mullingar’s finest The Aftermath on drumming duty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Scb4_W2qeQ
Luke – funny you should mention “stress balls”…..
Ronan C – let’s just say that the story behind the new jury room is going to stop some of the judges in their tracks! Heh heh.
Quint – no Tom Creagh in that video
@9 haha! love that video, especially the ending.
Is that not Tom Creagh carrying ‘Sleepy’ out on his back before the spider crawled all over him?