THE FUREYS AND DAVEY ARTHUR
25TH Anniversary Tour 2003
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Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge
Wednesday 29th January ‘03
8.00pm (Tickets €16)
Booking 045 448333
boxoffice@riverbank.ie
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The Riverbank Arts Centre is delighted to be part
of The Fureys 25th Anniversary celebration tour which includes a
series of concerts throughout Europe, Australia, New Zealand, USA
and Canada. They will be reunited with their lifetime friend and
former band member Davey Arthur. For George, Eddie and Davey, there
will also be a touch of sadness as they are without Paul who died
in June 2002. The band will be joined on the tour by musicians Derek
McCormack, Stephen Leech and Monty Mooney.
In 1978, while George, Paul and Davey were playing with
their own band called The Buskers in Denmark, they heard that their
two brothers had been involved in a road accident and immediately
travelled to Germany to be with them. They then decided that they
should all be playing together and this was the start of the Fureys
and Davey Arthur. The band became an instant success and had a string
of hits including When you were Sweet Sixteen, The Green Fields of
France, Red Rose Café, The Old Man, Steal Away, Her Father
didn’t like me anyway, Clare to Here and Leaving Nancy.
They are responsible for some of the most stirring music
ever to capture the public imagination. Their folk based music has
received standing ovations in some of the biggest concert halls of
the world and they credit their musical ability to their parents,
Ted and Nora, who were well known musicians themselves. They encouraged
their sons to play music from a very early age and there was live
traditional music in their house almost nightly.
The Fureys have just released a new 16 track CD called
‘I Will Love You’ with some of the old favourites such
as Steal Away, The Old Man, Red Rose Café and some new songs
not previously recorded. Also on the CD is a song written by Charlie
Chaplain, and sung by the late Paul Furey, the only song Paul ever
sang on an album.
For further information, please contact Catríona, Antoinette
or Lisa on
(045) 448314/5 or by e-mail at artscentre@riverbank.ie
