- Music
- 19 Sep 02
Doves - Mercury nominees, authors of the lovely The Last Broadcast, and consisting of one part "sensitive artist" to two parts "greedy bastards" - to play Dublin in mid-November
Doves celebrate their recent Sounding Off appearance with a Dublin Ambassador show on November 15.
It's part of an extensive UK and Irish tour - which may well serve as a lap of honour for them winning the 2002 Mercury Music Prize, as the Mancunians are joint 4/1 favourites to walk away with the £25,000 cheque when it's handed out next month in London.
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"I'd give it to distressed donkeys or something but Jez and Andy (Williams), well, they'd kick the crap out of each other to get the twenty-five grand," laugh singer Jimi Goodwin. " I'm the sensitive artist, they're the greedy bastards!"