Music
18 Aug 20

Bruce Springsteen, Lucinda Williams, Spider Stacy and more to celebrate Joe Strummer's birthday with special livestream

The livestream is set to be broadcast later this week.

A star-studded line-up has been revealed for a special live-streamed event celebrating what would have been Joe Strummer's 68th birthday. Going live this Friday, August 21, at 8pm Irish time, A Song For Joe: Celebrating the Life of Joe Strummer, will feature never-before-seen live footage of the late Clash frontman, alongside special messages and performances from the legendary likes of Bruce Springsteen, Lucinda Williams, Bob Weir, The Pogues' Spider Stacy, The Strokes' Albert Hammond Jr., Matt Dillon, Beto O'Rourke, Tom Morello and more.

As well as celebrating Strummer's life, the free livestream will also be collecting donations to benefit Save Our Stages, helping independent venues impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

“To see so many musicians and artists come forward to honour Joe is really touching,” his wife Lucinda Tait revealed in a statement about the event. “Community was always important to him. Whether it was playing music with friends, organising all night campfires, or hijacking festivals, Joe was always focused on bringing people together. Even though we can't all be in the same room together, I cannot think of a better way for us all to feel united. Joe would have loved this.”

See the full line-up for A Song For Joe below:

Albert Hammond Jr. (The Strokes)
Beto O’Rourke
Bob Gruen
Bob Weir
Brian Fallon
Bruce Springsteen
Butch Walker
Cherry Glazerr
Craig Finn & Tad Kubler (The Hold Steady)
Dave Hause
Dhani Harrison
DJ Scratchy
Dropkick Murphys
Eugene Lutz (Gogol Bordello)
Frank Turner
HR (Bad Brains)
Hinds
The Interrupters
Jesse Dayton
Jesse Malin
Jim Jarmusch
Joe Ely
Josh Cheuse
Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age)
Lucinda Williams
Lyza Jane
Matt Dillon
Nikolai Fraiture (The Strokes)
Ray Gange (Rude Boy)
Richard Dudanski (101ers)
Sara Driver
Shepard Fairey
Spider Stacy (The Pogues)
Steve Buscemi
Tom Morello
+ very special guests