Editing Gavin Friday (section)

==Career==
Friday was a founding member of the [[post-punk]] group [[The Virgin Prunes]]<ref>{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p5768/biography|pure_url=yes}} |title=Virgin Prunes biography |website=[[AllMusic]] |editor=Jason Ankeny |access-date=2009-10-13 }}</ref> and has [[sound recording and reproduction|recorded]] several solo albums and soundtracks.{{Citation needed|date=August 2013}}

In 1986, after the demise of the Virgin Prunes, Friday devoted himself to painting for a while, sharing a studio with [[Bono]], [[Guggi]] and Charlie Whisker. This resulted in the exhibition ''Four Artists – Many Wednesdays'' (1988) at Dublin's Hendricks Gallery. He, Guggi and Whisker showed paintings, while Bono opted to exhibit photos taken in Ethiopia. Friday's part of the show was entitled ''I didn't come up the Liffey in a bubble'', an expression often used by his father.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wordpress.hotpress.com/petermurphy/2009/04/29/still-life-of-a-painter/ |title=Still Life of a Painter |publisher=Hot Press |editor=Peter Murphy |date=August 2013 |access-date=2009-10-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525203021/http://wordpress.hotpress.com/petermurphy/2009/04/29/still-life-of-a-painter/ |archive-date=25 May 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= van Oosten de Boer |first= Caroline |title= Gavin Friday - The Light and Dark |publisher=Von B Press|date=August 1991 |isbn= 90-800997-1-6 |pages=31–38}}</ref>

His main collaborator between 1987 and 2005 was multi-instrumentalist, [[Maurice Seezer]]. They signed to [[Island Records]] in 1988 and released three albums together, before parting with the company in 1996.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gavinfriday.com/biography/ |title=Gavin Friday Biography  |website=GavinFriday.com |editor=Caroline van Oosten de Boer |access-date=2009-10-13 }}</ref> Later, Friday and Seezer composed the score for the Jim Sheridan films ''[[The Boxer (1997 film)|The Boxer]]'' and ''[[In America (film)|In America]]'' which was nominated for Best Original Film Score in the 2004 [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hotpress.com/archive/2726067.html|title=Friday and Seezer nominated for UK gong |publisher=Hot Press |access-date=2009-10-18 }}</ref>

He has maintained a close friendship with [[U2]]'s [[Bono]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2009/1003/1224255764949.html |title=Prune power |publisher=Irish Times |editor=Brian Boyd |access-date=2009-10-13 |date=10 October 2009}}</ref> since both were children, and they collaborated on the soundtrack for the [[Jim Sheridan]] film ''[[In the Name of the Father]]'', including the title track, "Billy Boola" and "You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart", which was sung by [[Sinéad O'Connor]] and nominated for a [[Golden Globe]] for Best Original Song.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1993 |title=The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards |publisher=HFPA |access-date=2009-10-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214163915/http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1993 |archive-date=14 February 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 2003 they wrote "Time Enough for Tears", the original [[theme tune]] for Sheridan's film ''[[In America (film)|In America]]'', as sung by [[Andrea Corr]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2079131|title=In L.A., an Irish party toast to 'In America' |editor=Tamara Conniff |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=2009-10-17 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> The song was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award]] for Best Original Song.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/2003 |title=The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards |publisher=HFPA |access-date=2009-10-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229131535/http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/2003 |archive-date=29 December 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

In 1995 he performed "Look What You've Done (To My Skin)," one of two songs (the other sung by [[P.J. Harvey]]) written by [[Philip Ridley]] and Nick Bicat for Ridley's second feature film as writer and director, ''[[The Passion of Darkly Noon]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://filmsfull.blogspot.com/2010/12/passion-of-darkly-noon-1995-philip.html |title=FiLmS Full: The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995) - Philip Ridley |website=Filmsfull.blogspot.com |date=2010-12-03 |access-date=2014-07-25}}</ref>

In 2005 Friday and Seezer collaborated with [[Quincy Jones]] on incidental music for the [[50 Cent]] biopic ''[[Get Rich or Die Tryin' (film)|Get Rich or Die Tryin']]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/665/665477p1.html|title=Interview: Quincy Jones |publisher=IGN Movies |access-date=2009-10-18 }}</ref> In 2001 they scored the film ''[[Disco Pigs]]'' by [[Kirsten Sheridan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tcd.ie/irishfilm/showfilm.php?fid=57107|title=Disco Pigs film details |publisher=Irish Film & TV Research Online |access-date=2009-10-18 }}</ref> Two years later Friday and Seezer and their ensemble also collaborated with Bono on ''Peter & the Wolf'' in aid of the [[St. Francis Hospice, Raheny|Irish Hospice Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peterwolf.org/about.html|title=Peter & the Wolf |publisher=The Irish Hospice Foundation |access-date=2009-10-18 }}</ref>

