Eddi Reader returns to Belfast
Scottish songstress, Eddi Reader returns to Irish shores from the 8th – 18th of February 2018 for her tenth consecutive nationwide tour. Performing in Sligo, Ennis, Wexford, Ballymaloe, Kilkenny, Galway, Dun Laoghaire, Bellaghy and Belfast, she will be joined by her regular band members, John Douglas (guitar & vocals), Boo Hewerdine (guitar & vocals), Alan Kelly (piano accordion) and Kevin McGuire (double bass & vocals).
With her captivating and powerful performance, Eddi Reader has effortlessly developed into one of popular music’s most thrilling and affecting performers. What sets Eddi apart is the depth and quality of the emotional performance and ability not only to move the listener, but also to connect her experience to that of her audience. Having first hit the limelight in the 1980’s with the group Fairground Attraction (who enjoyed huge chart success with their debut No.1 single Perfect and album First of a Million Kisses), Eddi went on to collaborate on many celebrated projects throughout the years, famously harmonizing with Annie Lennox while touring with the Eurythmics and paying her punk dues with a successful stint in the group Gang of Four. However it has been Eddi’s subsequent solo albums that have cemented her image as a powerful figure in British music.
Eddi has already started recording a 10th solo album, no release date announced yet but hopefully before this tour starts. She has already started to perform some of the new songs in her current set.
With 9 critically acclaimed solo albums, 3 BRIT awards, a #1 single and MBE in tow, 2016 welcomed the release of her first career spanning compilation entitled, The Best Of, featuring material from across Eddi’s prestigious 30 year recording career. Including thirty of her most consistently beautiful, often deeply personal and intimate songs, Eddi Reader The Best Of gives us a generous insight into her wide ranging artistry and songwriting, time and again showcasing her knack for picking a great song and making it her own. Declared, “a definitive musical portrait of one of the finest voices this country has produced, whether that be in folk, pop or any other genre” by Folk Radio UK.
Catch Eddi Reader performing live on her forthcoming Irish tour:
Thurs 8th – SLIGO – Hawk’s Well Theatre http://www.hawkswell.com071 9161518
Fri 9th – GALWAY – Town Hall Theatre http://tht.ie091 569777
Sat 10th – WEXFORD – National Opera House https://www.nationaloperahouse.ie/053 912 2144
Sun 11th – BALLYMALOE (Co. Cork) – Grainstore http://ballymaloegrainstore.com021 465 2531The occurrence of the impotence most buy cialis robertrobb.com adversely affects the health of intimacy.
Tues 13th – KILKENNY – Watergate Theatre watergatetheatre.com
Thurs 15th – ENNIS – Glor glor.ie065 684 3103
Fri 16th – DUN LAOGHAIRE – Pavilion Theatre paviliontheatre.ie012 312 929
Sat 17th – BELLAGHY – Seamus Heaney Home Place seamusheaneyhome028 7938 7444
Sun 18th – BELFAST – Lyric Theatre https://lyrictheatre.co.uk028 9038 1081
