**Concert for Kirsty**

[MissWalshy]

http://aconcertforkirsty.com/

Friends and musicians come together in tribute to
KIRSTY MACCOLL



FEATURING ARTISTS PERFORMING KIRSTY’S SONGS ON HER BIRTHDAY 10|10|10

Alison Moyet, Amy MacDonald, Andrea Corr, Billy Bragg, Catherine Tate, Clare Maguire, David Gray, Eddi Reader, Ellie Goulding, James Walsh, Johnny Marr, Jackie Clune, Kim Wilde, Phill Jupitus, Omar Puente, Shane MacGowan
Plus special guests

Sunday 10th October
O2 Shepherds Bush Empire


Tickets on sale 9am Friday 23rd July
Click here to buy your tickets or call
0844 477 2000 | 0844 811 0051 | 020 7734 8932 All profits will be donated to Kirsty MacColl’s own charity, the Music Fund for Cuba | musicfundforcuba.org.uk

Could you please put this on the front page DzM? - a fitting tribute for someone much missed !

[Zuzana]

Thanks for posting the info, Walshy! The gig surely deserves some thorough promotion on this site.

(And it also reminded me to finally upload the pic of Kirsty's memorial bench to the Medusa gallery. More thanks!)

[RoddyRuddy]

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http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sect ... 041915&c=1
".....................
09:55 | Wednesday July 21, 2010

By Gordon Masson

Friends of the late Kirsty MacColl are organising a special memorial concert to raise funds for her charity The Music Fund For Cuba.

The O2 Shepherds Bush Empire in London has been booked for MacColl’s birthday, October 10, where friends and musicians will perform to celebrate the memory of Kirsty, who died in tragic circumstances when she was hit by a speedboat while swimming in Mexico 10 years ago.

The 10/10/10 shows will feature artists including Alison Moyet, Andrea Corr, Amy Macdonald, Billy Bragg, Catherine Tate, David Gray, Eddi Reader, Ellie Goulding, James Walsh, Jackie Clune, Kim Wilde, Phill Jupitus, Omar Puente and Shane MacGowan.


All profits will be donated to MacColl's own charity, The Music Fund for Cuba which provides much needed support to young musicians and dancers who may otherwise be denied.

“Kirsty was such a good friend who had amazing stage fright, even though she was a great performer on stage and in the studio,” recalls Billy Bragg. “I hope the amazing line up at the concert can do Kirsty justice. Nothing can right the cruelty and injustice of her death and nothing can bring her back, but we will make sure that her birthday concert night will honour her and celebrate her.”
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http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sect ... 041915&c=1

[Zuzana]

Could you please put this on the front page?

Done.

[Heather]

This looks really good, unfortunately I may be on holiday as I have two weeks booked off work then. Planning on Thailand (again), obviously all depends on what the situation is out there then.

Hmm, not sure, do I book the concert, or wait and see what happens in Thailand?

[James]

Should be picking up a ticket for that one.

Wish Catherine Tate wasn't on the line-up.

[MissWalshy]

Great stuff James

[MissWalshy]

Was an amazing night for an amazing person. So glad I got to witness it. With or without Shane. Alison Moyet blew me away. As did Jean MacColl. Fantastic.

[MissWalshy]

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment ... 73479.html


Concert tribute for Kirsty MacColl

The 10th anniversary of Kirsty MacColl's death was commemorated with a star-studded concert by her showbiz friends and collaborators.

Devoted fans packed out Shepherd's Bush Empire on what would have been the singer's 51st birthday to hear versions of her best-loved songs performed by artists including Billy Bragg, Alison Moyet, Kim Wilde, Andrea Corr, Ellie Goulding and actress Catherine Tate.

MacColl died in December 2000 when she was struck by a motor cruiser after surfacing from a scuba dive with her sons Jamie and Louis at the Mexican coral island of Cozumel, off the Yucatan peninsula.

Her mother Jean told the audience she would fight on to expose the "corruption and deceit" surrounding the subsequent inquiry into the death despite a long-running fundraising campaign being wound up last year.

Profits from the event will go to The Music Fund for Cuba, which was established in 2001 in memory of the singer, whose last album was inspired by the Caribbean island and aims to nurture young artistic talent by providing support and much-needed equipment.

Many of the fans arrived at the event directly from their annual pilgrimage to London's Soho Square, where a bench carries a plaque remembering MacColl, but they were disappointed by one no-show:

Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan had been due to sing perennial Christmas favourite A Fairytale of New York with Scottish singer-songwriter Amy Macdonald but pulled out due to "ill health".

Press Association

[RoddyRuddy]

Up for sale on ebay
".........This new Fret-King Blue Label Esprit 3 guitar was signed by the guest performing artists and band at the sold-out "Tribute Concert for Kirsty MacColl" held on 10/10/2010 at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire. ...."quote ebay listing

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kirsty-MacCol ... 35b59cc5f8


http://www.kirstymaccoll.com/guitarauction/index.htm
"A Fret-King Esprit guitar signed by a host of stars is set to be auctioned off to raise money for music in Cuba......." quote http://www.kirstymaccoll.com/guitarauction/index.htm