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September 14 2006
Damien Rice's new album "9", the follow-up to the 2 million selling "O", is due to be released on November
3 2006 in IRELAND, November 6 in the UK and November 14 in North
America.
'Nine Crimes' will be the first single released. Click here for a preview, Tuesday 19th September, 15:00mins. [Stream] [Listen]
PLAY.com have announced that they are taking orders for the album from September 14th. Amazon.co.uk also jumped on the bandwagon this week.
Road Records are also now taking orders.
The album will be released on Rice's own label Heffa.
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March 2006
Some upcoming live dates for Damien Rice: -
June 24, Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, w/ Fiona Apple
March 2006
Damien will be performing at the Electric Picnic festival in Stradbally, Co. Laois, Ireland, on the weekend of September 1st. Damien has spoken in the past about wanting to organise a boutique festival and Hot Press reports that Damien will be hosting a stage at this year's festival.
Full details of the festival will be announced on Thursday, with tickets going on sale at 9am this Friday, March 24th.
""This year, as part of the Electric Picnic Festival, Damien had an idea to run an Eco-Friendly Stage, called The Big Tree Stage. Together with the Electric Picnic organisers, he has put together a team of like-minded people to organise this new stage and new area of the festival. More information to follow soon."
June 2005
Vyvienne Long will be playing a solo gig in Whelan's on July 20th. Tickets available now from Whelan's at €15/€12.
May 2005
Damien Rice and Lisa Hannigan are releasing a special single, "Unplayed Piano" on 17 June on DRM. The single is
already picking up play here and has been added to UK playlists on BBC Radio 1, Radio 2 and XFM.
They wrote the song specially for the 60th birthday of Burmese Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi who is
currently imprisoned by the military regime in Burma. With her birthday coming up on 19 June, all profits from the single
(which will be released internationally) will go to support the US Campaign For Burma and the Burma Campaign UK.
Damien has also announced 2 live shows (in London and Paris) in June in aid of the Assistance Association of Political
Prisoners in Burma www.aappb.net.
"I prefer not to interfere too much with what is going on in the world," Damien has commented. "But when someone has
been thrown into a hole and they ask you to throw down a rope, I am happy to look for a rope - especially for a woman of
such grace."
More information on the Free Aung San Suu Kyi 60th Birthday Campaign is available from www.actionburm.com.
May 12 2005
Hot Press: "Damien Rice and longtime musical partner Lisa Hannigan have announced details of their involvement in the 'Free Aung San Suu Kyi 60th Birthday Campaign'.
Their new single, 'Unplayed Piano', was written as a tribute to Aung San Suu Kyi, following a visit by Rice to Burma in June of last year.
As the leader of Burma's democracy movement - and the world's only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize recipient - Suu Kyi has been under house arrest since May 2003, and is now the subject of a global human rights campaign to be freed on her 60th birthday, June 19.
Rice and Hannigan will release their single on June 20, and are donating all royalties from the sales of this record to supporting the US Campaign for Burma and the Burma Campaign UK.
Additionally, the Irish artists will play a series of European shows to highlight the 'Free Aung San Suu Kyi' campaign, with tickets for the London Palladium concert on sale today via gigsandtours.com, priced from £22.
Damien Rice will donate all profits from the tour to the AAPPB (Assistance Association of Political Prisoners in Burma), with details of the European dates expected to be announced later in the week.
To learn more about campaign activities taking place in Ireland, visit the Burma Action Ireland website."
February 28 2005
"O" was voted No.2 in Hot Press People's Choice Top 100 Irish albums of all-time.
Lorraine Keane on O
"Damien Rice’s O is a timeless record. Like Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks (or Moondance or St. Dominic’s Preview for that matter) it will still be featuring in ‘all-time best record’ polls in twenty years. The placement of ‘Blower’s Daughter’ in Closer does more for the film than the film does for the song. Very few people can get away with singing the most simplistic lyric (e.g. “I can’t take my eyes of you”), but Damien Rice gives the words a whole new meaning because he sings with more soul and conviction than an entire album’s worth of ‘heartfelt’ lyrics. It’s beautifully produced – lots of quiet moments and space, which suits both the songs and his voice perfectly. It’s almost impossible to choose between the U2 albums, but I would have to put Achtung Baby at number one, mainly because of ‘One' and ‘Love Is Blindness’. When watching Lost In Translation recently I was so impressed by the soundtrack that I had to dig out MBV’s Loveless again and listen to it. For an album that was so influential with hordes of ‘flavour of the month’ guitar bands, it hasn’t dated at all and still sounds as atmospheric and epic as ever."
Margaret Gordon, hotpress.com
"The quality of the lyrics is the most important aspect of any song. They should tell you something you want to hear, over and over again, and Damien Rice whispers, narrates, colludes and remembers for us all stories and memories that we can share."
Deirdre Coy, hotpress.com
"From the softness of ‘Delicate’, the full-blown extravagence of ‘Eskimo’ to the strange and enthralling drunkenness of ‘Cheers Darlin'’, it’s a diverse and wonderful record. The tracklisting, artwork and Lisa’s beautiful vocals only add extra greatness to a truly fantastic record that I think is the best album of all time."
Shane O’Driscoll, hotpress.com
"O was one of those albums that completely changed the way I listened to music. His voice and lyrics revealed someone with no fear of speaking his mind, letting everyone delve into his most personal, painful or private memories and experiences. The sheer beauty and unpretentious nature of the songs makes them easily accessible and personal from the first to the last. Lisa Hannigan’s beautiful voice perfectly complements Damien’s, and the accompanying chilling strings, wonderfully understated drums and backing vocals throughout the album make for a truly enlightening experience. A stunning debut album, a truly unique and wonderful voice, a reason to listen to music..."