In September 2006 a 2-CD collection of [[sea shanties]] called ''[[Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys]]'', produced by [[Hal Willner]], was released on the [[ANTI-]] label.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anti.com/artists/view/38l |title=Rogue's Gallery |publisher=ANTI |access-date=2009-10-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617000140/http://www.anti.com/artists/view/38l |archive-date=17 June 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref> Friday contributes to two tracks including the lewd "Baltimore Whores" and "Bully in the Alley" with ex-[[Virgin Prunes]] bandmates [[Guggi]] and [[Dave-id]]. The reunion of Friday, Guggi and Dave-id was the first time they had recorded together since the Virgin Prunes broke up in 1985.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gavinfriday.com/2008/06/21/three-pruned-men-lined-up-for-rogues-gallery-dublin/ |title=Three Pruned Men lined up for Rogue's Gallery |website=GavinFriday.com |editor=Caroline van Oosten de Boer |access-date=2009-10-16 }}</ref>

Friday worked again with Hal Willner in June 2007, appearing in the concert "Forest of No Return – the Vintage Disney Songbook" as part of the [[Meltdown Festival]] presented at London's newly reopened [[Royal Festival Hall]]. Sharing a stage with artists such as [[Grace Jones]], [[Nick Cave]], [[Pete Doherty]] and curator [[Jarvis Cocker]], Friday performed the [[Disney]] songs "[[Lady and the Tramp|The Siamese Cat Song]]" and "Castle in Spain".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/jun/20/popandrock.reviews |title=Reviews – Forest of no return |work=The Guardian |editor=John L Walters |access-date=2009-10-16 | location=London | date=20 June 2007}}</ref>

Taking time out from work on his fourth solo album with Herb Macken, Friday teamed up with English composer, [[Gavin Bryars]], the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] and [[Opera North]] for a new interpretation of [[Shakespeare]]'s Sonnets touring as part of the 2007 Complete Works Festival. Opening in [[Stratford-Upon-Avon]], Friday presented his take on [[Sonnet 40]] ('Take all my loves, my love, yea, take them all') and narrated Bryars' 40-minute piece 'Nothing Like The Sun'.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/nothing-like-the-sun-courtyard-theatre-stratforduponavon--none-onestar-threestar-fourstar-fivestar-438250.html |title=Nothing Like The Sun, Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |access-date=2009-10-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101103184241/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/nothing-like-the-sun-courtyard-theatre-stratforduponavon--none-onestar-threestar-fourstar-fivestar-438250.html |archive-date=3 November 2010 }}</ref> Friday and Macken composed the music for the [[Patrick McCabe (novelist)|Patrick McCabe]] play, ''The Revenant''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishplayography.com/search/play.asp?play_id=2630 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127054103/http://www.irishplayography.com/search/play.asp?play_id=2630 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-27 |title=The Revenant |publisher=Irish Playography |editor=Siobhán Bourke, Jane Daly |access-date=2009-10-13 }}</ref> ''The Revenant'' opened as part of the 2007 [[Galway Arts Festival]]. The play's main theme is entitled 'Dreamland'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.therevenanttheatrecompany.com/music.html |title=The Revenant |publisher=The Revenant Theatre Company |access-date=2009-10-20 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In 2009, Friday and Macken worked on Friday's fourth studio album, set for release in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gavinfriday.com/2009/06/25/new-album-next-year-says-gavin-friday/ |title=New album next year, says Gavin Friday |website=GavinFriday.com |access-date=2009-10-13 }}</ref> On 6 April 2010 Record company Rubyworks announced they signed Gavin Friday and that a new album was on its way.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gavinfriday.com/2010/04/06/gavin-friday-signs-to-rubyworks-new-album-on-the-way/ |title=Gavin Friday signs to Rubyworks: new album on the way |website=GavinFriday.com |access-date=2010-04-06 }}</ref> The new CD was titled [[catholic (album)|''catholic'']] and was released in Ireland on Good Friday: 22 April 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gavinfriday.com/2011/02/18/sign-up-for-news-about-gavin-friday-catholic-the-forthcoming-album/ |title=Sign up for news about Gavin Friday – catholic – the forthcoming album |website=GavinFriday.com |access-date=2011-02-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110223113712/http://gavinfriday.com/2011/02/18/sign-up-for-news-about-gavin-friday-catholic-the-forthcoming-album/ |archive-date=23 February 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref>