Carl Barat signs up for Ed Harcourt’s London charity gig

Carl Barat will be playing a benefit gig at Union Chapel in London put together by Ed Harcourt.

Harcourt has also invited The Magic Numbers and Sophie Ellis-Bextor along for the Ed Harcourt & Friends: A Benefit for Child Refugees event on December 2nd, supporting the Ash Perrin entertainment charity The Flying Seagull Project.

“I met the Flying Seagulls at the Hop Farm festival a few years ago and was blown away by Ash’s charisma and passion; he was entertaining kids in the family area and afterwards we got talking about the work he did in refugee camps and hospitals, which led to the idea for this benefit gig. It should be a very special night,” he says.

“The Union Chapel is a beautiful venue and to see these performers stripped back and acoustic should be a real treat.”