February 2005
"O" is getting a Japanese release.
DAMIEN RICE O (2005 Japanese reissue 11-track enhanced CD album including the singles 'Volcano', 'Cannonball' & 'The Blower's Daughter' plus 'The Blower's Daughter' - CD-Rom Video).
February 2005
"O" is current No.3 in the Irish album charts (Feb.4) and No.2 on Feb. 11.
January 2005
Damien Rice and The Devlins appear on the soundtrack to the new film "Closer"
# "The Blower's Daughter"
Written and Performed by Damien Rice
Under license to Vector Recordings, LLC/Warner Bros. Records Inc. and 14th Floor Records
By Arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing US and Warner Strategic Marketing UK
# "Cold Water"
Written by Damien Rice
Arranged and Performed by Damien Rice and Lisa Hannigan featuring Vyvienne Long
"World Outside"
Written by Colin Devlin and Peter Devlin
Performed by The Devlins
Courtesy of Universal Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
January 2005
eskimofriends.com: "Damien will be playing in the Temple Bar Music Centre in Dublin on Thursday, the 6th of January. All proceeds will go to Oxfam Ireland's Tsunami Appeal. You can book your tickets at TicketMaster. You can also make a donation directly to Oxfam Ireland here."
December 9 2004
In 2005, Visit Ireland and Fall in Love with GOLDFISH MEMORY
Coming Exclusively to DVD on January 18, 2005
2-Disc Set Includes 18-Track Soundtrack Featuring 3 Songs by Damien Rice
SAN JOSE, CA —Wolfe is excited to introduce Liz Gill’s Irish omnisexual romantic comedy GOLDFISH MEMORY to home video as a 2-disc set, including the feature film on DVD and a CD soundtrack featuring Irish rock and pop artists, such as Damien Rice. This popular festival hit, which won the Audience Award for Best Feature at Los Angeles’s Outfest, takes a sweet look at the love lives of a group of young Dubliners.
Written and directed by Liz Gill, who previously assisted Martin Scorsese and Todd Haynes, GOLDFISH MEMORY is a light-hearted look at the dangers and delights of dating in contemporary Dublin. When Clara sees her boyfriend Tom kissing Isolde, it sets off a chain reaction of romances and heartbreaks until the entire cycle has turned full circle, each character trying to solve the pressing question of what is the perfect relationship. Some favor marriage, others a week-at-a-time arrangement. The only thing they can all agree on is that love is the one thing we can’t live without. Falling in love, out of love and making the same mistakes all over again - all of us say we learn from heartbreak, but how many of us really change? And do we want to? Exploring the comical nature of love, straight, gay and in-between, GOLDFISH MEMORY brings life to the saying what goes around, comes around...and around...and around...
The DVD edition of GOLDFISH MEMORY will be accompanied by an 18-track soundtrack on CD. The film features songs by Bossa Nova impresario Antonio Carlos Jobim, best known for the song “The Girl From Ipanema.” For the film, producers enlisted Ireland’s up-and-coming rock and pop artists to cover Jobim’s songs. The soundtrack is led by 2004 Shortlist Music Award winner Damien Rice, who, along with Lisa Hannigan, covers the songs “Waters of March,” “Desafinado,” and “Once I Loved.” In addition, Rice’s single “Cold Water” is used throughout the film as a theme for the character of Angie. The soundtrack also includes 5 songs by The Walls, and songs by The Frames, NPB, Messiah J & the Expert, Sinead Lohan, Nina Hynes and Rodrigo y Gabriela.
November 28 2004
USA show - The Troubador, Hollywood, Los Angeles - 4th December
Damien and the band will play a show at The Troubadour, Hollywood on Saturday 4 December. Tickets on sale Monday 29th November at 12pm from Ticketmaster.
November 18 2004
Damien Rice / O
(16/100 Greatest Irish Albums) | The 100 Greatest Irish Albums
Assembled over a two year period in Kerry, Paris and Dublin, O was released in Ireland in February 2002, to universal acclaim.
November 2004
A one hour long Damien concert on BBC4 this Friday (26/11/2004): "An exclusive performance from the Irish singer-songwriter, Damien Rice and his band. A candle-lit event of spine-tingling roots orchestrations from St Luke's church in East London."
Watch it: FRIDAY 26TH NOVEMBER at 9pm - BBC 4
FRIDAY 17TH DECEMBER at 11:35pm - BBC 2
The Blower's Daughter new video will be aired on November 15th on VH1. The song is used on the trailer for the new film "Closer".
October 5 2004
New Damien Rice single 'Cold Water' to be released on October 11 2004 with a b-side 'Lonely'. More info...
September 28 2004
Australian dates:
* October 9 - The Civic Hotel, Perth
* October 14 - Joe's Waterhole, Eumundi
* October 15 - The Tivoli, Brisbane
* October 16 - A&I Hall, Bangalow
* October 19 - Metro Theatre, Sydney
* October 21 - Prince of Wales, Melbourne
* October 22 - Armadale Hotel, Melbourne
* October 26 - The Studio, Auckland, New Zealand
September 17 2004
From Rock on TV:
Show: Austin City Limits
Episode: (#3003) - "Damien Rice / Patty Griffin"
Network: (PBS) Public Broadcasting Service
Date: Saturday - October 16, 2004
Time: 09:00 pm - 10:00 pm ET
Featured Artists
Patty Griffin, Damien Rice
About: (#3003) - "Damien Rice / Patty Griffin"
AUSTIN CITY LIMITS gets introspective as the series brings viewers singer/songwriters Damien Rice and Patty Griffin. Rice is well known in his native Ireland for his intense and category-defying songs. Griffin crafts deeply personal songs that become universally emotional through her graceful voice. (10/16/2004) More info..
