Funeral For A Friend

Funeral For A Friend

at O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London
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Much-loved Welsh band Funeral For A Friend are back, for two shows only, in aid of a cause very close to their hearts. The special performances will take place at The Globe in Cardiff on 28th October and at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on 29th October.

In a message from the band today, they explain the motivation behind playing these gigs and provide some further insight into what to expect:

“FFAF Family,
When we left the stage on May 21st 2016 at London’s Kentish Town Forum, we all agreed that it was the perfect way to end Funeral For A Friend. We’d toured the UK one last time, playing some of the biggest shows we’d performed in years, in front of our friends and families. It was the perfect ending. Since then, we’ve been asked many times - ‘do you think you’ll ever come back?’ and the answer has always been a resounding ‘no’, because there was never any reason to.

Until now.

Recently, a man who can quite legitimately lay claim to being the world’s biggest FFAF fan (both literally and figuratively!), our friend Stuart ‘Big Stu’ Brothers, has been stricken with a terrible illness which has ultimately led to a terminal prognosis. Last month, Stu was given a few short weeks to live by his Doctors.

As Stu’s friends, we wanted to do something to help; particularly for his family and 3 young sons, who are going through unspeakable trauma right now. We discussed the possibility of auctioning off some FFAF memorabilia (which we’ll still do), but it became apparent that the way in which we could best help Stu was to perform some fundraising shows, with the proceeds going directly to his family.

So, on October 28th and 29th, at the Cardiff Globe and London O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire respectively, Funeral for a Friend will be performing two more shows to benefit the Brothers family.

Being that Stu was an old-school fan right from the very start, we will mainly be performing material from the early part of our career circa 2002-2007. Joining Matt, Kris, Gav and Rich for the shows will be guitarist Darran Smith (who left the band in 2010) and drummer/vocalist Ryan Richards, who left in 2012.

Additionally, a fundraising page has been set up for Stu’s family at www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/ForBigStu . If you can, please give generously to a great man and a great cause.

Thank you, and we’ll see you in October.

Matt, Kris, Gav, Rich, Darran and Ryan.

FFAF.”

*This show was moved from The Globe*

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Welsh rockers whose furious live presence and visceral explosions of riffs, screams and melody has been winning them fans since their first releases…

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O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire

Shepherds Bush Green
London
W12 8TT

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O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire

Shepherds Bush Green
London
W12 8TT

Disabled Booking:
020 8354 3300

See all events at O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire