Moore News Blog
Feb 6th – Remembering the Day Shockwaves were Sent Around the World
On the eve of February 6th, a certain Facebook page reads .."When the sun goes down and a new day dawns ... we will always remember - Lord of the Strings, Robert William Gary Moore. RIP we love you forever. Together we will all raise your statue. xxxxxxxxx" of course...
Doug Aldrich First of a Rock Legend Series to Endorse Gary Moore Belfast Statue Project on Youtube
Support continues to grow worldwide for the Belfast Gary Moore statue project, with several rock stars each showing their support by making promotional videos to help the statue project. The first video to be released in the series was made by Doug Aldrich, of The...
Gig for Gary 2020 Announced!
We are honored to announce Gig for Gary 2020, two super-shows in one mega-weekend of music and celebration. With the amazing sellout show in April 2019 we raised nearly £5,000 for the statue fund. This is one-third of the funds needed to commence stage 1 of the...
Fundraising Update for 2020
By Alex McGreevy. sonof71.comThe campaign to erect a statue of rock and blues guitar legend Gary more in his native Belfast, will take a step closer next Spring with two dedicated ‘Gig for Gary’ shows in Belfast and Dublin on the same weekend. Moore, one of the most...
New Thin Lizzy Postage Stamps feature Black Rose Album
By Alex McGreevy, October 4th 2019 Patricia Moore, the youngest sister of Irish rock and blues guitar legend Gary, has given her seal of approval on the Irish Post Office (An Post) issue of two commemorative Thin Lizzy stamps this week. The stamps, marking fifty years...
Patricia Meets with Sculpture Artist Sean McCarthy in Cork
Patricia and I were delighted to meet with the very talented sculpture artist Sean McCarthy yesterday at the National Sculpture Factory in Cork City, Ireland to talk about his work and vision for Gary's statue in Belfast. Sean estimates the statue cost at €75,000...
Sellout Show in Belfast as Gary Moore Fans from Around the World Pledge their Support
“Gig for Gary” on Friday April 12th 2019 marked another milestone in Irish rock history as the holy night of the official launch of the fundraising project for a statue for Irish guitar legend and Lord of the Strings Gary Moore in his hometown of Belfast. Gig for Gary...
Gary Moore Statue Sculpture Artist Announced
We are delighted to announce that our sculpture artist for the Gary Moore Belfast statue is the very talented Irish artist Sean MacCarthy from Cork City. Sean is well regarded by his peers and has an extensive portfolio of figurative sculpture and statues including...
Eric Bell Interview on NVTV Belfast
Great interview with Eric Bell Tuesday 25th February on Belfast's NVTV show "The BIG Rock Show with Robin Elliott" helping to spread the good word about the statue project and Gig for Gary! You can watch the interview right now from NVTV's website we will have the...
Gig for Gary Belfast 2019 Tickets Now on Sale
We are pleased to announce that tickets are now on sale for Gig for Gary 2019 at The Belfast Empire on Friday April 12th 2019. You can find them here on the Ticketmaster website:...