So we played the NME awards last night. It wasn’t something us as a band were particularly looking forward to (apart from the Billy Bragg/Kate Nash collaboration) but we were able to highlight an important cause.
Most of you should know that ‘Staring At The Rudebois’ is a cover of The Ruts. On the 21st October 2007 the guitarist of The Ruts, Paul Fox, lost his battle with Cancer. We dedicate our performance to Paul Fox, The Ruts, and anyone who has been affected by cancer. Frank gave out daffodils at the end of our set as a symbol of awareness. Not sure whether the cool kids who attended the awards last night are even aware of this but people like Billy Bragg, Kate Nash, Manic Street Preachers, The Horrors and The Cribs all did a little bit to help by wearing one of the daffodils we gave out. A lot of people came up to me after the awards and said how proud of us they were and that meant more to me than anything that evening.
The Great Daffodil Appeal takes place throughout March and the idea is to get everyone across the UK to give donations for daffodils and wear them with dignity. Every donation means more time for Marie Curie Nurses to spend caring for terminally ill patients at home.
Visit www.mariecurie.org.uk for more information and support a good cause.
Laurent x
February 29th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Saw it, loved it. I thought it was a great performance and a great way of raising awareness.
See you guys tonight x
March 1st, 2008 at 11:45 am
Hi everybody,just wanted to say thank you for the shout to Paul at the nme awards. We raised a bit of money for the macmillan nurses at the Ruts/Rollins dvd launch great that you’ve used this event to raise awareness.I heard you were maybe playing at the rock against racism gig april 30th I’m be there so we may catch up..good luck xx segs
March 2nd, 2008 at 6:08 pm
hey watch it the other night. it was great!
i also think it was great how you dedicated it to paul and the ruts as well. such a good way to raise awareness thanx for such a good nite in glasgow!! xxx
March 6th, 2008 at 6:20 am
fuck the “cool” kids and the nme poser crowd, it was an awesome gesture to raise money for a very worthy cause
gallows made the nme awards worth watching (and the billy/kate collaberation too)
and the astoria show was fucking amazing
cheers
djb