September 16 2004
FrictionPR: "Damien Rice makes a one-off return to the live scene this week when he plays a show specifically for under-18s at Whelans Dublin on Saturday 18 September. He is due on stage at 3:30pm. He then nips over to Iceland for a live show (as you do). He plays Nasa, Reykjavik, Iceland on September 23.
September 2004
Damien Rice has started work on putting together his first DVD titled "Vegetarian Chicken Soup DVD". More info..
damien rice - vegetarian chicken soup dvd
Dear all
Damien is collaborating with French film maker Ryan Le Garrac in to make his first
documentary DVD penciled for release early next year.
We are now welcoming submissions of your videos, photos, and audio recordings for
possible inclusion in this documentary. We are especially interested in ‘old’ film footage, (including while Damien was in Juniper and any footage of the band members in other
performances) interesting moments & perhaps ‘rare’ moments.
PAL versions of vhs/mini dv/dvd/hi 8/super 8 would all be welcome and we can also
accept film...super8, 8mm, 16mm, 32mm etc. We are also interested in ‘old’ audio footage and older, interesting photos too.
Another thing we’re keen to find is copies of any clear photocopies or scans of
‘drawings’ done by Damien & the band. They sometimes “sketch” little pics for signatures
on cd sleeves – and we are looking for some of the these drawings for a possible use on a
dvd artwork for release.
By registering your submission of any of the above, it confirms your approval for the
material (or part of the material) to be possibly used in the making of the dvd.
You waive any rights that you may have IN/TO the material.
PLEASE DO NOT SEND ORIGINAL COPIES OF ANYTHING AS WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RETURN IT. SEND A SIGNED COPY WITH YOUR DETAILS (NAME, ADDRESS, TEL NUMBER AND EMAIL ADDRESS) CLEARLY MARKED ON IT.
WE ACCEPT NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR LOSS/MISPLACEMENT FOR ANY MATERIAL SUBMITTED. YOU MUST BE OVER 18 TO ENTER
All submissions should be sent to this address: DRM, PO Box 9413, Dublin 16, Ireland.
Submissions will be accepted up until the end of September 2004.
September 2004
Damien and the band will be performing a strictly Under-18s gig in Whelan's in Dublin on Saturday September 18th. More info...
July 2004
eskimofriends.com reports:
"Damien will be in London this Saturday recording for Channel 4's "Headliners" series. A very limited number of tickets are still available from The Applause Store in London - Contact Paul or James at the Applause Store at 0208 324 2700 & quote reference number: DR6969. You must be 16+ and available this Saturday (24th July 2004) from 4pm > onwards at the Riverside Studios, Crisp Road, Hammersmith, London W6 9Rl. Past "Headliners" specials have included Britney Spears, Metallica and Pink."
July 2 2004
"Lonely Soldier" enters the Irish single charts at No.4.
Damien was interviewed on Ireland AM on TV3 and performed "Lonely Soldier".
June 30 2004
Damien will be one the Breakfast Show on Today FM with Ian Dempsey. He performed Lonely Soldier.
June 26 2004
Damien performs at Glastonbury on June 26 and he will perform an additional solo acoustic gig on Saturday at 3.20pm on the Left Field Stage.
June 25 2004
HMV Dublin - In-store
Damien will be live at HMV Grafton Street for an in-store on Thursday 1st July. Time: 9pm
Location: HMV, Grafton Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Entry to the in-store is restricted to those wearing special wristbands distributed by HMV.
Wristbands will be allocated to the first 200 people in the store on the day.
June 17 2004
eskimofriends.com: "The "When Bush Comes To Shove" gig has been moved to Vicar Street in Dublin. The organisers say that they haven't been allowed to advertise properly for this gig and so they had to move it to this smaller venue.
Update: This gig is now sold out, and a 2nd night has been added for the next night. Tickets on sale this Friday."
June 16 2004
Billboard.com: "Warner Bros. is eyeing a July 20 release date for "B-Sides," an EP of non-album tracks from Irish singer/songwriter Damien Rice. The seven-track set features the first North American release of live versions of "The Professor," "Woman Like a Man" and "Delicate," the original demo for "Lonelily," the B-side "Moody Mooday," and both a 1997 demo and instrumental version of "Volcano."
Rice enjoyed breakout success with his 2003 album "O," which won the 2003 Shortlist Music Prize. The set topped out at No. 4 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart and has sold 268,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan."
June 10 2004
Damien Rice album sales for "O" have reached 1,000,000 copies world-wide!
June 2004
Damien appears on BBC NI's ALT programme on Tuesday June 1.
May 2004
Upcoming gigs:
* June 8 - One Night For India - Charity concert in UCLA's Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, CA., USA
* June 11-13 - Bonnaroo Festival - Manchester, TN., USA
* June 19 - When Bush Comes To Shove, Point Depot, Dublin
* June 26 or 27 - Glastonbury Festival, UK
May 5 2004
RMG and Today FM's Ray D'Arcy Show celebrate the success of the album 'Even Better Than The Real Thing'. The album, featuring Mickey Harte, Mundy, Damien Dempsey, The 4 of Us, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Picturehouse, Kieran Goss and many more, was released in November 2003, and has sold in excess of 30,000 copies in Ireland, rasing over €160,000 for the National Children's Hospital in Tallaght.
