It has been confirmed that Damien will play a solo show in the NASA vid Austurvoll, Reykjavik, Iceland on Thursday 24 July 2008.
Tickets for this show went on sale Thursday 19 June 2008 at 10AM local time from midi.is. The show is now SOLD OUT.
Barcelona
June 13th, 2008
Spain, Barcelona
The road trip is over
10 songs were written
A bunch of recording is done
10 Days to Barcelona - Day 10
June 13th, 2008
Spain, Cadaques
Still lost in Cadaques...
10 Days to Barcelona - Day 9
June 12th, 2008
France Les Baux - Spain Cadaques
Andy flew back home this morning
The rest of us made it past the blockade on the french/spanish border and lost ourselves in beautiful cadaque
10 Days to Barcelona - Day 8
June 11th, 2008
France, Les Baux
The mini needs a new water pump.
We won't know if it can be repaired until monday or tuesday, so unfortunately we have to move on because we've been delayed 2 days
Song 8 & 9 written
10 Days to Barcelona - Day 7
June 10th, 2008
France, Les Baux en Provence
juggling with fire in the medieval town...song 7 half written
10 Days to Barcelona - Day 6
June 7th, 2008
(France, Les Baux en Provence)
The mini's gone to hospital....we're staying put for now
10 Days to Barcelona - Day 5
June 6th, 2008
(France..Creancey to Les Baux en Provence)
We found a leak and a piano, song 5 written.
10 Days to Barcelona - Day 4
June 4th, 2008
France.. Montreuil to Creancey
When pottering along in the mini at 45-50 miles an hour we tend to arrive at our destinations when it's time to go to bed... so andy has joined our road trip in a hybrid car from paris to zip ahead and have the recording gear set up and his musical ears ready for the night... songs 1 to 4 written and bits of recording done so far...
10 Days to Barcelona - Day 3
June 3rd, 2008
(Oxford, England to Montreuil sur mer, France)
A long slow drive
Song 2 and 3 written
10 Days to Barcelona - Day 2
June 2nd, 2008
In Colwyn Bay, Wales, en route to destination...
The mini is perhaps a bit over loaded.. We may need to throw stuff overboard... No song yet
10 Days to Barcelona - Day 1
June 1st, 08
Rocky Valley Drive, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Song 1 written...
A song about sugar and shoulders
10 Days to Barcelona
On June 1st 2008, myself and my friends Ryan (images) & Mia (navigation) set off on a last-minute road trip from Dublin to Barcelona, squished into my little ol' mini with a portable recording studio. The idea is to stop off along the way in random places where I have to write and record a new song every day, either in the mini or outdoors on a rock or something.
10 days = 10 songs = album Nuevo. We'll update as we go... if we're anywhere near an internet connection that is. We hope to arrive in Barcelona on June 10th, or at least in time to go see Radiohead play on June 12th and then fly home for the Leonard Cohen dates. Yay!
Damien confirmed to play the Borgarfjordur Eystri Festival in Iceland -
Damien will play a solo performance at The Borgarfjordur Eystri Festival in Iceland on Saturday, 26th July 2008.
The three day festival will commence on Friday, 26th July 2008 in Borgarfjordur.
Tickets for this festival go on sale Thursday 5th June at 10AM from midi.is.
Damien confirmed to play Traena Festival in Norway -
It has been confirmed that Damien will play a solo performance at the Traena Festival in Norway. The festival will take place on a small group of islands 65km west of Northern Norway (Arctic Circle) from 10 July to the 12 July 2008.With 6 different stages, the most spectacular is Kirhehelleren, a cave in the mountain which is 32m high and 40m deep.
Damien will play the Kirkehelleren stage on Friday 11 July 2008 at 17:00pm. This stage is situated on the island of Sanna, which is a five minute boat trip from the main island, Traena. Transport to Sanna from Traena will begin at 15:00pm.
A limited number of two thousand tickets are now on sale for this event. Tickets cost 130euro for a three day pass and can be purchased here
Campaign for Burma-
HRAC, US Campaign for Burma and Fanista.com have organized a 30-day video campaign to educate Americans and others around the world about the military regime in Burma. Their goal is to mobilize 1 million people to sign up to take action. Just as the world came together to help free Nelson Mandela and South Africa in the 1980s, they are now organizing an effort to help Burma's imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi and the people of Burma.
To help build the campaign for one million people for human rights in Burma and view the voice for Burma videos, log onto the website here.
Damien confirmed as special guest to Leonard Cohen -
It has been confirmed that Damien will be special guest to Leonard Cohen on all three of his Dublin tour dates at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, 13 Jun 2008 14 Jun 2008(sold out), 15 Jun 2008 (sold out). Damien sang 'Hallelujah' as a tribute to one of his favourite artists, Leonard Cohen, at Cohen's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York City on Monday, 10 March 2008. Tickets for the third new date of 13 Jun 2008 went on sale Wed 26th March and are priced from 88.50 Euro. Tickets are available from Ticketmaster and usual outlets nationwide. Damien will be on stage from 7.15pm to 7.45pm. Gates open at 5.30pm. For more information go to The Pod website.
Later with Jools Holland DVD -
Damiens performance of The Blowers Daughter on the BBCs Later with Jools Holland programme will feature on the double DVD release Later with Jools Holland......The First 15 Years. The DVD is due for release on the 19 May 2007
Damien performed at 'Speak Up' benefit gig in New York -
Damien performed at a special benefit concert for Peace in Iraq & Justice at Home. The concert was held on the Tuesday, 18 March 2008 in St Anns Warehouse Dumbo New York to mark the 5th Anniversary of the Iraq war. The line up included performances from Laurie Anderson, Antony, Blonde Redhead, David Byrne, Norah Jones, MEN, Moby, Lou Reed, Damien Rice and Scissor Sisters. They will be joined on the night by speakers from the worlds of politics, media, war and social justice. All proceeds benefit United for Peace and Justice and Iraq Veterans Against the War.
Leonard Cohen Tribute -
Damien sang 'hallelujah' as a tribute to one of his favourite artists, Leonard Cohen, at Cohen's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York City on Monday, 10 March 2008.
"If I were to float off in a balloon and were only allowed to bring the music of one artist, I would chose Leonard Cohen. Very few things in life are this clear to me." Damien Rice
The event took place at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Monday and was televised live in North America on VH1 Classic and MTV networks.
