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Latvian Date Added

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 01:30:47 +0000

Later today, it will be announced that Damien is headlining the Saturday night at the Positivus Festival in Salacgriva, Latvia, on 21 July.

Full details will be available tomorrow from here: www.positivusfestival.com

Prague Date Added

admin — Fri, 04 May 2012 14:09:20 +0000

Thanks to Marta for letting us know that Damien has confirmed another European date - this time in Prague, on 10 July. Here is the latest list of European tour dates - we'll keep updating you if more are confirmed. - 30 June Hop Farm Festival, England - 5 July Days Off Festival in Paris, France - 10 July Roxy, Prague, Czech Republic - 11 July WUK, Vienna, Austria - 12 July Gent Jazz Festival in Gent, Belgium - 25 July Grado Festival Ospiti d'Autore, Diga Nazario Sauro, Grado, Italy - 27 July Ferrara Sotto Le Stelle, Cortile del Castello Estense, Ferrara, Italy - 28 July Cavea del Nuovo Teatro dell'Opera, Florence, Italy - 30 July Cavea dell'Auditorium Parco Della Musica, Rome, Italy Thanks to NineCrimes.it for discovering the Italian dates!

New Lisa Tour Dates Announced

admin — Wed, 02 May 2012 20:31:30 +0000

Lisa has added some more tour dates for the US, Canada, Ireland, Spain and Portugal!

Check out the full set of tour dates here.

More European Dates Confirmed

admin — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:45:46 +0000

Update:New date added for Vienna on 11 July.

A few more dates have been confirmed this summer in Europe…

- 30 June Hop Farm Festival, England
- 5 July Days Off Festival in Paris, France
- 11 July WUK, Vienna, Austria
- 12 July Gent Jazz Festival in Gent, Belgium
- 25 July Grado Festival Ospiti d’Autore, Diga Nazario Sauro, Grado, Italy
- 27 July Ferrara Sotto Le Stelle, Cortile del Castello Estense, Ferrara, Italy
- 28 July Cavea del Nuovo Teatro dell’Opera, Florence, Italy
- 30 July Cavea dell’Auditorium Parco Della Musica, Rome, Italy

Thanks to NineCrimes.it for discovering the Italian dates!

Damiend Added to Hop Farm Festival Line-Up

admin — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:07:08 +0000

Damien has been added to the line-up of the Hop Farm Music Festival in the UK this summer.

Taking place at Paddock Wood in Kent from 29 June – 1 July, the festival also includes performances by Bob Dylan, Suede, Peter Gabriel, Primal Scream, My Morning Jacket and many more.

Weekend camping tickets are available to buy now.

Damien to Perform in France in July

admin — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:50:23 +0000

Damien will be performing at the Days Off festival in France on July 5th.

Tickets go on sale from Wednesday 21st of March.

Damien donates $500,000 at Haiti Benefit Night

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:11:29 +0000

The New York Times reports that Damien bought a guitar owned by Bono for nearly half a million dollars at a Haiti benefit auction in Hollywood at the weekend.

Hosted by Cinema for Peace, the event raised more than $5 million to help Haiti recover from the devastating earthquake of 2 years ago.

In addition to providing the largest contribution on the night, Damien also performed for the audience, which included celebrities such as George Clooney; Sean Penn; Leonardo DiCaprio; Julia Roberts; Orlando Bloom; Mel Gibson; James Gandolfini; Garry Shandling; Salma Hayek; Hilary Swank; Josh Brolin and Diane Lane.

According to media reports, Damien recently earned about half a million dollars from the release of “Cannonball” by the winners of X Factor in the UK.

Damien Performs in South Korea

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:25:13 +0000

Last week, Damien performed his first full gig for quite some time in Seoul, South Korea.

Here’s a review from the Korea Times.

Read some fan reviews in the forum.

And here’s a video highlight from the night:

X Factor Winner Releases Cannonball

admin — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:22:41 +0000

The winner of tonight’s X Factor final, Little Mix, have just released their debut single – a cover of Damien’s “Cannonball”.

Both Little Mix and the other finalist, Marcus Collins, performed the track on the show tonight – resulting in “Damien Rice” trending worldwide on Twitter.

The original version of the song is available to buy here.

Mic Christopher Anniversary

admin — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:48:11 +0000

Ten years ago we lost a great Irish singer-songwriter named Mic Christopher. He was a great guy and an amazing performer.

Here’s an unreleased track that Mic performed with his friend Glen Hansard, shortly before he passed away.

RIP Mic.