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Gavin Friday (born Fionan Martin Hanvey, 8 October 1959, Dublin) is a Friend of the U2 singer Bono. Also he has been credited as a Ireland|Irish singer and songwriter, composer and painter.

Career
Gavin grew up in Glasnevin, a neighbourhood located on Dublin's Northside.He was a founding member of the band (music)|group, Virgin Prunes and has sound recording and reproduction|recorded several solo (music)|solo albums and soundtracks. He has maintained a close friendship with U2's Bono since both were children, and they collaborated on the soundtrack for the Jim Sheridan film ''In the Name of the Father (film)|In the Name of the Father''. In 2003 they wrote "Time Enough for Tears", the original theme tune for Sheridan's film ''In America'', as sung by Andrea Corr.

In 2005 Gavin Friday played Billy Hatchet in the Neil Jordan film ''Breakfast on Pluto (film)| Breakfast on Pluto''. On the soundtrack he sings "Sweet (band)|Wig Wam Bam" and "Sand", a duet (music)|duet with Cillian Murphy.

His main collaborator since beginning his solo work in 1985 has been multi-instrumentalist, Maurice Seezer.

In September 2006 a 2-Compact disc|CD collection of sea shanties called ''Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys'', record producer|produced by Hal Willner, was released on the ANTI- label. Friday contributes to two tracks in... read all

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Gavin Friday will be playing at these Events
1. Rogue's Gallery on 18 Jul 2008
Location: Dublin, Ireland
2. Rogue's Gallery on 24 Jul 2008
Location: St Mary's Square, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead, NE8 2JR, United Kingdom
3. Rogue's Gallery on 28 Jul 2008
Location: Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom Based on recent critically acclaimed CD release featuring the talents of Nick Cave, Sting, Jarvis Cocker and Rufus Wainwright, this concert consists of contemporary re-workings of traditional sea chanteys, pirate ballads and seafaring songs produced by maverick genius Hal Willner. The idea for Rogue’s Gallery germinated on the set of the second Pirates of the Caribbean movie, with actor Johnny Depp and director Gore Verbinski. Mon 28 Jul 7.30pm Tickets £15/20/25
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