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	Tuesday 30th June, 2009	(Please check our News Archive for more information and links) ADDITIONAL IRISH DATE IN BALBRIGGAN New Liam Ó Maonlaí Solo Dates for July in Mayo, Donegal & Czeh Republic See the gigs section for details. ADDITIONAL IRISH DATE IN BALBRIGGAN 10th July 2009 Radisson SAS Hotel Sligo. 11th July 2009 McCormacks, Balscadden, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin. 1st August 2009 Bantry, Co. Cork. 2nd August 2009 INEC, Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney, Co Kerry. More details to follow check the gigs section for updates HOTHOUSE VIDEOS ON YAHOO MUSIC Some of your favourite hothouse flowers videos can now also be found on the Yahoo Music Site here ADDITIONAL U.S.A TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED 27th August 2009, Stephen’s Talkhouse, Amagansett, NY 28th August 2009, Showcase Live!, Foxborough, MA Check out the gigs section for updates HOTHOUSE FLOWERS U.S.A TOUR DATES The hothouseflowers will be playing New Hampshire, New York and Kansas City in August/September 2009 See the gigs section for dates and further updates HOTHOUSE FLOWERS IRISH GIGS MAY 2009 Hothouse Flowers are playing as part of the Galway Volvo Ocean Race Festival on Thursday 28th May and the Lovin' the Leixlip Festival on Friday 29th May See the gigs section for further details LIAM JAPAN & KOREA DATES IN MAY ! Solo & Swell Season gigs for Liam in Japan & Korea . Check GIGS for full details. HOTHOUSE FLOWERS TO PLAY LABADOUX FESTIVAL Hothouse Flowers will be playing on Saturday 2nd May at the Labadoux Festival in Ingelmunster, Belgium. Visit www.labadoux.be. More details to follow.... LIAM TO PLAY AT CUBA CELEBRATION Liam will be playing on Friday 6th February, 2009 (8pm) Liberty Hall, Dublin, for Cuban Revolution - 50th Anniversary Commemoration and Celebration. All proceeds to Cuban Hurricane fund. Speakers: Cuban Ambassador Noel Carrillo, President of SIPTU Jack O'Connor, President of Sinn Féín Gerry Adams. Music by prominent musicians including: Special Guest Artist Liam Ó Maonlaí, Cormac Breathnach and Latin American artists. Full details in GIGS. LIAM PLAYING FOR GAZA CHILDREN's BENEFIT Liam will be playing on Saturday 7th February, 2009 Vicar Street, Dublin, for Tuesday's Child organisation: www.tuesdayschild.ie. Tickets €25 available from January 23th. Also appearing Neil Hannon, Mary Black, Eleanor McEvoy, Kíla, Frances Black and friends. Liam said: "There is no excuse for the bombing of innocent people. We are witnessing a creation of hell. I don't believe weapons are the answer on any side. The real war is in the mind and the heart. Music is the greatest gift we have as human beings. It connects us and brings us together. Music heals. A lullaby can send a child to sleep...". Full details in GIGS. LIAM RETURNS TO NATIONAL CONCERT HALL! Liam will be returning to the National Concert Hall, Dublin, on Wednesday 4th March after his successful debut last year. Liam will be playing music from his critically acclaimed new album 'To Be Touched.' Full details in GIGS. LIAM AND SWELL SEASON SHOW! Liam + The Swell Season @ Vicar Street, Dublin has been announced: February 5th. Here's the bulletin from MySpace: "We are happy to announce that the previously postponed Vicar Street (Dublin) show will now take place in February, with tickets on sale this Thursday (08/01/2009). The Swell Season and assorted friends play a rescheduled Vicar St. show on Thursday February 5, tickets for which are €34 and go on sale on this Thursday. Among the guests there will be Paul Noonan (BellX1), Liam Ó Maonlaí and Cary Sings. More special guests to be announced soon. The gig is a benefit for people with intellectual disabilities and is likely to feature some