STARS' WORK UNVEILED ON OMAGH CD
Stars' work unveiled on Omagh CD
By Claire McGahan
Gala event in London for album launch
THE WORK of many of Ireland's biggest stars will be unveiled in London tonight at the launch of a unique CD raising funds for the Omagh bomb fund.
Sinead O'Connor, one of the stars who appears on the album, will help launch Across The Bridge of Hope at a gala event tonight.
The 12-track CD features Ballymena-born film star Liam Neeson - who opens the album with a reading of Seamus Heaney's The Cure at Troy - U2, Van Morrison, Boyzone, Ash, The Devine Comedy, Daniel O'Donnell, The Corrs, Paul Brady and Enya.
And there are contributions from Omagh too - singer Juliet Turner performs Broken Things while the Omagh Community Choir sing the title track, Across the Bridge of Hope, adapted from a poem written by 12-year-old Sean McLaughlin just weeks before he was killed in the August 15 bombing.
In the aftermath of the Omagh bomb which killed 29 people, two music industry professional, Ross Graham and Tim Hegarty invited musicians and singers to help raise money for the victims.
They were inundated with offers and the resulting CD goes on sale on Monday.
A spokesman for the coordinators of the project said: "We see this as being both a much-needed fundraising opportunity and a chance for the various artists to embody the current hopes for peace and reconciliation throughout Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and beyond."
By Claire McGahan
Gala event in London for album launch
THE WORK of many of Ireland's biggest stars will be unveiled in London tonight at the launch of a unique CD raising funds for the Omagh bomb fund.
Sinead O'Connor, one of the stars who appears on the album, will help launch Across The Bridge of Hope at a gala event tonight.
The 12-track CD features Ballymena-born film star Liam Neeson - who opens the album with a reading of Seamus Heaney's The Cure at Troy - U2, Van Morrison, Boyzone, Ash, The Devine Comedy, Daniel O'Donnell, The Corrs, Paul Brady and Enya.
And there are contributions from Omagh too - singer Juliet Turner performs Broken Things while the Omagh Community Choir sing the title track, Across the Bridge of Hope, adapted from a poem written by 12-year-old Sean McLaughlin just weeks before he was killed in the August 15 bombing.
In the aftermath of the Omagh bomb which killed 29 people, two music industry professional, Ross Graham and Tim Hegarty invited musicians and singers to help raise money for the victims.
They were inundated with offers and the resulting CD goes on sale on Monday.
A spokesman for the coordinators of the project said: "We see this as being both a much-needed fundraising opportunity and a chance for the various artists to embody the current hopes for peace and reconciliation throughout Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and beyond."
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Publisher: BELFAST TELEGRAPH
Ref: BT/0519
Published Date: 25-Nov-98
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