A Stunning night out for Gaza’s children
Members of legendary Galway rock band The Stunning will play a late-night DJ set in the city next Sunday night to raise funds for a project to bring talented young soccer players from Gaza to Ireland.
Straight from what promises to be a brilliant Big Top set at the Galway International Arts Festival, the band members will join their fans and friends for a night of tunes and nostalgia at Massimo, William Street West, from 11pm.
All proceeds will go to the Gaza Kids to Ireland project and there is a suggested donation of €10 on the door.
The boys from the Al-Helal Football Academy captured the hearts of many Galway people when they visited Kinvara over the past two summers and it’s hoped that their trip to Ireland can become an annual event.
The boys were also delighted to meet President Michael D. Higgins when they attended a game between Galway United and Dundalk FC at Eamonn Deacy Park in 2016, – on that occasion, the main stand gave them a sustained round of applause.
The Stunning were formed in Galway in 1987 and lead singer Steve Wall feels it’s important to use his platform as a musician to speak out against injustice. He is passionate about the human rights of Palestinians.
“The blatant ethnic cleansing of a nation is happening before our eyes and the silence of the world is a disgrace. So I try to do whatever I can to keep their plight visible and to highlight what’s going on,” he says.
“Even if it means just letting my friends know on social media that a local supermarket is selling Israeli potatoes, then it’s something. The international boycott of South African goods had a huge effect on the ending of apartheid, but it seems harder to get the world to react to the destruction of Palestine.”
For more, read this week’s Galway City Tribune.
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