Guinness – everyone's favourite stout. Synonymous with drunken Irishmen the world over.
So who is the perfect artist to celebrate the legacy of the famous Irish beer and the man who birthed it? ...What was that? Sinead O'Connor? No. Flogging Molly? Wrong.
Why, Angus Stone. Naturally.
To celebrate its Irish heritage, Guinness is collaborating with the scruffy, soft-spoken male Stone on a cover version of a classic Irish song. The tune will be dubbed the 'Australian Arthur's Day Anthem' and released on the day, which falls on Friday September 28.
The event, which is in its fourth year, celebrates the life and legacy of Arthur Guinness, founder of the stout, who procured the St James' Gate Brewery in Dublin in 1759. He signed a 9,000-year lease (a tad hefty, no?) which, by our calculations, leaves us with a few more years to indulge in belligerence in the name of the Irish before we have to regroup.
Stone's anthem will be released at 17:59 (we saw what you did there, Guinness) in pubs around the country – the perfect time to toast to Arthur Guinness. It’s either going to be a cover of The Cranberries’ 'Dreams' or 'The Blower’s Daughter' by Damien Rice – the two artists chosen by Australians as the most ‘quintessentially Irish’. Closely followed by Angus Stone, probably.
Aussies can get on the Guinness Australia Facebook from Monday September 3 and vote for which cover is their favourite.
On a sidenote, we’d like to congratulate the Irish for spawning yet another holiday devoted entirely to inebriation.
