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Ahead of his new Dublin show, Gavin Friday talks to U2.Com about making movies, going into the studio with Bono and producing ‘Tomorrow Belongs to Me’.

Gavin Friday has a new show, ‘Tomorrow Belongs to Me’, opening in Dublin, at the end of the month – a ‘musical/visual tribute to 20th Century German Music, Art, Film and Literature’. And Gavin, one of U2’s oldest friends and collaborators, has just been in the studio with Bono recording ‘sea chanteys’ with producer Hal Willner for the double album ‘Rogue’s Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys’, released next month. Oh, and he’s made his Hollywood debut this year, in Neil Jordan’s Golden Globe nominated ‘Breakfast on Pluto’. And found time to collaborate with Quincy Jones on the soundtrack to the 50 Cent biopic ‘Get Rich or Die Trying’. Did we mention he’s just become a neighbour of Bono? Seemed like a good moment to track Gavin down for a goss. Here’s what he had to say.

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