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Chris de Burgh has confirmed Irish concert dates for March 2025. He will play Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin on 09 March, Cork Opera House on 11 March and National Opera House Wexford on 13 March. Tickets go on sale this Thursday at 10am from www.ticketmaster.ie Chris de Burgh celebrates a remarkable and rare career milestone during 2024, half a century as a recording artist. Yet when he signed his first recording contract in 1974 and his debut album, ‘Far beyond These Castle Walls’, was released by A&M Records that same year, Chris did not look beyond the immediate future. “As I held a copy of that record in my hands, I had absolutely no idea that this would even go any further,” he recalls. “I was incredibly naive about the music business but I was full of hope and dreams and, spectacularly, my dreams not only came true, they came truer than true. I had no concept that I was going to last as long as this. Fifty years? Wow!” A song from that first album offered a very early glimpse of what might li

Thursday 14 March 10am JIMMY CARR: LAUGHS FUNNY NEW LIVE TOUR FOR 2024-2025 Extra Shows In Wexford Confirmed Tickets On Sale This Friday “A comedy hero for our times” The Guardian “Jimmy Carr is a world-class comedian” The Independent Jimmy Carr embarks on a nationwide Irish tour from May 2024. Two extra shows have been confirmed for National Opera House, Wexford on Saturday 25th May at 7.00pm and 9.30pm. Tickets for the extra dates will go on sale this Friday at 10.00am from www.ticketmaster.ie and venue box office. If you like fast-paced, edgy one-liners then get ready to be happy… one of the world’s best loved comedians, Jimmy Carr, is back on tour with a brand-new show for 2024 and 2025, Jimmy Carr: Laughs Funny. Jimmy tells jokes, and jokes are like magnets. Jokes attract some people, but they can also repel. Some people are repelled by Jimmy's dark brand of comedy. This show is not for them. But if it's the kind of thing you like, then this is the kind of thing you’ll like. A household name

Chart topping podcasters I'm Grand Mam are back with a bang for a tour of Ireland (and beyond) this summer. "That's Showbiz" sees Corkonians, PJ Kirby and Kevin Twomey bring their live show to a town near you, for a night of absolute skits and screams with your best girlies- wooooo! The new live show comes Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Galway and Limerick this May and June. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10.00am from www.ticketmaster.ie and venue box offices. Two lads, originally from Cork have a cuppa and catch up each week while exploring the collective life landmarks that accompany growing up gay in the world today. Join Kevin and PJ as they navigate their way through life whilst battling with the internal shared struggle that every Irish gay man deals with - ‘what would Mam think?’ I’m Grand Mam presents That’s Showbiz 2024 Tour Tuesday 28th May - 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin Thursday 30th May – Mandela Hall, Belfast Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd June - Cork Opera House Wednesday 5th June - Town H

MILTON JONES HA!MILTON Nationwide Tour Confirmed Tickets On Sale This Friday Milton Jones brings his new live show HA!MILTON to Dublin, Derry, Cork, Galway and Belfast this September. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10.00am from www.ticketmaster.ie and venue box offices. This is not a musical. Milton Jones is tone deaf and has no sense of rhythm, but at least he doesn’t make a song and dance about it. He has more important things to discuss. Like giraffes…and there’s a bit about tomatoes. You might know him from Mock the Week, Live at the Apollo or Radio 4. Or that time he stood for the Scottish National Party, fought a hard campaign, but in the end had to respect the wishes of the people of Cardiff. A whole new show of daftness. You know it makes sense. WARNING *contains jokes from the start. “He’s fast, absurd and very Funny” Radio Times ‘No-one can touch Jones when he hits his stride’ The Guardian Milton Jones HA!MILTON Nationwide Tour 2024 September 18th - Dublin 3Olympia Theatre Sep

Live Nation & United Agents Present Katherine Ryan: Battleaxe Nationwide Irish Tour Katherine Ryan brings her new live show Battleaxe to Cork, Dublin, Limerick, Galway and Belfast. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10.00am from www.ticketmaster.ie and venue box offices. Star of UKTV’s hugely popular new series Parental Guidance as well as Comedy Central’s upcoming Out of Order with Rosie Jones and Judi Love, TV’s beloved Katherine Ryan makes a hugely welcome return to the stage with her brand-new live show, Battleaxe, which will embark on a major Irish, UK and European tour in 2024. Katherine is the creator and Star of Netflix’s smash hit The Duchess along with two global Netflix comedy specials: In Trouble and Glitter Room as well as 2022’s Missus on Sky / Now TV. She also hosted Backstage With Katherine Ryan for Amazon Prime and starred in Sky’s Romantic Getaway with Romesh Ranganathan. Get your tickets to see a true masterclass in how to enter your Battleaxe era. @Kathbum Award-winning comedian, writ

