Bright Day For The Black Stuff
Updated : May 13, 2009
A host of the top bands are lining up for a clutch of global concerts to toast 250 years of Irish acholic beverage Guinness this autumn.
The gigs celebrating the birth of the black stuff take place on September 24 in Dublin, New York, Lagos, Cameroon and Kuala Lumpur.
Irish punk legends The Undertones, hip hop group Black Eyed Peas and classic British dance chart-toppers Soul II Soul are also set to raise their glasses to the drink’s founder Arthur Guinness.
The Irish event will, of course, form the centrepiece with the main party at Dublin’s legendary St James’s Gate Brewery, where Mr Guinness signed his famous 9,000-year lease a quarter of a millennium ago.
Brian Duffy, the drinks company’s global brand director, said the year marked a momentous occasion for the world-renowned pint of plain.
“I am so proud to be a part of the 250th celebrations, and look forward to raising my glass to a truly inspirational man, Arthur Guinness,” he said
VeryHappyPig will try and drink a pint for every year. It could be messier than Paddy’s Day were we try and drink a pint for every snake St Patrick kicked out of Ireland.