May 18 2004
The Sunday Times: "A number of high-profile artists, including Christy Moore, Damien Rice, Kila, Katell Keineg, Mary Black and the Revs, are to play a concert with the theme When Bush Comes to Shove, at the Point Depot in Dublin the preceding Saturday, June 19 2004. The proceeds will be donated to the Irish Anti-War Movement." More info here.
www.irishantiwar.org
February 28 2004
Damien is confirmed to play the Bonnaroo festival in the USA this year.
The third annual three-day camping and music festival will be held on June 11-13, 2004, on the same 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles south of Nashville.
A full list of confirmed acts is available through the link below,
with more to be announced in the coming weeks to round out the festival's 60-plus acts.
Tickets for the 2004 Bonnaroo Music Festival will go on sale Saturday, February 21st at 10:00 AM Eastern Time.
Damien is due to appear on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on March 26.
May 2004
May 1 - Music Midtown Festival, Atlanta, GA.
May 3 - Damien Rice, Bell X1 - Beacon Theatre, New York
May 31 - Vicar St., Dublin
February 24 2004
New tour dates for Damien in Europe:
February:
Tue 24 France Lille Tourcoing Le Grand Mix
Wed 25 Holland Amsterdam Paradiso [SOLD OUT]
Thr 26 Belgium Brussels AB [SOLD OUT]
Sat 28 Sweden Malmo KB
Sun 29 Sweden Stockholm China Theatre
March 2004:
Mon 1 Norway Oslo Rockefeller [SOLD OUT]
Wed 3 Denmark Copenhagen Vega & Main
Thur 4 Germany Hamburg Knust
Fri 5 Germany Berlin Knnack
Sun 7 Germany Munich Backstage
Mon 8 Italy Milan Rainbow [SOLD OUT]
Tue 9 Italy Bologna Estragon
Thur 11 Italy Rome Horus
Fri 12 Italy Florence Sasch Hall -MOVED
Sun 14 France Lyon Le Transbo
Mon 15 France Paris La Cigale [SOLD OUT]
Fri 19 Iceland Reykjavik Nasa
Support from The Frames on the following dates =>
March 23 - Boulder Fox Theatre & Cafe, CO, USA + KBCO
March 26 - Wiltern Theatre, L.A., CA, USA
March 27 - Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA, USA
March 29 - Moore Theatre, Seattle, USA
March 30 - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, Canada
April 2004
April 1 - Big Easy Concert House, Spokane, WA, USA
April 2 - Roseland Theatre, Portland, OR, USA
April 3 - Big Easy, Boise, ID, USA
April 6 - Pantages Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, USA
April 7 - Barrymore Theatre, Madison, WI, USA
April 9 - Egyptian Room, Indianapolis, IN, USA
April 10 - Bogart's, Cincinnati, OH, USA
April 11 - Byham Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
April 15 - Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PA, USA
April 16 - Beacon Theatre, NY, NY USA
April 17 - Avalon, Boston, MA USA
April 19 - State Theatre, Portland, ME, USA
April 20 - Higher Ground, Winooski, VT, USA
April 21 - Outremont Theatre, Montreal, Canada
April 23 - Convocation Hall, Toronto, Canada
April 24 - The Odeon, Cleveland USA
April 25 - St Andrew's Hall, Detroit, MI, USA
April 27 - Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA
April 28 - Liberty Hall, Lawrence, KS
April 29 - The Pageant, St Louis, MO, USA
February 2004
"Next weekend (February 22) sees The Sunday Telegraph giving readers the chance to claim a free limited-edition CD by Brit Award nominee Damien Rice and money-off his double platinum debut album O. The promotion is backed by a series of marketing activities." More info...
January 21 2004
Two new Irish dates have been added for February:
Sunday 1st Feb - BELFAST, THE ULSTER HALL
Thursday 5th Feb - GALWAY, THE BLACK BOX THEATRE
Tickets on sale 10am Friday, 16th January. Details as follows:
BELFAST
Tickets £19 (seated) and £17 (standing) incl. booking fee available from Ticketmaster.
Telephone bookings 0870 243 4455 subject to service charge
GALWAY
Tickets €25 from The Town Hall Theatre, Galway.
Telephone bookings 091-569777 subject to service charge
January 9 2004
BENEFIT GIG FOR VICTIMS OF BAM EARTHQUAKE
VICAR ST TO HOST DUBLIN’S MUSICAL RESPONSE
On Wednesday January 28th, Vicar St will host a concert to mark the Dublin music community’s response to the earthquake which devastated the Iranian city of Bam on St. Stephen’s Day, killing over 40,000 people.
The night will include solo performances from Lisa Hannigan, Paul
Noonan (Bell X1), Steve and Joe Wall, cellist Vyvienne Long, The Tycho Brahe, Shakram Music and Dance Company and other special guests including Damien Rice (now confirmed).
All proceeds from the gig will go to support the work of Belfast-based “Save the Children” which has a special project working with children who have been left homeless or orphaned by the disaster. It is estimated that over 80% of the city was destroyed in the earthquake and besides the devastating loss of life, caring for the survivors is a major concern with no proper buildings, food supplies or sanitation. Tens of thousands of people are now living in tents or makeshift dwellings, enduring the sub-zero temperatures of an Iranian winter.
The night is being organised by Tanja Raab and Damien Rice drummer, Tomo who were drawn to the plight of the citizens of Bam.
“One thing that best exemplifies the plight of the children of Bam is the realisation that thousands of children have been orphaned by the disaster” said Tanja. “To make matters worse, Bam’s only orphanage collapsed in the quake, killing 54 of the 60 children sleeping inside,” said Tomo.