memorable one-off collaborations. The tickets that have already been purchased for this show last year, will be valid for the newly announced date." MORE FIACHNA WITH COLIN! UPDATE: Another date added! Saturday 28th February, 2009 (7.30pm) The Thatch, Rahan, Tullamore, R.O.I. More dates with Colin Devlin! Over to Colin... "I kick off an eight date Irish acoustic tour on Feb 12th, ending in Dublin at the Sugar Club on Feb 27th, so spread the word, the dates are up on the website. I'll be joined onstage by my good friend Fiachna O'Braonain on guitars and atmospherics and special guest for the tour will Be Emm Gryner who I believe will be playing solo piano which should be great." The dates are: Feb 12 2009: Spirit Store, Dundalk, Louth Feb 13 2009: Dolans, (upstairs), Limerick Feb 14 2009: Cyprus Ave, Cork Feb 18 2009: Roisin Dubh, Galway Feb 19 2009: Garter Lane, Waterford Feb 20 2009: The Stables, Mullingar, Westmeath Feb 26 2009: Boyles, Slane, Meath Feb 27 2009: The Sugar Club, Dublin Check out Colin's new work at www.myspace.com/colindevlinmusic and www.colindevlin.com. LIAM LIVE AT CELTIC CONNECTIONS Liam will be playing two shows as part of the Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow, Scotland, in January 2009. Full details in GIGS. MESSAGE FROM PRENUP Hi all! PRENUP are delighted to announce that "Hell to Pay" is now available on iTunes worldwide. Up until now it had ony been available in the US but we have now rectified this problem. We will also be making PRENUP "Live" available on iTunes in the the coming weeks.. it should appear early 2009! Happy Christmas! Fiachna, Dave and Cáit LIAM AND SINEAD O'CONNOR ON THE LATE LATE SHOW Check out Liam singing and playing keys here with Sinead on Ireland's Late Late Show playing the song 'Baby, Let Me Buy You A Drink' released on the "Wells for Zoe: Water for Life" charity compilation. LIAM SOLO NEWS - ALBUM AND SHOWS Liam's new album 'To Be Touched' was released in Ireland on Friday 28th November. It is now available to buy in all good record stores and from www.liamomaonlai.ie. The track 'On My Mind' from the album is up on www.myspace.com/liamomaonlaimusic from Monday. PRESS RELEASE: 'To Be Touched' is the stunning new solo album from Liam Ó Maonlaí. It is a deep, rich, soulful collection of new piano-accompanied compositions. Recorded in Prague last July with the companionship and help of Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, and funded by concerts the three of them performed there, 'To Be Touched' features Marketa on guest vocals along with the steady hand of Martin Brunsden on double bass. Liam went into the studio with just three of the songs already written, the rest were born in the studio environment and continue to grow on this album. From the light ease of 'Worry Not' and the intimacy of title track 'To Be Touched' the album exudes an atmosphere of calm and strength. 'To Be Touched' reintroduces Liam Ó Maonlaí as a songwriter of relevance and captures beautifully one of Ireland's greatest singers. Liam Ó Maonlaí has been inpsired by the great singers of the American plains. By the dance and ceremonial songs of the first nations of the continent of turtle island. By the pioneering folk, soul and blues musicians of modern USA. By the Arabic and Moorish expressions of divine love. By the pure tones of the Aboriginal people of Australia and by th egentle powerful music of West Papua. He made his career with rock and roll/soul music band Hothouse Flowers, this established his name as a singer of note in the soul/blues style. 