DUG, John Francis Flynn, Laura Quirke and Joshua Burnside to play fundraiser gig for Palestine

DUG have announced a fundraiser gig for Palestine in Dublin with additional performances from John Francis Flynn, Laura Quirke and Joshua Burnside.

All proceeds from the Palestine Solidarity Night show will be donated to the Irish Red Cross Gaza Appeal.

According to the Irish Red Cross website, the organisation works in partnership with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society to provide emergency relief and medical aid, as well as to support hospitals and mobile clinics in Gaza.

The Irish Red Cross Gaza Appeal also helps to provide healthcare services in the West Bank and support for families of children from Gaza who have arrived in Ireland for medical treatment.

The show is set for 8:00 p.m. on December 28 at The Sugar Club in Dublin.

Tickets will go on sale on Friday, November 14 at 10:00 a.m..

 

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The announcement came amid DUG's Have At It! Tour of the EU, UK and US. They are set to play a series of gigs across Ireland in December ahead of the Palestine Solidarity Night.

Quirke and Burnside recently supported DUG on the first show of their tour at Dublin's The Academy in October.

Burnside also featured on 'Wheel of Fortune', a track from DUG's latest record, Have At It!.

Francis Flynn and Lemoncello — the trad duo of which Quirke is a member — appeared together on VARO's album The World That I Knew.

Francis Flynn was recently announced as a support act on The Pogues' upcoming Australia and New Zealand tour.