Gavin Friday (born Fionan Martin Hanvey, 8 October 1959, Dublin) is an Irish singer and songwriter, composer and painter. Career He was a founding member of the post punk group, Virgin Prunes and has recorded several solo albums and soundtracks. He has maintained a close friendship with U2's Bono since both were children, and they collaborated on the soundtrack for the Jim Sheridan film, In the Name of the Father. In 2003 they wrote "Time Enough for Tears", the original theme tune for Sheridan's film In America, as sung by Andrea Corr. In 2005 Gavin Friday played Billy Hatchet in the Neil Jordan film Breakfast on Pluto. On the soundtrack he sings "Wig Wam Bam" and "Sand", a duet with Cillian Murphy. His main collaborator since beginning his solo work in 1985 has been multi-instrumentalist, Maurice Seezer. In September 2006 a 2-CD collection of sea shanties called Pirate Ballads, S