Gavin James Announces Live Stream Gig From His Home In Aid Of Alone Ireland

Gavin James announces 'gig from my gaff'

Gavin James has announced he'll be live streaming a gig from his home tomorrow from 8pm in aid of Alone Ireland.

He's not the only one doing this - the likes of John Legend, Snow Patrol and more are taking a similar approach.

 

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10 pint face! #1millionstreamsonalways

A post shared by Gavin James (@gavinjameslive) on Feb 20, 2020 at 4:49pm PST

Gavin announced the news in a video posted to his Twitter account earlier this week.

"Hey everybody! Hope everybody's having a good time at home and not too bored."

"I'm doing a live stream from my gaff at 8pm on Thursday just to raise awareness for Alone Ireland who are looking after all the old folks at the moment.."

 

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Caption this 😎 👊 📸 @ryanjafarzadeh

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The Irish artist went on, "You can watch it for free but there will be a download link to donate whatever you can to Alone Ireland."

"It's on YouTube so you'll have to find a link - I'll set it all up the day before!"

Gavin finished up, "I'm just gonna keep playing until we raise loads of money!"

Thursday 8pm live stream ❤️

Free obviously but if you can please donate to @ALONE_IRELAND so they can look after all the old folks out there and spread the word x https://t.co/WwTnTzW9sb pic.twitter.com/cUtJYJmsus

— Gavin James (@gavinjames) March 16, 2020

Gavin's also taking request on his Twitter account so get your tweets in now!

Other artists

Many other artists have been making similar moves.

Snow Patrol announced they'll live stream a gig from their Instagram account tomorrow from 7pm.

And they're also taking requests!

 

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Hi everyone. Acoustic gig live on the @snowpatrol Instagram this Thursday the 19th at 7pm GMT. Please put any requests below and I’ll start with the most requested songs and then in future live shows (there will be more) I’ll get through as many of the others as I can. Sorry if any of you are following me AND snow patrol as you’ll be getting two of these posts but I just wanted to get the word out about the gig. If you miss it live it will be up on insta afterwards too of course. Loads of love. See you Thursday I hope. gL.x

A post shared by Snow Patrol (@snowpatrol) on Mar 17, 2020 at 1:13pm PDT

John Legend also live streamed a performance in order to, 'help lift spirits.'

The gig went on for about an hour and his famous wife Chrissy Teigen made an appearance.

'Social distancing is important, but that doesn't mean it has to be boring.'

 

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Social distancing is important, but that doesn't mean it has to be boring. I did a little at-home performance to help lift your spirits. @Miguel, @CharliePuth - you want next? Learn more about how you can take action to help slow the spread of coronavirus with our partners at @WHO and @GlblCtzn globalcitizen.org/coronavirus #TogetherAtHome

A post shared by John Legend (@johnlegend) on Mar 17, 2020 at 9:48pm PDT

Coldplay's Chris Martin also performed a gig from his home for the band's Instagram followers.

He explained that the band aren't together at the moment because they're all stuck in different countries.

Chris named his performance, 'Together At Home.'

 

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Chris played a mini gig at home earlier today on IG Live. @glblctzn @WHO @JohnLegend #TogetherAtHome

A post shared by Coldplay🌙☀️ (@coldplay) on Mar 16, 2020 at 5:21pm PDT

Meanwhile, the 2020 Met Gala has been postponed over coronavirus fears.

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