'To Be Touched' is a birthing of his influences through the medium of song. He uses his first instrument the piano as a landscape for the wandering voice. Here are songs made of desire to open the heart and to share deep feelings. Tour Dates: Monday 24th Nov:: Albert Hall, London. Swell Season Support Saturday 6th Dec:: The Ark, Children's Cultural Centre, Dublin Monday 8th Dec:: Vicar Street, Dublin. Swell Season Support Thursday 11th De:: Greystones Theatre, Wicklow Saturday 13th Dec:: Seanscoil Saileama, Indreabhan, Connemara Contact for press and interviews: Sarah Glennane Tel: 086 4021179 sarah@rianrecords.com www.liamomaonlai.ie PRENUP LIVE ALBUM RELEASED Fiachna, Dave and Cait release a new live album recorded at Crawdaddy. It will be available from all live shows on their current tour! PRENUP TOUR UPDATE PreNup are in the middle of their Irish tour - see below for details. To give you a foretaste of what to expect (they ROCK!), have a look at this: 'Firefighter' here and 'Kissed You' here. VIDEO ALERT! Watch: Liam interviewed and playing a new song 'Worry Not' on TV3 here. A brilliant performance by Liam of 'Your Love Goes On' filmed for Australia's Rockwiz during Hothouse Flowers' 2006 Australian and New Zealand tour here. Liam, Dave and Fiachna with Martin Brunsden on double bass playing 'Sweet Marie' on Blas Ceoil filmed at Spring & Airbrake here, the latest version of 'Trying To Get Through', interview and 'Siúbhán Ní Dhuibhir' continued here. LISTEN! Hothouse Flowers in Castewellan interview and an amazing version of 'Sí do Mhamó í' here. PRENUP INTERVIEW VIDEO TV3's Exposé came to visit PreNup during their recent run of gigs at the Crawdaddy. The show features Lisa Cannon's interview with Fiachna and Cáit and some groovy footage of the band soundchecking Suckerpunched! Watch here. THE MALI PROJECT! Here are some reviews of Dambé – The Mali Project from the Irish Times and Irish Independent. Click on the image to download pdf. THE MALI PROJECT! There will be a special screening of 'Dambé – The Mali Project’ followed by talk by director Dearbhla Glynn and special performance by Liam and Afel Bacoum at the Lighthouse Cinema, Dublin, on Thursday 24th July. Film will continue to be shown for short run from 25th July. NEW PRENUP VIDEOS!!! Check out interview and live acoustic version of 'Firefighter' with Dave, Fiachna and Cait on Ireland AM show on PreNup's myspace. ACE OF HEARTS (LIVE ON BALCONY TV) TECHNICOLOUR Dave Clarke's video for PreNup's album track 'Technicolour'. FOOLISH LOVE (LIVE AT SXSW) Live acoustic version of 'Foolish Love' performed at Mother Egans in Austin, Texas, USA, on the 17th March 2007. JOIN OUR STREET TEAM To join the Street Team email the very dedicated and hard working (thanks G!) Geraldine at geraldine@hothouseflowers.com MySpace MUSIC RARITIES We've changed some of the songs available to listen to on our MySpace Artist page to 'Carrickfergus', 'Love Don't Work This Way '98' and 'Leave Your Troubles Behind'! Click here to visit and listen for free! WHERE ARE YOU IN THE WORLD? We'd love to know where you are so join our Fanmap courtesy of Frappr here! HOTHOUSE FLOWERS ON MySpace! We have opened two MySpace pages for anyone interested. We're happy to receive Friend Requests right now! Visit www.myspace.com/hothouseflowers for the profile page and www.myspace.com/hothouseflowersmusic where you can hear a selection of Hothouse Flowers' music (constantly!) The pages are quite raw at the minute but we will be adding more content in the next few weeks. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE ON HF.COM? Whilst having a Spring clean and trying to freshen things up for you (see below), we thought it would be good to ask you what you would like to see here, too. All ideas are welcome and depending on the practicality of the ideas we will try our best to include them. Please check the FAQ page just in case your question or idea is already answered. Otherwise, drop us a line to mail@hothouseflowers.com with your ideas and thoughts.

