U2 SINGER Bono has told how he turned to painting canvasses with childhood friends Gavin Friday and Guggi to escape fame when he first became a superstar.
A new documentary about his best friend Gavin Friday follows the extraordinary friendship between a group of northside Dublin boys that has endured for five decades.
Bono tells how his boyhood pals, Gavin and artist Guggi Rowan, brought him back down to earth when his fame began to explode around the world in 1983.
He said: "I remember being on the road in America and you go through that self-consciousness that fame gives you.
"People know who you are and you get a bit weird. Guggi and Gavin called me out on that and said, 'You're very boring at the moment'. I would go, 'Yeah, yeah -- you're right'.
"We started to paint together. It was also to encourage Guggi, who we knew had not found a way to make the canvasses really matter."
The bond between the boyhood friends is traced back in the RTE documentary 'Ladies And Gentlemen, Gavin Friday'.
Bono, Friday and Guggi all lived on the Cedarwood Road in Glasnevin. The three became friends at the around the age of 10.
"When I started out hanging out with them, I found kindred spirits and there was a special bond between me and Guggi and Bono", said Gavin.
They were joined by Guggi's brother, Strongman, The Edge and his brother Richard Evans, Larry Mullen, Adam Clayton and David Watson.
Gavin, who was born Fionan Hanvey, was a painfully shy child, whose charismatic personality only came alive on stage as the frontman of glam-rock band, The Virgin Prunes.
He recently celebrated his 50th birthday with a star-studded concert at New York's Carnegie Hall.
* 'Ladies And Gentlemen, Gavin Friday' is on RTE One tonight at 10.15pm.
- Lynne Kelleher (Irish Independent)
Talking about Gavin...
Rubyworks are delighted to announce the signing of singer, composer and artiste Gavin Friday to the label.Gavin has been working on songs for a new studio album since 2008; co-writing with Cork based keyboard player Herbie Macken. The pair first collaborated for the Patrick McCabe play ‘The Revenant’ for the Druid Theatre Company in 2007.
Recording for the new album started last summer in Dublin, with producer Ken Thomas (Sigur Ros, Moby, M83) at the controls. The record was mixed and completed in the UK in earlier this year; and is currently being scheduled for a late summer release. It will be Gavin’s first solo album since 1995’s ‘Shag Tobacco’.
Gavin is in the process of putting together a new live band with a view to returning to the concert stage later in 2010.
This is great news for the ones who like this creative artist!!! Good luck with the new entrerprise!!
source:www.gavinfriday.com
source:/www.independent.ie/
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