Tickets for the gig will go on sale Tuesday the 13th from Road Records, Sound Cellar, City Disk, Claddagh Records and Ticketmaster outlets nationwide, priced at €28.
January 2004
Damien Rice plays the following dates on the US tour, with guests The Frames:
March 2004
March 23 - Boulder Fox Theatre & Cafe, CO, USA
March 26 - Wiltern Theatre, L.A., CA, USA
March 27 - Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA, USA
March 29 - Moore Theatre, Seattle, USA
March 30 - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, Canada
April 2004
April 1 - Big Easy Concert House, Spokane, WA, USA
April 2 - Roseland Theatre, Portland, OR, USA
April 3 - Big Easy, Boise, ID, USA
April 6 - Pantages Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, USA
April 7 - Barrymore Theatre, Madison, WI, USA
April 9 - Egyptian Room, Indianapolis, IN, USA
April 10 - Bogart's, Cincinnati, OH, USA
April 11 - Byham Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
April 15 - Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PA, USA
April 16 - Beacon Theatre, NY, NY USA
April 17 - Avalon, Boston, MA USA
April 19 - State Theatre, Portland, ME, USA
April 20 - Higher Ground, Winooski, VT, USA
April 21 - Outremont Theatre, Montreal, Canada
April 23 - Convocation Hall, Toronto, Canada
April 24 - The Odeon, Cleveland USA
April 25 - St Andrew's Hall, Detroit, MI, USA
April 27 - Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA
April 28 - Liberty Hall, Lawrence, KS
April 29 - The Pageant, St Louis, MO, USA
January 2004
2 new Dublin dates have been added for February:
Monday 2nd February - Vicar Street (unreserved seating)
Tuesday 3rd February - Vicar Street (standing)
"Tickets will go on sale next week. Ticket details will be announced later today."
Guests announced for upcoming Tours:
UK Tour - Moose Dance Company (contemporary dance troupe from Stockholm)
US Tour - special guests 'The Frames'
December 26 2003
Damien Rice is the featured artist on Amazon.com.
December 2003
More Damien live dates:
February 2004
Wed 11 Scotland Glasgow, Carling Academy
Thur 12 England Newcastle, Newcastle University
Sat 14 England Manchester, Academy
Sun 15 England Nottingham, Rock City
Mon 16 England Cambridge, Corn Exchange
Wed 18 England Bristol, Carling Academy
Thur 19 England Sheffield, Octagon
Fri 20 England Brixton, Carling Academy
Sat 21 England Brixton, Carling Academy
Wed 25 Holland Paradio, Amsterdam
Sun 29 Sweden China Theatre, Stockholm
March 2004
March 1 Rockefeller, Oslo, Norway
March 3 Vega, Copenhagen
March 4 Hamburg, Knust (ehem. Schlachthof)
March 5 Berlin, Knaack
March 7 München, Backstage
March 9 Bologna, Officina Estragon
NME.com "Irish singer/songwriter DAMIEN RICE is to head out on his first major headlining tour of the UK in February.
Rice, whose popularity has soared on the back of his appearance at this year's Glastonbury, will kick off his eight-date jaunt in Glasgow on February 11 rounding up in London Brixton Academy on February 21.
Such is Rice's growing following, that copies of his debut album 'O' sold out in Britain following a 1,000 per cent increase in sales this summer. Because of the ornate artwork on the cover, new copies could not be manufactured quickly enough as demand completely outstripped supply.
He releases new single 'Cannonball' on October 20."
November 2003
Possible new DVD being released on December 8 2003.
* bonus Region 1 DVD includes:
* Cannonball
* Eskimo
* Interview (EPK)
* Home Video, Backstage & Live Footage
The World Cafe will be re-broadcasting Damien's session on Monday, December 29 due to popular demand.
The World Cafe with David Dye can be heard on more than 160 stations nationwide.
October 2003
Damien Rice will be appearing on the Jay Leno Show on October 7th.
Damien Rice wins the Shortlist Award in the USA (equivalent of Mercury Music Prize). There's a small picture here and here. Congrats Damien!
"October 6, 2003, Los Angeles: Capping off an evening of powerful musical performances, Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice took home the third annual Shortlist Music Prize for Artistic Achievement at a sold-out concert at the Wiltern last night in Los Angeles.
The Shortlist Concert, presented by MTV 2, featured live performances from eight of the ten Shortlist Finalists: The Streets, Cat Power, The Black Keys, Cody ChesnuTT, Floetry, Interpol, and a set by Rice and his four piece band.
The Shortlist Music Project was founded in 2001 to honour the year's most adventurous and creative albums across all genres of music, focusing on emerging and underground artists rather than established stars. Each year, the finalists for the prize are selected by a panel of musicians and music experts, which this year included Coldplay singer Chris Martin, Tom Waits, Flea, Tori Amos, Perry Farrell and directors Spike Jonze and Cameron Crowe.
For winning the gold statuette nicknamed ‘the Shorty’ Damien Rice received a $5,000 cash prize provided by Sirius Satellite Radio."
September 2003
Lisa Hannigan can be seen performing in "The Mysterious World of Birds" during the Dublin Fringe Festival between September 29th and October 4th, as well as in the Town Hall Theatre in Galway between September 23rd and September 27th.
"Featuring a cast led by popular vocalist Lisa Hannigan as well as live music by the Galway-based band Lucas, this show blends music with theatre to create a portrait of a woman who is breaking as her romantic relationship crumbles around her. Will she be able to overcome the secrets, distance and darkness that have come between her and her lover, or will she fall apart along with everything else?"