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Tuesday 30th June, 2009

(Please check our News Archive for more information and links)

ADDITIONAL IRISH DATE IN BALBRIGGAN
New Liam Ó Maonlaí Solo Dates for July in Mayo, Donegal & Czeh Republic
See the gigs section for details.

ADDITIONAL IRISH DATE IN BALBRIGGAN
10th July 2009 Radisson SAS Hotel Sligo.
11th July 2009 McCormacks, Balscadden, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin.
1st August 2009 Bantry, Co. Cork.
2nd August 2009 INEC, Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney, Co Kerry.
More details to follow check the gigs section for updates

HOTHOUSE VIDEOS ON YAHOO MUSIC
Some of your favourite hothouse flowers videos can now also be found on the Yahoo Music Site here

ADDITIONAL U.S.A TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
27th August 2009, Stephen’s Talkhouse, Amagansett, NY
28th August 2009, Showcase Live!, Foxborough, MA

Check out the gigs section for updates

HOTHOUSE FLOWERS U.S.A TOUR DATES
The hothouseflowers will be playing New Hampshire, New York and Kansas City in August/September 2009

See the gigs section for dates and further updates

HOTHOUSE FLOWERS IRISH GIGS MAY 2009
Hothouse Flowers are playing as part of the Galway Volvo Ocean Race Festival on Thursday 28th May and the Lovin' the Leixlip Festival on Friday 29th May

See the gigs section for further details

LIAM JAPAN & KOREA DATES IN MAY !
Solo & Swell Season gigs for Liam in Japan & Korea . Check GIGS for full details.

HOTHOUSE FLOWERS TO PLAY LABADOUX FESTIVAL
Hothouse Flowers will be playing on Saturday 2nd May at the Labadoux Festival in Ingelmunster, Belgium. Visit www.labadoux.be. More details to follow....

LIAM TO PLAY AT CUBA CELEBRATION
Liam will be playing on Friday 6th February, 2009 (8pm) Liberty Hall, Dublin, for Cuban Revolution - 50th Anniversary Commemoration and Celebration. All proceeds to Cuban Hurricane fund. Speakers: Cuban Ambassador Noel Carrillo, President of SIPTU Jack O'Connor, President of Sinn Féín Gerry Adams. Music by prominent musicians including: Special Guest Artist Liam Ó Maonlaí, Cormac Breathnach and Latin American artists. Full details in GIGS.

LIAM PLAYING FOR GAZA CHILDREN's BENEFIT
Liam will be playing on Saturday 7th February, 2009 Vicar Street, Dublin, for Tuesday's Child organisation: www.tuesdayschild.ie. Tickets €25 available from January 23th. Also appearing Neil Hannon, Mary Black, Eleanor McEvoy, Kíla, Frances Black and friends. Liam said: "There is no excuse for the bombing of innocent people. We are witnessing a creation of hell. I don't believe weapons are the answer on any side. The real war is in the mind and the heart. Music is the greatest gift we have as human beings. It connects us and brings us together. Music heals. A lullaby can send a child to sleep...". Full details in GIGS.

LIAM RETURNS TO NATIONAL CONCERT HALL!
Liam will be returning to the National Concert Hall, Dublin, on Wednesday 4th March after his successful debut last year. Liam will be playing music from his critically acclaimed new album 'To Be Touched.' Full details in GIGS.

LIAM AND SWELL SEASON SHOW!
Liam + The Swell Season @ Vicar Street, Dublin has been announced: February 5th. Here's the bulletin from MySpace: "We are happy to announce that the previously postponed Vicar Street (Dublin) show will now take place in February, with tickets on sale this Thursday (08/01/2009). The Swell Season and assorted friends play a rescheduled Vicar St. show on Thursday February 5, tickets for which are €34 and go on sale on this Thursday. Among the guests there will be Paul Noonan (BellX1), Liam Ó Maonlaí and Cary Sings. More special guests to be announced soon. The gig is a benefit for people with intellectual disabilities and is likely to feature some memorable one-off collaborations. The tickets that have already been purchased for this show last year, will be valid for the newly announced date."

