| Danu end their touring days
 CONCERT-goers
in their thousands are preparing to say goodbye to Irish music legends
Danu.
The band is touring for the last time — with gigs across Britain
as they bid farewell.
The band will continue to make records but members have decided they’ve
had enough of life on the road.
Danu’s Benny McCarthy said: “We still hope to make albums,
but touring as a band will end after this tour.
“We have not argued or broken up it’s simply that we are all
married with children and spending 200 days on the road annually is over.
“We want to spend more time with our families.”
Danu are one of the most captivating Irish traditional groups to emerge
in recent years — playing a stunning mixture of evocative instrumentals
and stirring songs.
The were voted the BBC Radio 2 Folk Band of the Year in 2004.
The group’s dates are:
January 21: The Red Lion Folk Club, Red Lion, Vicarage Road, Kings Heath,
Birmingham; January 22: The Guildhall, Bore Street, Lichfield, Staffs;
January 24: St. Davids Hall, The Hayes, Cardiff, Wales; January 25: Wiltshire
Music Centre, Ashley Road, Bradford On Avon, Wilts; January 26: Tyneside
Irish Cultural Society, The Bridge Hotel, Newcastle upon Tyne; January
27-29: Celtic Connections Festival, Glasgow; January 31: The Stables,
Stockwell Lane, Wavendon, Milton Keynes; February 1: Derby Assembly Rooms,
Market Place, Derby; February 2: The Chapel, 36 Milford Street, Salisbury,
Wilts;
February 3: Theatr Mwldan, Bathouse Street, Cardigan, Dyfed, Wales; February
4: Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Penglais, Aberystwyth, Dyffed, Wales; February
5: Y Galeri, Victoria Dock, Caernarfon, Wales. |
