lyndon nixon ([email protected])
Thu, 26 Nov 1998 06:37:25 -0800 (PST)
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Stars' work unveiled on Omagh CD Gala event in London for album launch
By Claire McGahan
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 co- ordinators 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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