MORE FIACHNA WITH COLIN!
UPDATE: Another date added! Saturday 28th February, 2009 (7.30pm) The Thatch, Rahan, Tullamore, R.O.I. More dates with Colin Devlin! Over to Colin...
"I kick off an eight date Irish acoustic tour on Feb 12th, ending in Dublin at the Sugar Club on Feb 27th, so spread the word, the dates are up on the website. I'll be joined onstage by my good friend Fiachna O'Braonain on guitars and atmospherics and special guest for the tour will Be Emm Gryner who I believe will be playing solo piano which should be great." The dates are:
Feb 12 2009: Spirit Store, Dundalk, Louth
Feb 13 2009: Dolans, (upstairs), Limerick
Feb 14 2009: Cyprus Ave, Cork
Feb 18 2009: Roisin Dubh, Galway
Feb 19 2009: Garter Lane, Waterford
Feb 20 2009: The Stables, Mullingar, Westmeath
Feb 26 2009: Boyles, Slane, Meath
Feb 27 2009: The Sugar Club, Dublin
Check out Colin's new work at www.myspace.com/colindevlinmusic and www.colindevlin.com.

LIAM LIVE AT CELTIC CONNECTIONS
Liam will be playing two shows as part of the Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow, Scotland, in January 2009. Full details in GIGS.

MESSAGE FROM PRENUP
Hi all!
PRENUP are delighted to announce that "Hell to Pay" is now available on iTunes worldwide. Up until now it had ony been available in the US but we have now rectified this problem. We will also be making PRENUP "Live" available on iTunes in the the coming weeks.. it should appear early 2009!
Happy Christmas!
Fiachna, Dave and Cáit

LIAM AND SINEAD O'CONNOR ON THE LATE LATE SHOW
Check out Liam singing and playing keys here with Sinead on Ireland's Late Late Show playing the song 'Baby, Let Me Buy You A Drink' released on the "Wells for Zoe: Water for Life" charity compilation.

LIAM SOLO NEWS - ALBUM AND SHOWS
Liam's new album 'To Be Touched' was released in Ireland on Friday 28th November. It is now available to buy in all good record stores and from www.liamomaonlai.ie. The track 'On My Mind' from the album is up on www.myspace.com/liamomaonlaimusic from Monday.

PRESS RELEASE: 'To Be Touched' is the stunning new solo album from Liam Ó Maonlaí. It is a deep, rich, soulful collection of new piano-accompanied compositions. Recorded in Prague last July with the companionship and help of Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, and funded by concerts the three of them performed there, 'To Be Touched' features Marketa on guest vocals along with the steady hand of Martin Brunsden on double bass.
Liam went into the studio with just three of the songs already written, the rest were born in the studio environment and continue to grow on this album.
From the light ease of 'Worry Not' and the intimacy of title track 'To Be Touched' the album exudes an atmosphere of calm and strength.
'To Be Touched' reintroduces Liam Ó Maonlaí as a songwriter of relevance and captures beautifully one of Ireland's greatest singers. Liam Ó Maonlaí has been inpsired by the great singers of the American plains. By the dance and ceremonial songs of the first nations of the continent of turtle island. By the pioneering folk, soul and blues musicians of modern USA. By the Arabic and Moorish expressions of divine love. By the pure tones of the Aboriginal people of Australia and by th egentle powerful music of West Papua. He made his career with rock and roll/soul music band Hothouse Flowers, this established his name as a singer of note in the soul/blues style. 'To Be Touched' is a birthing of his influences through the medium of song. He uses his first instrument the piano as a landscape for the wandering voice. Here are songs made of desire to open the heart and to share deep feelings.

