Shirley Manson’s outdated band Angelfish have introduced a reunion present to boost funds for Palestinian youngsters – try all the small print under.
Earlier than Manson fronted Rubbish, she was taking part in in a band known as Angelfish, who’re set to reunite for his or her first present in a decade, with all proceeds going to humanitarian support charities for Palestinian youngsters.
The present, which can happen at Edinburgh’s Liquid Room on January 30, marks Angelfish’s third gig since they broke up in 1995. Tickets go on sale subsequent Friday (October 24) at 10am, and yow will discover yours right here.
Information of the gig follows Manson taking to social media to decry the “fucking evil” actions of Israeli forces within the West Financial institution after the homicide of a 10-year-old Palestinian boy.
“Yesterday,” she wrote, “I noticed a horrifying {photograph} of a 11 12 months outdated Palestinian schoolboy, bleeding out from his groin the place he had been shot by a so known as soldier throughout a so known as ceasefire.
Per the BBC, the Israeli army stated its troopers opened hearth on Thursday (October 16) in response to “confrontations and rock-hurling” directed at them, which Manson addressed in her put up.
“His title was Muhammad al-Hallaq,” she continued. “He had been taking part in soccer along with his buddies in a village schoolyard south of Hebron within the occupied West Financial institution. So known as “troopers” educated to “combat” opened hearth on Muhammad and his buddies as a result of the youngsters had allegedly hurled some rocks. Grownup troopers with full impunity . Opening hearth on youngsters. Intentionally focusing on AN ELEVEN YEAR OLD baby within the groin.
“Fucking evil. Free Palestine.”
Earlier this 12 months, Manson, who has been very vocal in her advocacy for Palestine, informed NME she wished to “urge folks to learn and educate themselves earlier than they level fingers at younger bands for talking up and making an attempt to cease the slaughter of younger youngsters and infants of their tents”.
Talking to us in June, she stated: “Please simply do your self a favour and skim a e book about that a part of the world.
“When you educate your self, you begin to see issues far more clearly and pretty – however there appears to be little interest in anybody eager to find out about Palestinian folks. There’s a peculiar need to erase them fully as a result of they’re so inconvenient. It’s like we’re speaking about a complete race of individuals which were scraped off Western sneakers.”
Elsewhere, earlier this month, Manson took intention on the music business and the growing prices related to touring. Rubbish kicked off their ‘Completely satisfied Endings’ tour in Orlando in September and had beforehand indicated that they’re “unlikely to play most of the cities” within the US “ever once more”.
Throughout a present at The Anthem in Washington DC, Manson just lately took a second to elucidate their determination to not proceed with main headline excursions sooner or later.
“Now we have as a band determined that, as a result of mainly the economics of the music business, that we now have to curtail our headline touring enterprise,” she stated on the time. “It has, because of the thievery of the report business, made touring very, very tough.”
Talking to NME final 12 months, Manson opened up in regards to the crushing and “abusive” monetary strains of the music business.
Go to right here to discover a record of Rubbish’s remaining tour dates and buy any remaining tickets right here.