Added Damien Rice wallpaper for your PC desktop:
October 3 KCRW session: check it out here RMlink.
"Soulful Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice performs live with his full band on Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:15 am."
Upcoming Damien Rice tour dates:
September 2003
Sep.10 - Theatre of Living Arts, Philadelphia
Sep.11 - El Mocambo, Toronto
Sep.13 - Paradise Club, Boston - review
Sep.15 - Irving Plaza, New York
Tue 16 USA Pittsburgh Club Cafe - tickets
Wed 17 USA Louisville Headliners
Thr 18 USA Birmingham Workplay
Sat 20 USA Nashville Belcourt
Sun 21 USA Atlanta Cotton Club - tickets
Tue 23 USA Chicago, Park West
Wed 24 USA Minneapolis Fine Line
Fri 26 USA Boulder Fox
Mon 29 Canada Vancouver Richards
Tue 30 USA Seattle Crocodile
October 2003
Wed 1 USA Portland Aladdin
Thr 2 USA San Francisco Great American
Sat 4 USA LA Fonda
Sun 5 USA Shortlist Prize, Wiltern Theater, LA
Sat 11 Scotland Glasgow Kings Tuts
Sun 12 England Leeds Leeds Met Uni [Change of venue]
Mon 13 England Liverpool Stanley Theatre Liverpool University
Wed 15 England Bristol Bristol Fleece
Thr 16 Wales Cardiff Ifor Bach
Fri 17 England Manchester Manchester Debate Hall
Sat 18 England Birmingham Academy 2
Mon 20 England Norwich Arts Centre
Tues 21 England Portsmouth WW Rooms
Wed 22 England London Shepherds Bush Empire
Fri 24 Belgium Brussels Rotunde
Sat 25 France Paris Boule Noir
Sun 26 Netherlands Utrecht Tivoli/de Helling
Tues 28 Denmark Copenhagen Loppen
Wed 29 Sweden Stockholm Sodra Teatern
Thurs 30 Norway Oslo John Dee
November 2003
Sat 1 Germany Berlin Bastard
Sun 2 Germany Hamburg Prinzenbar
Mon 3 Germany Koln MTC
Tues 4 Germany Munich Backstage
Wed 5 Italy Milan La Casa 139
Wed 5 Italy Milan Rainbow Club
Fri 21 USA San Diego Canes Bar & Grill
Sat 22 USA KCRW's A Sounds Eclectic Evening, LA
Sun 23 USA San Francisco The Filmore
Tues 25 USA Temper Marquee Theatre
Wed 26 USA Sante Fe The Paramount
Fri 28 USA Dallas Gypsy Tea Room
Wed 29 USA Houston Rhythm Room
December 2003
Mon 1 USA Austin Paramount Theatre
Tues 2 USA New Orleans The Parish
Wed 3 USA Denver, CO. KBCO Holiday Concert
Fri 5 USA Asheville The Orange Peel
Sat 6 USA Washington 9.30 Club
Mon 8 USA Brooklyn Warsaw
Tues 9 USA Northampton Iron Horse Music Hall
Tues 9 USA Northampton Pearl Street Ballroom
Mon 15 Ireland Dublin Vicar Street - sold out
Dec 19 Lamb, Damien Rice - Pavilhao Atlantico, Lisbon, Portugal |
July 2003
Upcoming Damien Rice tour dates:
European release dates for the album "O" announced: Sweden - 30th June, Netherlands - 8th August, Belgium - 14th August, Germany - 25th August, Denmark - 1st September, France - 30th September.
Damien will be appearing with Darren De Vivo on Thursday July 17th at 12 noon on WFUV 90.7FM in NYC - www.wfuv.org
Damien is also now being featured on MTV.
Damien will appear on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on Tuesday 22nd July on NBC at 12:35am EST/PST.
June 2003
Damien Rice is on David Letterman Show 10th June 2003. This performance has been rescheduled for June 13. He performed 'Volcano' with the band and 'Cannonball' on acoustic. It was an amazing performance by all accounts, and has earned him many new fans.
Check out the rest of Damien's upcoming US tour dates here. Damien & Lisa were shown on TOTP2 on June 19.
Sat., June 21, 5:00-7:00 pm: All Mixed Up, with Peter Bochan. Summer spins in this afternoon as we mix a bunch of songs and ice-cold clips to celebrate. Damien Rice live!
June 24: NPR Interview with Damien.
June 13 2003
Damien Rice as the winner of the first ever XPN Award for an Emerging Artist. WXPN launches major music awards program.
"Rice’s debut album "O" was released in 2002 and is now at double platinum status in Ireland. He also received three nominations in the Meteor Ireland Music Awards, and has been recognized in the Hot Press Reader’s Poll for the "Best Album" as well as placing top five for "Best Male Singer," "Best Live Act," "Best Songwriter" and "Best Single." In the United States, Rice played at the CMJ Festival, the prestigious Sundance Festival, and at sold-out concerts in Los Angeles."