Tour Dates:
Monday 24th Nov:: Albert Hall, London. Swell Season Support
Saturday 6th Dec:: The Ark, Children's Cultural Centre, Dublin
Monday 8th Dec:: Vicar Street, Dublin. Swell Season Support
Thursday 11th De:: Greystones Theatre, Wicklow
Saturday 13th Dec:: Seanscoil Saileama, Indreabhan, Connemara

Contact for press and interviews: Sarah Glennane Tel: 086 4021179 sarah@rianrecords.com www.liamomaonlai.ie

PRENUP LIVE ALBUM RELEASED
Fiachna, Dave and Cait release a new live album recorded at Crawdaddy. It will be available from all live shows on their current tour!

PRENUP TOUR UPDATE
PreNup are in the middle of their Irish tour - see below for details. To give you a foretaste of what to expect (they ROCK!), have a look at this: 'Firefighter' here and 'Kissed You' here.

VIDEO ALERT!
Watch:
Liam interviewed and playing a new song 'Worry Not' on TV3 here.

A brilliant performance by Liam of 'Your Love Goes On' filmed for Australia's Rockwiz during Hothouse Flowers' 2006 Australian and New Zealand tour here.

Liam, Dave and Fiachna with Martin Brunsden on double bass playing 'Sweet Marie' on Blas Ceoil filmed at Spring & Airbrake here, the latest version of 'Trying To Get Through', interview and 'Siúbhán Ní Dhuibhir' continued here.

LISTEN!
Hothouse Flowers in Castewellan interview and an amazing version of 'Sí do Mhamó í' here.

PRENUP INTERVIEW VIDEO
TV3's Exposé came to visit PreNup during their recent run of gigs at the Crawdaddy. The show features Lisa Cannon's interview with Fiachna and Cáit and some groovy footage of the band soundchecking Suckerpunched! Watch here.

THE MALI PROJECT!
Here are some reviews of Dambé – The Mali Project from the Irish Times and Irish Independent. Click on the image to download pdf.

THE MALI PROJECT!
There will be a special screening of 'Dambé – The Mali Project’ followed by talk by director Dearbhla Glynn and special performance by Liam and Afel Bacoum at the Lighthouse Cinema, Dublin, on Thursday 24th July. Film will continue to be shown for short run from 25th July.

NEW PRENUP VIDEOS!!!
Check out interview and live acoustic version of 'Firefighter' with Dave, Fiachna and Cait on Ireland AM show on PreNup's myspace.

ACE OF HEARTS (LIVE ON BALCONY TV)

TECHNICOLOUR

Dave Clarke's video for PreNup's album track 'Technicolour'.

FOOLISH LOVE (LIVE AT SXSW)

Live acoustic version of 'Foolish Love' performed at Mother Egans in Austin, Texas, USA, on the 17th March 2007. JOIN OUR STREET TEAM
To join the Street Team email the very dedicated and hard working (thanks G!) Geraldine at geraldine@hothouseflowers.com

MySpace MUSIC RARITIES
We've changed some of the songs available to listen to on our MySpace Artist page to 'Carrickfergus', 'Love Don't Work This Way '98' and 'Leave Your Troubles Behind'! Click here to visit and listen for free!

WHERE ARE YOU IN THE WORLD?
We'd love to know where you are so join our Fanmap courtesy of Frappr here!

HOTHOUSE FLOWERS ON MySpace!
We have opened two MySpace pages for anyone interested. We're happy to receive Friend Requests right now! Visit www.myspace.com/hothouseflowers for the profile page and www.myspace.com/hothouseflowersmusic where you can hear a selection of Hothouse Flowers' music (constantly!) The pages are quite raw at the minute but we will be adding more content in the next few weeks.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE ON HF.COM?
Whilst having a Spring clean and trying to freshen things up for you (see below), we thought it would be good to ask you what you would like to see here, too. All ideas are welcome and depending on the practicality of the ideas we will try our best to include them. Please check the FAQ page just in case your question or idea is already answered. Otherwise, drop us a line to mail@hothouseflowers.com with your ideas and thoughts.

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