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email! Royal Albert Hall 2012 It's a special article that is coming your way today. Enid and Renata penned a report about the Royal Albert Hall appearance back in March. You have to know that this report was finished and ready for release before Barney passed away. We tossed and turned about the publication of it for a while. Eventually, we decided that we publish it as it was written. Enid and Renata added a few words to explain why - in the end it boils down to one fact: Under the premise of delivering new content, reporting about current happenings in the Dubliners world, THIS is the very last time that we will report about the lads including Barney McKenna like we did for the past seven years, the last time we tell you how it is when they take the stage with Banjo Barney - so we did not want to miss anyone that last glimpse at a time we will never see again. Yours truly also begs for your understanding, that under these circumstances, our selection of photographs tends to display one certain member of the band very prominently this - and we repeat: for the last - time.
Royal Albert Hall, March 2012 thedubliners.at tribute to Barney Peter Heinz of the Austrian Dubs website, www.dubliners.at, put on a few thoughts about his long-time friend of nearly 30 years. Worth while to read, and enriched with a handful of carefully selected images, some of these you won't find everyday. Don't worry about the German image titling, once you click the Barney pic on the front page, you will find a link to an English version!
www.thedubliners.at The Dubliners dedicate NCH gig to Barney The Dubliners will play one of their toughest gigs ever: Tonight at the National Concert Hall in Dublin will be the very first appearance of the band without beloved Barney McKenna. This is part of the NCH announcement (read it in full at www.nch.ie)
We would appreciate if anyone of you not attending the gig would share a moment with us in spirit tonight - for Barney. Update 18 April 2012: The Independent reported about the abovementioned night - read it here. Thx, Enid!
Barney McKenna 1939-2012 It is our sad duty to inform you that Barney passed away today. The bond of friendship between The Dubliners is the deepest and dearest you can imagine on this earth, so we beg for your understanding that we are still too shocked to properly express our feelings or acknowledge what he meant to us and countless of fans. He was a dearest of friends to us and an iconic figure in the world of Irish music but as we said, we are too shocked to tell you anything but the sad news today. All our sympathies are with the family. Barney, may you rest in peace.
Merzig, Germany 2011  This report about the 4 November 2011 gig in Merzig, Germany, is the final review we publish in 2011. Enid penned once more a great review, and she (and Ria) supplied a handful of images as well. That's the perfect moment to thank the "fandom writers and photographers" for their never-tireing work. You saw us giving them credit throughout the year, you've seen the names of them all, and today we want to repeat and emphasize how appreciated their work us. So, lads and lassies of the Dubs fandom, take a bow! And I couldn't resist of putting the very first picture (by Ria) of Patsy signing his new album NOW right here; there are of course more than a dozen additional images of the gig in the review. All that said, don't forget the review: Click here to check it out! Dubliners complete again We are happy to let you know that The Dubliners will be complete again next week at Vicar Street - Patsy returns to performing and wants to thank you all for your good wishes.
Gay Byrne: For One Night Only (RTÉ) As most of you already know, the lads will appear on TV on 25 December 2011 on "For One Night Only" with host Gay Byrne. The offical blurb says "On the eve of their 50th anniversary The Dubliners join Gay Byrne For One Night Only to celebrate the 50 years of the Dubliners, with guest performances from some of the cream of the Irish music scene including Declan O'Rourke, Sharon Shannon, Shane MacGowan, Mary Couglan and Liam Ó'Maonlai", and that's all you need to know - it's the Dubs! The night was taped ahead, and we can supply you with a quick four-pic sneak preview: The upper half of the first twin-photograph shows Carol, Jimmy Keaveny and Patsy; Jimmy, I'm just mentioning this here for anyone not from Ireland, is Dublin's greatest footballer ever, and a longtime friend of Patsy. The lower half has Carol, Gay Byrne, Lorraine and Patsy. The second photograph gives you an impression how lively (and crowded) it became on stage during the taping. Among the many guests, there is Sean Keane from The Chieftains standing behind Barney and Gerry O'Connor standing behind Patsy on the upper pic, while we have Shane MacGowan on the lower pic as well as Sharon Shannon (the lady in red). That said, don't forget to tune on 25 December!   RTÉ TV Vienna 2011 Double Feature You possibly wondered why we didn't have our 'Vienna Revisited' story by Yours Truly this year. Wonder no more: We simply cancelled it because instead of one story we have now two stories for you - Enid (with hubby Helmut) from Germany and Renata from Italy visited us this year, experienced the magic called The Dubliners in the intimate setting of the Metropol and put down their great memories in two stories complementing each other. Plus, an unheard first (if my memory doesn't fail me), we have a huge pack of 30 (yes, thirty!) brand-new photographs from the Vienna gigs for you. If that doesn't make you follow up this link to story and images right away, then we don't know what will.
Patsy Watchorn: New album NOW  Patsy's latest masterpiece, his new album NOW is available!Here's the track list: Paddy On The Railway Dublin In The Rare Auld Times Raglan Road Dirty Old Town Dublin Is Me McAlpines Fusiliers The Foggy Dew The Ferryman Monto Whiskey In the Jar And here's a quote what Hotpress magazine has to say: You can order your copy of the album in CD format or as a digital download (including iTunes and Amazon) - please follow this link! |
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