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Sat 27 February 2010 at 8pm
Dublin Gospel Choir
Tickets: €18/€15, Friends €15
Featuring special guests The Inishowen Gospel Choir
Not too many Irish acts, let alone international ones, can boast of sharing the stage with music industry heavyweights such as Rod Stewart, John Legend, James Brown, Damien Rice, and The Chieftains. But that is exactly what the Dublin Gospel Choir has achieved over the last few years.
From their modest beginnings as a local school choir in Dublin’s inner city 13 years ago, they have become a household name in Ireland, playing a host of concerts each year, plus a large number of corporate and charity events. Add to that their annual slot at Ireland’s internationally-acclaimed boutique festival Electric Picnic (at which they played the Main Stage again in 2009) and a performance to a sell-out 82,000 crowd at Croke Park in 2008, and you have a group of people who are really going places.
The choir also featured along with Chris de Burgh on a special New Year’s Day BBC Songs of Praise programme which was broadcast to over 35million viewers worldwide.
Whereas the religious audience is one target market for them, the Dublin Gospel Choir have broad appeal. Collaborations with people like Damien Rice and Paddy Casey have also won them a much younger audience and one that remains a large part of their audience at shows right across Ireland.
They were also invited by Rod Stewart to join him for two great nights at the RDS.
Their latest album, the funky and soulful Doing Their Thing was released in early November.
“An annual must-see of Electric Picnic – who’d have thought gospel would be this cool?” (Irish Times)
“Gladdens the heart and brings a smile to the face……Uplifting stuff” (Hot Press)
“Ireland’s foremost gospel musicians” (Metro)
For more information visit www.dublingospelchoir.com
The Inishowen Gospel Choir were the toast of last year's Earagail Festival thanks to their brilliant Spirit Voices show, a total sellout and for many people the highlight of the festival.
Displaying a very versatile sound, from traditional, goodtime Harlem and Southern gospel anthems and uplifting renditions of soul, rock and funk classics to a mix of world music and diverse original arrangements, the choir guarantee a great night out - leaving no soul unturned.
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