June 1 2003
Damien is playing the following festivals during the summer:
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June 11 |
Bowery Ballroom, New York | |
June 29 |
Glastonbury Festival, UK | |
July 1 |
Accelerator, Malmo, Sweden | |
July 2 |
Accelerator, Gotebug, Sweden | |
July 3 |
Accelerator, Stockholm, Sweden | |
July 12 |
Witnness, Ireland | |
July 13 |
T In The Park, Scotland | |
July 17 |
South Sea Port, Pier 17, NYC 6PM | |
July 20 |
Great Plaza, Philadelphia |
May 2003
Damien Rice U.S. Tour Dates:
4/27/03 Boston, MA - Paradise Lounge
4/28/03 Cambridge, MA - TT the Bear’s
4/29/03 Cambridge, MA - Kendall
5/01/03 New York, NY - Siné
5/02/03 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
5/03/03 New York, NY - Fez
5/05/03 Brooklyn, NY - Northsix
5/06/03 Philadelphia, PA - Fire
5/07/03 Philadelphia, PA - Tin Angel
5/11/03 Pittsburgh, PA - Club Café
5/12/03 Arlington, VA - Iota
5/13/03 Norfolk, VA - Belmont
5/15/03 Atlanta, GA - Cotton Club
5/16/03 Birmingham, AL - City Stages
5/17/03 Louisville, KY - Rudyard Kipling
5/18/03 Nashville, TN - 3rd & Lindsley
5/20/03 Detroit, MI - Smalls
5/21/03 Chicago, IL - Schubas
5/22/03 Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar
5/24/03 Seattle, WA - Gorge
5/25/03 Portland, OR - Schwab
5/30/03 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey
6/05/03 San Francisco, CA - Café du Nord
6/06/03 San Francisco, CA - Café du Nord
6/07/03 Santa Barbara, CA - Lobero Theatre
6/11/03 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
April 2003
Damien Rice is on 'Cable Unplugged' next tuesday (22nd April) at 9.15pm(ish). It is on BBC2 Wales (UK Sky Digital Channel 961) or on standard BBC2 Wales if you live in Cymru.
May 28, Damien is interviewed on Today FM about his three favourite singer/songwriters
June: Damien featured on Billboard.
Article: Damien Rice's wanderlust.
New "O" review at slantmagazine.
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April 15 |
Vicar St., Dublin | |
April 16 |
Sirius Arts Centre Cobh, Co. Cork | |
April 19 |
Amsterdam Paradiso Club, Holland | |
April 23 |
Shepard's Bush Empire, London | |
April 28 |
Cambridge TTS, MA., USA | | | | |
May 15 |
Cotton Club, Atlanta, GA., USA | |
May 17 |
Rudyark Kipling, Louisville, KY. | |
May 22 |
400 Bar, Minneapolis, MN., USA | |
May 25 |
Les Scwhab Amp, Portland | |
May 30 |
El Ray, Los Angeles |
March 2003
New EP "Woman Like A Man" to be released March 17 2003.
February 20 2003
The first episode of 'Other Voices - Songs From A Room' will be broadcast on Network 2 at 9pm on Tuesday 25 February.
Full line up:
Episode 1 The Frames Episode 2 Damien Rice
Episode 3 Interference Episode 4 Damien Dempsey
Episode 5 Nina Hynes Episode 6 Josh Ritter
Episode 7 Compilation featuring Jerry Fish and Katell Keineg Episode 8 Mundy
Episode 9 Maria Doyle Kennedy Episode 10 Mark Geary
Episode 11 Compilation featuring Paddy Casey, Roesy and John Hegarty
Episode 12 emmett tinley
Episode 13 Compilation featuring Ronan Ó Snodaigh, Martin Finke, Barry McCormack, Paul Tiernan and Ger Wolfe
February 19 2003
Thur. February 19 - Union Chapel, London.
Original date was February 20. Tickets dated February will be valid. Concert info.
Damien Rice interview on FuseFM.
Damien Rice interview on FuseFM, Manchester.
January 24 2003
Damien is currently in L.A. and will drop by at KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic tomorrow, Friday, January 24, 2003 @ 11:15 am. Watch it again here and interview.
January 20 2003
Damien Rice plays Gleneagles Hotel, Killarney
Mon 20 January 2003
January 2 2003
Thur January 2 - Red Hot Music Club, Newbridge
Doors 8.15pm, Stage 9.45pm
December 31 2002
Tue. December 31 - Vicar Street Dublin Damien, Lisa, Shane, Vyvienne + many special guests.
December 27 2002
Damien wins Best Newcomer Award at the Meteor Ireland Music Awards 2002.
December 22 2002
Damien Rice plays Opera House, Cork
Sun 22 December 2002. Tickets are on sale from Ticketmaster outlets nationwide.
December 19 2002
Damien Rice plays at "Other Voices" in Dingle, Co.Kerry. Other special guests include Emmett Tinley from The Prayer Boat and Martin Finke.
Set list: La Professor & La Fille Danse, Delicate, Woman Like A Man, Cold Water / Hallelujah, I Remember, Childish, Cannonball, Volcano, The Blower's Daughter, Be My Husband, Eskimo, Silent Night.
December 15 2002
Damien plays The Limelight, Belfast.
December 14 2002
The Derry gig on the 14th December has been moved from Stardust to The Playhouse Theatre.
December 11 2002
Damien plays the Theatre & Arts Centre in Birr on the 11th December.
The Mullingar gig in the Arts Centre, on the 11th December 2002 has been cancelled.
December 2002
An additional date has been added for the Olympia due to demand.
Tickets for the 7th & 9th are now on sale.
See the gigs' page for a complete list of dates for December tour.
November 2002
entertainment.ie "Platinum selling artist Damien Rice has announced his biggest Irish tour to date, which includes gigs in Belfast, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Derry and three consecutive nights at Dublin's Olympia Theatre this December. It has been an amazing year for Damien, which saw his debut 'O' go top 10 alongside widespread critical acclaim. This upcoming tour will be the final chance this year for fans to celebrate what has been an amazing 12 months."
