The Fureys - PLAYHOUSE Whitely Bay

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Rescheduled: The Fureys: Legends of Irish Music & Song

EVENT INFORMATION

  • Date: Friday 20th March 2020
  • Time: 7.30pm

Rescheduled from 20th March 2020. All tickets remain valid for the new date on Friday 28th August 2020. If you would like a refund please contact your point of purchase.

The FUREYS have been entertaining audiences worldwide for 42 years, audiences that have included former Australian Prime Minister John Howard, Former Irish President Mary McAleese and the late Pope John Paul while Tony Blair has publicly stated his favourite peace song of all time is the FUREYS “Green Fields of France” and President Michael D Higgins attended their last concert in National Concert Hall.
 
The oldest of the brothers, Eddie Furey left home in 1966 and travelled to Scotland at the time of the great folk revival where he shared accommodation with then unknown folk singers Billy Connolly, Gerry Rafferty and Alex Campbell. In 1969 with his brother Finbar, he was the special guest for the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem throughout the USA and Canada. In 1971 he moved to mainland Europe where he toured for seven years. Dave Stewart from the Eurythmics has credited Eddie with teaching him his first chords on guitar when they met up in the North East of England while Dave was still a teenager.
 

  • EVENT INFORMATION
  • Date: Friday 20th March 2020
  • Time: 7.30pm
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