Tommy Fleming
- Friday 22 February: Millennum Forum, Derry
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Give My Head Peace – LIVE 2019
The Give My Head Peace crew have been selling out theatres all over Northern Ireland for years and, fresh from their Christmas Special on BBC1, they hit the road with a brand new stage show in February and March. We’d like to tell you what the show’s going to be about but given Brexit, Trump, and an empty Stormont …. who knows? Anything can happen!
All we know for sure is that Ma, Cal, Da, Billy, and Dympna will be there. Uncle Andy can’t make it (he’s spending a year in bed in order to get a PIP claim) so he’s asked his old mucker Big Mervyn (BJ Hogg) to take over. And along with Ulster’s favourite menacing cleric Pastor Begbie (Paddy Jenkins) the gang guarantee a night of topical comedy, fantastic jokes and up to the minute satire. Plus there’ll be some superb stand-up from Tim McGarry.
- Sunday 10 March to Saturday 16 March: GOH, Belfast.
Anthony Toner
Anthony Toner celebrates the release of his ninth studio album, Our Lady of the Wind and Rain with a launch concert (this time accompanied by a trio) at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast on Sunday February 17, followed by his most extensive tour yet, taking in a string of dates across Northern Ireland and some new venues in Scotland and England.
The new album features the Coleraine-born, Belfast-based songwriter in upbeat mood on a selection that ranges from up-tempo blues to late night torch songs, with some special guests making an appearance. Look out for cameo appearances by fellow songwriters Gareth Dunlop, Matt McGinn and Eilidh Patterson, acclaimed cellist Neil Martin, blues guitar legend Ronnie Greer, jazz virtuosos Linley Hamilton and Dave Howell – all of it pinned down by a core band of Toner on guitars, John McCullough on keyboards, Matt Weir on drums and Clive Culbertson on bass – who also produced.
- Saturday 16 February: The Playhouse, DERRY/LONDONDERRY
- Sunday 17 February: Lyric Theatre (with band), BELFAST
- Friday 1 March: Marketplace Theatre, ARMAGH
- Saturday 2 March: Island Arts Centre, LISBURN
- Friday 8 March: Down Arts Centre, DOWNPATRICK
- Friday 29 March: Courtyard Theatre Ballyearl, NEWTOWNABBEY
KIERAN GOSS AND ANNIE KINSELLA – ‘Oh, The Starlings’
Long hailed as one of Ireland’s leading songwriters and performers, Kieran Goss has collaborated with singer/songwriter Annie Kinsella on their debut duo album. Titled ‘Oh, The Starlings’, the record will be released worldwide on 1st March.
Recorded in New York with eight time Grammy winning engineer and mixer Kevin Killen at the helm (David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, U2, Elvis Costello), ‘Oh, The Starlings’ has been described by songwriter Rodney Crowell as: “So good, it’s heartbreaking… the record itself feels like an old friend.”
Having already won the kinds of reviews that signal their elevation onto the international stage, Kieran Goss and Annie Kinsella’s ‘Oh, The Starlings’ is a work of art with poetry and melody at its heart. While at times reminiscent of the great music of the 70s – Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell or Leonard Cohen – Goss and Kinsella have undeniably succeeded in creating something magnificently, uniquely theirs: an album that is both classic and modern, simple and multi-layered, quiet and dynamic.
- Saturday 8 June: The Playhouse, Derry
- Sunday 9 June: Lyric Theatre, Belfast
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MCD Productions Northern Ireland show listings / www.mcd.ie
- Bryan Adams: SSE Arena, Monday 25 Feb
- Catfish & The Bottlemen: Ulster Hall, Wednesday 27 Feb – SOLD OUT
- Twenty One Pilots: SSE Arena, Saturday 2 March – SOLD OUT / EXTRA TICKETS RELEASED
- Gerry Cinnamon: Ulster Hall, Thursday 7 March – SOLD OUT
- UB40 Feat Ali & Astro: SSE Arena, Friday 22 March
- David Gray: Waterfront Hall, Tuesday 2 April – SOLD OUT
- Gavin James: Ulster Hall, Saturday 20 April – LIMITED – CALL THE ULSTER HALL BOX OFFICE: 028 90 334455
- The Magic of Michael Jackson: Waterfront Hall, Wednesday 24 April
- Alfie Boe: Waterfront Hall, Monday 29 April – LIMITED – CALL THE ULSTER HALL BOX OFFICE: 028 90 334455
- Disney On Ice: SSE Arena, Belfast, 3 – 5 May
- Snow Patrol + Two Door Cinema Club + Foy Vance + ASH + guests : Ward Park 3, Bangor, Saturday 25 May
- Katherine Jenkins: Waterfront Hall, Monday 27 May
- The Vamps: SSE Arena, Tuesday 28 May
- Anne-Marie: Waterfront Hall, Friday 31 May – SOLD OUT
- Michael Buble: SSE Arena, Sunday 9 June & Monday 10 June
- Bill Bailey: SSE Arena, Thursday 13 June
- Ben Elton: Ulster Hall, Saturday 28 September
- Impractical Jokers: Waterfront Hall, Thursday 10 October – LIMITED – CALL THE ULSTER HALL BOX OFFICE: 028 90 334455
- Chris de Burgh: Waterfront Hall, Tuesday 15 October
- Russell Watson & Aled Jones: Waterfront Hall, Thurs 17 October
- Andrea Bocelli with special guest: Beverly Knight: SSE Arena, Thursday 24 October
- Whats Love Got To Do With It: Waterfront Hall, Friday 25 October
- Marvel LIVE: SSE Arena, 8 to 10 November
- Eddie Izzard: Ulster Hall, Wednesday 13 November – LIMITED – CALL THE ULSTER HALL BOX OFFICE: 028 90 334455
- Mrs. Brown’s Boys D’Musical: SSE Arena, Friday 19 – Sunday 24 Nov
- Whitney: Queen Of The Night: Waterfront Hall, Thursday 16 Jan
