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X-WR-CALNAME:Vicar Street - Gigs - Damien Dempsey in Dublin\, Ireland 
	at Vicar Street - Eventful
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SUMMARY:Vicar Street - Gigs - Damien Dempsey
DESCRIPTION:From Event details at indublin.ie!: Damien Dempsey’s 5th
	 studio album “The Rocky Road” marked a departure for this critica
	lly acclaimed\, No. 1 selling singer and songwriter who released this 
	collection of traditional Irish songs and modern classics to critical 
	acclaim and which went straight to No.1 in the Irish charts. The album
	 includes collaborations with his heroes John Sheahan and Barney McKen
	na of The Dubliners and Sharon Shannon. To coincide with this Damien i
	s back on tour in Ireland this December and will perform live @ Vicar 
	St. on December 17th. Tickets are €31 on sale this Friday Sept 5th @
	 9am through Ticketmaster and other usual outlets nationwide. Booking 
	Line: 0818 719 390. The Rocky Road comprises new arrangements of many 
	well-loved and familiar songs including The Rocky Road to Dublin\, The
	 Foggy Dew\, The Hot Asphalt\, and Ewan MacColl’s Schooldays Over an
	d Shane MacGowan’s Rainy Night in Soho.Damien’s collection of Mete
	or Awards include both Best Irish Male and also Best Traditional / Fol
	k and his roots in Traditional music can be clearly felt in his own co
	mpositions on his previous albums. Damien says\; “Ballads are my roo
	ts\, it was the first music that turned me on\, and the first songs th
	at I heard being sung in my home by friends and family”. “I would 
	have over two hundred ballads in my head\, and I used to sing them reg
	ularly in pubs around Dublin in the 1990’s. I reckoned I had a good 
	feel for these songs\, and as I studied Irish history\, I felt I could
	 really tell their story and do them some justice on an album….I’v
	e always been an advocate of the sing-song\, and I have a lot of very 
	young fans\, so naturally if I do this album\, these kids are gonna he
	ar all these timeless songs that they may not have heard otherwise”.
	 “I want to give the young kids an alternative to the new MTV genera
	tion\, gangster rap\, Britney Spears and maybe get them interested in 
	their own history through music”.Damien has spent the first months o
	f 2008 touring the US and Australia but returns to Ireland for his fir
	st tour dates this year\, playing smaller venues around the country to
	 showcase this intimate album. He will also be playing several festiva
	ls and appearing as a guest of Sharon Shannon\, singing with her Big B
	and. More dates will be added soon and full worldwide tour dates can b
	e found at www.damiendempsey.com\nFrom Event details at Ireland.ie!:  
	Vicar Street is one of Dublin newest venues\, situated in Thomas Stree
	t\, opposite the church. 
LOCATION:Vicar Street @ Dublin, Ireland
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