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Gary Moore Dies at 58

February 7, 11 //
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Gary Moore, legendary guitarist of “Thin Lizzy” has died at 58, usnewssource reports.

He died in his sleep just hours after checking into a hotel in Spain’s Costa del Sol with a young woman.

His official website released the announcement: “It is with deep sorrow and regret that we have to announce that Gary Moore passed away while on holiday in Spain last night.”

Other artists have been quick to pay tribute to the Belfast boy. Canadian singer and guitarist Bryan Adams took to twitter to say, “R.I.P. Gary Moore”, calling him ‘a guitarist extraordinaire’, and Henry Rollins called his death ‘a big loss’.

John Mayer at the Beacon Theatre!

November 18, 09 //
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The first concert I’ve ever been to that involved commercial breaks, and suffered for it. Marketed as a concert with the filming for a TV station only mentioned as a side note, the organizers of John Mayer at the Beacon theater pretty much made an audience pay a hundred dollars a ticket to cheer and create ambient noise or ‘ambi’, as those in the biz like to call it. As Mayer muttered his way through the commercial intervals unscripted and unprepared, there was a distinct sense of being cheated amongst the troops- I mean, couldn’t he at least have prepared a joke or anecdote? Were we only there to serve the sales of his new album?
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Le Révolutionnaire Involontaire

October 5, 09 //
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Contrary to an uncommon yet amusing misconception, the term ‘free jazz’ is not to be taken literally. Perhaps someone should have told the massive crowd who turned up to an Ornette Coleman concert in 1969 with empty pockets. Something makes me think that they might regret their frugality, as Coleman was to become regarded as one of the most highly influential innovators and involuntary revolutionaries in the history of jazz music, and may have been worth a few spare pennies and a handful of lint.
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The Ulster Bank Theatre Festival launches it’s 2009 programme!

August 17, 09 //
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Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival which will run from 24th Sept – 11th Oct 2009 and is  once again sponsored by Ulster Bank.

- This year’s programme offers a wealth of Irish and international productions.

- For the first time the Festival will tour a production to 3 venues during the Festival.

- International productions include:  Direct from the deserts of India, The Manganiyar Seduction; Declan Donnellan’s version of Chekhov’s Three Sisters (Chekhov International Theatre Festival and Cheek by Jowl); Robert Lepage’s The Blue Dragon; National Theatre UK and Live Theatre Newcastle present Lee Hall’s hit The Pitmen Painters. Highlights in the Samuel Beckett Theatre, Cet Enfant (Compagnie Louis Brouillard) and Kamp from Hotel Modern.

- Major interactive light installation Playhouse which will illuminate Liberty Hall.

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ABBEY PRESENTS RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN’S CELEBRATED COMEDY ‘THE RIVALS’ AS ITS SUMMER SHOW

July 1, 09 //
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June 2009 – The Abbey Theatre presents Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s celebrated comedy of manners THE RIVALS as this year’s summer production. One of theatre’s most enduring comedies, the national theatre’s production is directed by Patrick Mason and opens for an eight week run on Wednesday 28 July 2009.

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The Gigli Concert

June 16, 09 //
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A cherished dream is finally becoming a reality with the imminent re-opening of Druid’s newly refurbished home on Druid Lane in Galway. The theatre will be unveiled with a production of The Gigli Concert by Tom Murphy as part of Galway Arts Festival (July 14-25). The production will then transfer to the Everyman Palace Theatre, Cork (July 28 – August 1) before returning to Galway to the Town Hall Theatre (August 4th – 8th). Widely regarded as Tom Murphy’s masterpiece, The Gigli Concert will embark on an extensive tour of Ireland in November and December.
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Man to Man at The Abbey

March 25, 09 //
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THE ABBEY THEATRE TALKS MAN TO MAN IN 2009 ABBEY TALKS SERIES

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Talking business with ‘Funeral for a Friend’

October 27, 08 //
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Welsh rock band ‘Funeral For A Friend’ have been around for a while but now they’ve launched their own label, ‘Join Us’, and released a new album, ‘Memory and Humanity’. Despite their busy schedule- they are in the middle of a UK tour- Ryan Richards, drummer and backing vocalist, took time out to talk to The Irish Critic. We find out about the new album and their rapid rise to fame.

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The Rapparees- ‘Clarity’

September 19, 08 //
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Rough and ready as they come, The Rapparees (who formed about six years ago), have been described by Hotpress as ‘irresistably rough-arsed’ and that’s exactly what they are.

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‘Kicking and Screaming’: Funeral for a Friend tone it down

September 18, 08 //
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The music of ‘Funeral for a Friend’ is difficult enough to pin down. Is it emo? Maybe metal? They prefer just ‘rock’.  Ihad just decided to put the issue to rest when I heard the latest track from their new album ‘Memory and Humanity’, and was thrown into a whole new state of confusion. ‘Kicking and Screaming’ is ‘extreme pop’: Ryan Richards describes it as ‘basically a pop song played loud, hard and turned up to 11.’
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