Earlier than Shirley Manson turned the well-known chief of Rubbish, she was enjoying in a band known as Angelfish. Now, that group is reuniting for his or her first present in a decade and all proceeds go to humanitarian assist charities for Palestinian youngsters.
The present will transpire at Edinburgh’s Liquid Room on Jan. 30. On Instagram, Manson wrote:
Yesterday I noticed a horrifying {photograph} of a 11 yr outdated Palestinian schoolboy, bleeding out from his groin the place he had been shot by a so known as soldier throughout a so known as ceasefire. His title was Muhammad al-Hallaq. He had been enjoying soccer along with his buddies in a village schoolyard south of Hebron within the occupied West Financial institution. So known as “troopers” educated to “combat” opened fireplace on Muhammad and his buddies as a result of the children had allegedly hurled some rocks. Grownup troopers with full impunity . Opening fireplace on youngsters. Intentionally focusing on AN ELEVEN YEAR OLD youngster within the groin.
Fucking evil.
Free Palestine.
Manson additionally not too long ago spoke up in opposition to music business economics. This gig can be Angelfish’s third since they broke up in 1995. The story behind that: Angelfish’s video for “Suffocate Me” famously aired solely as soon as on MTV, in the course of the Sept. 12, 1993 episode of 120 Minutes at practically 2 a.m. Steve Marker noticed it and the next yr invited Angelfish singer Shirley Manson to audition for his new band Rubbish. Angelfish known as it quits after finishing a tour opening for Dwell. (Manson was additionally a member of Goodbye Mr Mackenzie, which continued with out her.)