November 29 2002
Damien Rice to appear on that most hallowed of music-telly mainstays, Later With Jools Holland (this Friday, 29th November, BBC2, 11.30pm)
November 11 2002
Damien Rice, Hedrock Valley Beats, Glen Hansard and Lisa Hannigan to appear on the movie soundtrack to Goldfish Memory.
November 1 2002
Damien Rice records his first session for KCRW.
"Irish singer Damien Rice will be heard and seen on Morning Becomes Eclectic as we broadcast from the Museum of Television & Radio in NYC as part of CMJ’s Music Marathon at 11:15am. Webcast live on KCRW.com Aired Friday, November 1, 2002."
October 11 2002
Damien plays Tonic, New York, NY on 31 Oct 2002 along with Sondre Lerche, Nicolai Dunger, Stars of the Lid - CMJ Music Marathon.
October 11 2002
The new single 'volcano' was released Friday 11th October.
Tracks include:
1) Volcano (Experimental Version) 2) Delicate live (Acoustic) 3) Volcano Instrumental
plus - VIDEO of live gigs and backstage footage.
September 2002
Borderline, London - 9th/10th September.
August 27 2002
Damien's debut album 'o' has gone platinum in Ireland - that's 15,000 copies sold.
August 16 2002
Damien & Lisa will now play in Music City Rathmines on Thursday 29th August instead of Thursday 22nd August.
August 15 2002
Damien & Lisa will be playing with The Counting Crows on 21st and 22nd August in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
July 17-18 2002
Damien plays:
July 22 2002
Damien's debut album 'o', which was released in Ireland in February this year is being released in UK today. This is followed by an extensive tour of the UK including:
The Big Green Gathering, Bush Hall (London), Liverpool Masque, New Roscoe (Leeds), Day & Night (Manchester), T in the Fringe (Edinburgh), V2002 (Chelmsford & Staffordshire) and many more.
July 14 2002
Damien, Lisa, Tomo, Shane and Vyvienne entertained a crowed tent of 8,000 fans in the Rising Stage at Witnness. The band played for one hour and the atmosphere was electic. Later they played in the TV tent and again left the crowd energised by their performance.
June 8 2002
Damien plays Fleadh 2002, London.
May 31 2002
Damien, Lisa, Tomo, Shane, and Vyvienne play at the Cork Green Energy festival.
May 6 2002
Damien, Lisa, Tomo, Shane, Vyvienne and Nicki played at the Dublin Green Energy festival in Dublin Castle. The band came on stage before the Frames and their performance was noted as one of the most memorable from the day.
April 21 2002
Damien plays The Lobby, Cork.
April 13 2002
Damien plays in Whelans, Dublin - support from Roesy.
March 22 2002
Damien plays in Museumscafé, Passau.
February 20 2002
Damien plays in Mono, Wexford St., Dublin as part of the Alt. DCU Rag Ball.
February 18 2002
Damien plays in Vicar St., Dublin.
February 9 2002
Damien plays in The Lobby, Cork.
February 8 2002
Damien plays Clones, Monaghan.
February 1 2002
After nearly 2 years in the making, Damien's debut album 'o' is released in Ireland. It went straight in at number 7 in the Irish charts and stayed at number 7 for three consecutive weeks.
November 23 2001
Damien plays Vicar St., Dublin.
October 29 2001
Damien was on Phantom FM on October 29 2001. He played Delicate, Cannonball and Woman Like a Man and did an interview.
October 25 2001
Damien plays Cobh, Co.Cork.
September 23 2001
Damien plays in The Lobby, Cork.
March 10 2001
"The Calm After the Storm" featuring The Damien Rice Group plus special guests Jimmy Broder and Sinead Martin. Tickets available now via email or from The Stables, Mullingar on the night, priced £7.
December 1 2000
Damien Rice plays Whelans, Dublin with Gemma Hayes.
November 2000
The Stables, Mullingar proudly present the debut show for the Damien Rice Group.
Since he left Juniper behind Damien has been busy recording and doing whatever else you could care to imagine including working with David Arnold (Bjork, James Bond...)
His new live band make their debut appearance at The Stables ahead of next Weds Temple Bar Music Centre show (Nov.15).
Support comes from Jimmy Broder who also returns to live action for the first time in yonks.
Doors 9pm. £4/£3 (with flyer)
The Damien Rice Group Damien Rice : guitar and vocals Lisa Hannigan : guitar and vocals Vyvienne Long : cello Shane Fitzsimons : bass Tomo : drums
The Stables, Dominick St, Mullingar, Co.Westmeath
Seeptember 6 2000
"The vocally sublime Pete Courtney plays in Whelans, Wexford Street, with the lyrically amazing Damien Rice as support. Doors open around 8 or half 8 and it's £6 in."
July 26 1999
cluas.com: "One artist who has gone the whole Irish Rock route and rejected it is Damien (AKA Dodima), late of Juniper. The man has gone solo, and now wants to be a 'boy with a guitar' once more. This is just what he did at a series of low key dates in veggie restaurant Cornucopia, in June and July. At these he played a few songs from his days with the band, as well as many new songs. The songs have the unbeatable mixture of meaningful lyrics and killer tunes. Damien will continue on his quest to find himself again on his upcoming tour of Europe, so it might be a while before he plays Dublin again. It is possible there will be an EP of home and live recordings released later in the year, keep tuned."
early 1999
Juniper release their second single "World Is Dead".
Juniper split up, with Damien going solo and the rest of the band forming Bell X1.
April 1998
Juniper release their debut single "Weatherman" on Polygram. It enters to Top 30 singles chart in the first week. |
