Shane MacGowan + Jerry Fish to Headline Voodoo Ball, Dublin

[dublinrambler]

http://www.hotpress.com/news/5545175.html

[white trash]

Voodoo Ball featuring Shane McGowan and Jerry Fish in aid of Haiti charity
Button Factory : Temple Bar : Dublin 2

Press realease from Haven:
Some of the top musical talent Ireland has to offer are coming together in aid of the poorest country in the western world – Haiti. Shane MacGowan and Jerry Fish are just two of the names that will be taking to the stage at the Button Factory on the 29th of July in a benefit gig for Haven, a new international NGO building houses in Haiti. The gig, “Hope for Haiti – Voodoo Ball” will also feature The Mighty Stef, Spellbound, Steve Fanning (from the Last Tycoons) and Candice Gordon. All proceeds from the night will be going to Haven, a new charity which is building homes and hope in Haiti. One of the musicians on the bill, Candice Gordon, is travelling to Haiti at Halloween with Haven to take part in “Build it Week”. She is one of 250 Irish volunteers the charity is recruiting to take part in this week long house build.

Tickets cost €20 and are available on tickets.ie and at the door of the Button Factory.
Doors open on the 29th of July at 8pm and the gig will kick off at 8:30.


Haven needs qualified tradesmen volunteers, fundraisers & donations.

[Zuzana]

Candice has high hopes for Haiti

Irish Independent
Sunday July 19 2009
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Singer Candice Gordon has been compared to Janis Joplin and PJ Harvey, but really, the young chanteuse (who was born in South Africa but moved to Dublin when she was seven) is incomparable.

For starters, Candice, whose grandmother was an orphan, quotes Mark Twain, Johnny Cash and Descartes in conversation, like most girls her age talk about Britney, Jordan or Paris Hilton.

And there can't be very many 25-year-olds who have travelled across Europe playing guitar and singing with a circus, as she did when she was 18.

"It was the biggest mistake of my life leaving the circus to go to college," she says.

Nor are there many 25-year-olds who can single-handedly organise such an ambitious gig for charity as Candice is doing with the 'Hope for Haiti: Voodoo Ball' on Wednesday, July 29, at the Button Factory in Dublin.

The impressive line up includes Shane MacGowan, Jerry Fish, The Mighty Stef, Spellbound, Steve Fanning from the Last Tycoons and Ms Gordon herself.

"I just wanted to do something good," she says, "to raise funds for Haiti and for Haven" -- a new NGO, founded by Irish businessman Leslie Buckley, building homes and hope in Haiti. "The 'Hope For Haiti: Voodoo Ball' seemed the best way to do something productive," says Candice.

She describes one of the acts, Shane MacGowan, as being her "mentor". "I have known Shane for five years. He is a great artist."

Candice has an album in the pipeline, Before Sunset Ends, on MacGowan's indie label which she hopes to have out by the end of the year. There is also talk of the onetime Pogue going out to Haiti in October with Candice to muck in for some work with Haven. "I can't wait," says Ms Gordon. "But I want this gig to be sold out to raise money first!"

'Hope for Haiti: Voodoo Ball' Weds, July 29, at the Button Factory. Doors 8pm, gig starts 8:30pm. Tickets €20 from tickets.ie or at the door

[Zuzana]

Voodoo Ball is taking place already tomorrow – anybody going?
Mundy has been added to the line-up at the last moment, to perform alongside all the other confirmed acts including Shane.

HERE is more info about the participants.

Sounds like a fun night. Get the tix before they are sold out, no helpful Pogues to put you on the guest list this time.