HEROES: DUBLIN LEGENDS (THE DUBLINERS)

Friday 28 September 2018 2018

The Dublin Legends (former The Dubliners) don’t see death as an end, but as a new beginning. When their friend – and bandmember – Eamonn Campbell passed away, they decided not to stop but to keep playing with their band. Singer and guitar player Shay Kavanagh replaced Campbell. They continued with the band, a initiative of Campbell, and kept the musical legacy alive. If we need to believe the band, they will spoil their fans for many more years with extraordinary concerts. The Dublin Legends bring Irish folk how it is supposed to be: pure and raw, straight from the heart.

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  • Grote Zaal
  • 19:30
  • 20:30
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Every venue they play changes in an Irish pub within minutes. Their voices and instrumental virtuosity is so powerful, they don’t need shiny decors and special effects. Singer-guitarist Séan Connon was one of the permanent bandmembers of The Dubliners in 1982, Paul Watchorn’s (sing/guitar/banjo) voice sounds like it’s made for Irisch folk and Gerry O’Connor (violist/banjo) toured with huge names like The Waterboys. Successor of Eamonn Campbell had his own folk band with Mary Black as lead singer when he was young. The ‘musical legacy’ is in good hands with this four men.

During this night, The Dublin Legends will bring a mix of old and new materials, like ‘The wild rover’, ‘Dirty old town’, Whiskey in the jar’ en ‘The Irish rover’. Real folk-classics, interpret by real folk-artists.

 

Heroes

In the run-up to our 50-year anniversary in 2022, Paard chooses 50 iconic artists, out of the complete program, that we see as ‘Heroes’. With this label we put artists that have played an important role in pop history in the spotlights, and place them in music-historical perspective. Read the bizarre trivia, the anecdotes, the personal stories and why especially these artists plays in The Hague.

Everyone can collect them with the original Heroes-map! The only thing you need to do is purchase the Paard Heroes Map for €2,50. For more information please visit  www.paard.nl/paard-heroes/

“ Catch The Dublin Legends if they are appearing anywhere near you. You will not be disappointed! “

Joe Giltrap. The Irish Post, London.