March 25th, 2010
HAITI BENEFIT GIG - Christy Moore and John Spillane live at Vicar
Street, Dublin.
Well lads I have to report that last night was the new HIGHLIGHT OF MY CAREER! It was Christy Moore and John Spillane in Vicar Street, Dublin, playing to a sold out crowd of 1,200 people, a benefit gig to raise money for the people of Haiti. This is how it went; Firstly John O’ Shea of GOAL took the stage and spoke about the work they are doing there in Haiti. He …
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March 25th, 2010
Well what a day out we had in London lads for the big St. Patrick’s day celebrations; 3 days before the day itself, like. There were up to 20,000 people gathered there for the Irish celebrations. I suppose they haven’t the day off in England like so they have to do it on the weekend. I was booked by Gary Dunne of the Camden Irish Centre to do a half an hour slot, and to lead the sing-song at the end with the LONDON IRISH PENSIONERS …
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March 25th, 2010
Yes myself and my friend Tom, the great bear, driver and protector, rolled along in the Ford Taurus from Nashville all the way to Colombus Ohio. We passed through many strange places along the way, including Minneapolis! We landed in Columbus on a snowy night and rocked that town that night in the BELLA CAFÉ, and the following night in the Peggy McConnell Arts Centre, where I played to 130 people and though I say so …
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