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- Der Arthur’s Day ist eine Reihe von Musikveranstaltungen, die erstmals 2009 zum 250. Geburtstag der Guinness-Brauerei stattfanden. An diesem Tag soll um 17:59 Uhr von jedem Guinnesstrinker ein Glas Guinness in Erinnerung an Arthur Guinness in den Himmel gereckt werden. 1759 wurde die Guinness-Brauerei gegründet, weshalb die Uhrzeit des Konzertbeginns 17:59 Uhr ist. (de)
- Arthur's Day was an annual series of music events worldwide, originally organised by Diageo in 2009 to promote the 250th anniversary of its Guinness brewing company. It was named after the founder of Guinness brewing, Arthur Guinness. The 2009 events took place, internationally, in the cities of Dublin, Kuala Lumpur, Lagos, New York and Yaoundé on 23 September 2009. The event was broadcast internationally on Sky TV,ITV2 and DirecTV. €6 million was pledged to the Arthur Guinness Fund at the time. The so-called celebration was endorsed by several high-profile names, such as rock star-turned political activist Bob Geldof, director and screenwriter Guy Ritchie, footballer and Guinness football ambassador for Africa Michael Essien and British celebrities such as Peter Crouch and Sophie Dahl. Notable high-profile names who later spoke out against Arthur's day include: director Lenny Abrahamson, singer-songwriter Christy Moore, and musician Mike Scott of The Waterboys. The event was also dubbed "Diageo Day" by The Huffington Post to promote a boycott of the event. The Royal College of Physicians Ireland highlighted a 30% increase in ambulance call-outs on each successive Arthur's Day and a doubling in alcohol-related liver disease over the previous decade, associated with drink promotion and the relative cheapness of alcohol. Guinness drinkers were asked by the brewing company to raise a glass to the memory of Arthur Guinness at 17:59 (5:59 pm), a reference to 1759, the year the Guinness Brewery was established. An 82c stamp of an Arthur Guinness portrait was also released by An Post to commemorate the anniversary. The last Arthur's Day was held in 2013 with Guinness cancelling the event in 2014. A new music programme to help emerging artists in Ireland called Guinness Amplify was launched to replace the event (en)
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- Der Arthur’s Day ist eine Reihe von Musikveranstaltungen, die erstmals 2009 zum 250. Geburtstag der Guinness-Brauerei stattfanden. An diesem Tag soll um 17:59 Uhr von jedem Guinnesstrinker ein Glas Guinness in Erinnerung an Arthur Guinness in den Himmel gereckt werden. 1759 wurde die Guinness-Brauerei gegründet, weshalb die Uhrzeit des Konzertbeginns 17:59 Uhr ist. (de)
- Arthur's Day was an annual series of music events worldwide, originally organised by Diageo in 2009 to promote the 250th anniversary of its Guinness brewing company. It was named after the founder of Guinness brewing, Arthur Guinness. Guinness drinkers were asked by the brewing company to raise a glass to the memory of Arthur Guinness at 17:59 (5:59 pm), a reference to 1759, the year the Guinness Brewery was established. An 82c stamp of an Arthur Guinness portrait was also released by An Post to commemorate the anniversary. (en)
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