{"id":2235,"date":"2010-09-23T14:31:25","date_gmt":"2010-09-23T13:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/blog\/?p=2235"},"modified":"2010-09-23T14:32:26","modified_gmt":"2010-09-23T13:32:26","slug":"global-guinness-celebration-arthur%e2%80%99s-day-2010-includes-the-script-brandon-flowers-snow-patrol-kelis-the-manic-street-preachers-westlife-and-paolo-nutini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2010\/09\/global-guinness-celebration-arthur%e2%80%99s-day-2010-includes-the-script-brandon-flowers-snow-patrol-kelis-the-manic-street-preachers-westlife-and-paolo-nutini\/","title":{"rendered":"GLOBAL GUINNESS CELEBRATION, ARTHUR\u2019S DAY 2010 INCLUDES THE SCRIPT, BRANDON FLOWERS, SNOW PATROL, KELIS, THE MANIC STREET PREACHERS, WESTLIFE AND PAOLO NUTINI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Consumers around the world join in the global celebration in addition to live music events and celebrations in Ireland, the USA, the Caribbean and Asia <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>23 September, 2010<\/strong> \u2013 The owners of GUINNESS\u00ae, the world\u2019s number one stout, is tonight hosting the 2010 Arthur\u2019s Day global celebration, which kicks off at the world famous St. James\u2019s Gate Brewery. Westlife, The Script, Brandon Flowers, Snow Patrol, Kelis, The Manic Street Preachers, Westlife and Paolo Nutini will perform in local pub venues across, Ireland, whilst millions of consumers across the world will take part in a global \u201cTo Arthur\u201d toast which begins at 17:59 in Dublin, Ireland and will finish in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 24 hours later.<\/p>\n

Arthur\u2019s Day was created in 2009 to mark the iconic brand\u2019s 250th anniversary of the signing of the 9,000 year lease on St. James\u2019s Gate in Dublin by the beer\u2019s famous philanthropist founder, Arthur Guinness. This year\u2019s events will continue to support the philanthropic legacy of Arthur Guinness with the launch of www.guinnessforgood.com<\/a> <http:\/\/www.guinnessforgood.com<\/a>> , continuing to build on the good work that has already started in supporting social entrepreneurship around the world.<\/p>\n

In total over 60 artists will perform across the country with the celebrations beginning at 17:59 local time with the global toast to Arthur Guinness and his remarkable legacy. Consumers will enjoy the celebration at over 30 venues across Dublin, Cork and Galway from intimate gigs in pubs to music venues and a concert at the St. James\u2019s Gate brewery itself.<\/p>\n

Additionally, GUINNESS & Co. has recently committed to increasing the Arthur Guinness Fund\u2122 to \u20ac7.4 million by 2012 as it continues its commitment to maintaining the philanthropic legacy of Arthur Guinness, by further supporting the search for the next generation of social entrepreneurs worldwide. As part of this, the Arthur Guinness Fund has launched www.guinnessforgood.com<\/a> and is also announcing a new three year partnership with Ashoka – the world\u2019s leading community of social entrepreneurs – to enable the deployment of the funds to new social entrepreneurial projects around the world. The global application process will begin just after this year\u2019s Arthur\u2019s Day on Tuesday 28 September 2010.<\/p>\n

The GUINNESS, ARTHUR\u2019S DAY and ARTHUR GUINNESS FUND words and associated logos are trade marks. As leaders in social responsibility, Diageo and Guinness & Co. encourage everyone to celebrate Arthur\u2019s Day responsibly.<\/p>\n

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Consumers around the world join in the global celebration in addition to live music events and celebrations in Ireland, the USA, the Caribbean and Asia 23 September, 2010 \u2013 The owners of GUINNESS\u00ae, the world\u2019s number one stout, is tonight hosting the 2010 Arthur\u2019s Day global celebration, which kicks off at the world famous St. … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[434,438,1076,433,1077,435,413,1078,1075,1074],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2235"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2235"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2238,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2235\/revisions\/2238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}