Gavin Friday will take to the stage to perform his first UK show in 17 years at London’s EartH venue on Sunday 6th April 2025. Tickets are on sale at 10am on Friday 24 January 2025 from AEG. Gavin Friday made his mark initially as a founder and the frontman of the Dublin band Virgin Prunes, the post-punk pioneers who released their debut ….If I Die, I Die in 1982, following it up with The Moon Looked Down and Laughed in 1986. He went on to forge a storied career as a truly acclaimed solo artist, but also songwriter, composer, actor and painter.
His first solo album was Each Man Kills The Thing He Loves in 1989, with the most recent, his 6th , being 2024’s Ecce Home. His first album in over 13 years, the latest album was produced by Dave Ball [of Soft Celll], Michael Heffernan and Riccardo Mulhall. As well as on his own projects, the versatile Friday has also worked regularly with his childhood friend Bono of U2, but also the late great Quincy Jones on music for the 50 Cent biopic Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, as well the Royal Shakespeare Company, and has appeared at the Meltdown Festival. His songs have been performed by the likes of Sinead O’Connor, Andrea Corr, and more.
Away from the music, he is known for his painting, but also acting work. He appears in Neil Jordan’s film Breakfast On Pluto which was based on Patrick McCabe’s book of the same name, itself influenced by Friday’s own 1995 Shag Tobacco. Friday performs two songs in the film, including a duet with Cillian Murphy.
This one off April London show at EartH is a very rare chance for Gavin Friday’s UK fans to reconnect with this essential and eclectic artist, and is not to be missed.
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