This Good Friday, April 22nd, The Dublin Gospel Choir are putting on a very special concert that not only brings lots of cracking gospel music but also some very special guests in the form of Cathy Davey, Neil Hannon and Paddy Casey all performing songs with the choir for the first time in public.
While Paddy Casey has collaborated with the choir in the past, this Olympia show will see him performing some new material with a gospel choir. Both Cathy Davey and Neil Hannon will be collaborating with The Dublin Gospel Choir for the first time on what promises to be a very special musical occasion, and as with all Dublin Gospel Choir concerts, audiences undoubtedly guaranteed to be on their feet dancing!
Tickets are available from www.ticketmaster.com. €30. Doors 7.15pm. Concert starts 8pm
From their modest beginnings as a local school choir in Dublin’s inner city in the mid 1990s, the Dublin Gospel Choir have become a household name in Ireland, playing a host of concerts each year, plus a large number of corporate and charity events. Their annual slot at Ireland’s internationally-acclaimed boutique festival Electric Picnic is now legendary and the choir are no stranger to large outdoor venues either, having performed to a sell-out 82,000 crowd at Croke Park. They have shared the stage with music industry heavyweights such as Stevie Wonder, Rod Stewart, John Legend, Damien Rice and The Chieftains. 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 35 million viewers worldwide.
To great acclaim, the choir released their debut album Moving On in 2006; featuring a mix of gospel classics and contemporary cover versions.Their second album Doing Their Thing repeats this mix of the traditional and the modern. Doing Their Thing is out now!