Damien has just been added for a short, special guest appearance at the 'Mencap's Little Noise Sessions' in London on Tuesday 11th November 2008, along with 'Adele' and 'Angus & Julia Stone'. Set in the stunning surroundings of the Union Chapel, in London's Islington, 'Little Noise Sessions' unmissable series of intimate, acoustic gigs presented by Jo Whiley, will take place from Saturday 8th November and run for eleven consecutive nights to Tuesday 18th November, to raise awareness and money for Mencap. Tickets are available from the Mencap Music website, at 44 pound each (includes booking fee).
Damien speaking & performing at Trinity College, Dublin
Damien performed at Trinity College's Historical Society on Freshers' Week, Thursday (October 2nd).
He performed and spoke to students in an intimate session at 4:30pm in the College Chapel. Tickets where free, available to all society members and where distributed at the GMB (just off Trinity front square) at 3:00pm Thursday. www.thehist.com
In the coming weeks we are re-developing the online shop to improve our service, offer new types of products and to add shopping features. Regrettably we cannot take any new orders whilst we are making these changes but all orders received to date will be delivered as usual.
We expect to launch our new shop late October and we will keep you updated on the progress of the new shop at www.damienrice.com and through the Damien Rice Mailing List. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused but we look forward to seeing you again very soon in our new online shop.
Reykjavik Show Sold Out
Damien played a sold out 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.
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!
Borgarfjordur Eystri Festival in Iceland -
Damien played a solo performance at The Borgarfjordur Eystri Festival in Iceland on Saturday, 26th July 2008.
The three day festival commenced on Friday, 26th July 2008 in Borgarfjordur.
Tickets for this festival went on sale Thursday 5th June at 10AM from midi.is.
Traena Festival in Norway -
Damien played a solo performance at the Traena Festival in Norway. The festival took 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 played 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 began at 15:00pm.
A limited number of two thousand tickets were on sale for this event. Tickets costed 130euro for a three day pass.
Special guest to Leonard Cohen -
Damien was 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.