DEIRDRE O’KANE BRAND NEW STAND-UP SHOW O’KANING IT EXTRA DATE AT 3OLYMPIA THEATRE CONFIRMED Deirdre O’Kane returns to the 3Olympia Theatre with her brand new stand-up show O’Kaning It on 17th October. Due to demand an extra has been added on Friday 6th December. Tickets for the extra date go on sale this Wednesday 21st February at 10am from www.ticketmaster.ie Comedic fireball Deirdre O'Kane is mad for road, mercilessly mining hilarity from the human condition. Will she conquer the chaos or revel in it? Tame the mayhem or "O'Kane it"? Either way you're in for a night of relentless laughs fuelled by warped personal insight. Deirdre O’Kane O’Kaning It 3Olympia Theatre 17th October 2024 - SOLD-OUT 6th December 2024 - EXTRA DATE Tickets on sale this Wednesday at 10am From Ticketmaster www.ticketmaster.ie www.deirdreokane.net www.3olympia.ie www.mcd.ie

Eric Lalor Lol-er By Nature Eric Lalor brings his new show Lol-er By Nature to Liberty Hall Theatre. Since bursting onto the comedy scene via Des Bishop's Joy In The Hood, Eric Lalor has toured the world doing standup comedy and has done all the major festivals. Twice crowned Irish Comedian of the Year by readers of entertainment.ie, he has also appeared on our TV screens as the bad egg, Cathal Spillane in Fair City on RTE. A regular contributor to JOE.ie, where he has his own football podcast, he is at his best and most comfortable when live on stage in front of an audience. One of the most requested acts in Dublin's Laughter Lounge, he has performed with acts such as Tommy Tiernan, John Bishop, Russell Howard, Jason Byrne to name but a few. His warm, energetic onstage presence makes for an unforgettable experience for the audience. With gags that always hit the spot, his engaging, high-intensity performances make him one of the top names of ‘must see’ comedians. "I knew all along that Eric was destine

Seann Walsh: Back from the Bed Live At Liberty Hall, Dublin With Very Special Guest: Fred Cooke Seann Walsh brings his brand-new stand-up show Back from the Bed to Liberty Hall, Dublin on 29th May. Fred Cooke has just been confirmed as very special guest. Tickets are on sale now from www.ticketmaster.ie Hello, Seann here. Did you know that comedians have to write their own blurb? I find that absolutely insane. What am I meant to say? “I’m fantastic, come and look at me talk”? I don’t know. It’s me. I do stand-up. I guess I can start with the fact I renamed the tour. Sticking with ‘Same Again?’ felt a bit triggering after the last few years we’ve had. So it is now called Back from the Bed. Some of the material will be the same as I had always planned and some of it will be new because it will be difficult to avoid mentioning the last few years in which millions of decent people tragically lost their lives to TikTok. The previous leg of this tour got a lot of standing ovations, which was pleasing. Eit

Rosie Jones New Stand-Up Show Triple Threat Live At Liberty Hall, Dublin Rosie Jones is on the road for an Ireland and UK tour and, boy, she is EXCITED. Join Rosie as she ponders whether she is a national treasure, a little prick, or somewhere in between! This show is guaranteed to be full of unapologetic cheekiness, nonsensical fun and unadulterated JOY from the triple threat herself. Best known for her hit travel series' Trip Hazard and Mission: Accessible, and for numerous appearances on shows The Last Leg, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Cats Does Countdown, Hypothetical, Mock the Week, The Ranganation and Joe Lycett's Got Your Back to name just a few! ‘Rosie Jones is completely brazen, downright hilarious and will leave you snorting with laughter’ ★★★★★ (Edinburgh Festivals Magazine) ‘Rosie embodies pure joy. She packs in the jokes, quick wit and has the audience in the palm of her hand’ ★★★★★ (Entertainment Focus) '...elegantly crafted and mischievous to its bones' ★★★★ (Scotsman) ‘Her jokes are beaut