News June 2009:

• The Dubliners UK Tour 2010. Tour 2010
• Important notice - The Dubliners will play in Haugesund, Norway on June 27th.
• Paddy Reilly & The Dubliners ? It could happen at Vicar Street on July 4th!!
• Vote for The Dubliners as Best Folk Group at the Ireland's Music Awards
• John Sheahan celebrates his 70th birthday Tuesday May 19th! Best wishes from fans worldwide!
• The Dubliners' fansite will soon be moving. After over 11 years (!)online, it's time to move to a proper address. The new url will be www.thedubliners.org Please update your bookmarks!
• Germany Tour 2009 confirmed.
• Tourdates 2009 are ticking in, and there are more, and very interesting places and venues currently being negotiated, among them the first concert in Poland, after 47 years! European Tour 2009
• Ronnie Drew - The Last Session - A Fond Farewell includes Ronnie's last recordings from last November - May. The cd will be released in Europe on November 24th, and includes songs like Rainy Night in Soho and September Song.
• Ronnie's autobiography, Ronnie, has been finalized by Cliodhna and Phelim Drew, and will be published by Penguin on November 24th. This should make an excellent Christmas gift!

News August 2008:

• More than 3000 people attended the funeral of Ronnie Drew August 19th. Barney, John, Paddy Moloney, Eleanor Shanley amongst others provided the music at the ceremony. People flew in to Dublin from all over the world, including Paddy Reilly and Shane MacGowan.
• Sad news from Dublin: Ronnie Drew died on Saturday 16th at the age of 73 RTE News
• Ronnie Drew & The Dubs - Red roses for me

• The first Dubliners website celebrates 10 years online!
• European Tour 2008
• Finally the instrumentals from the 1984 live video are on youtube. See Barney's best version of the High reel ever and Tim Maloney

• The Ballad of Ronnie Drew A song has been written by Robert Hunter, Bono, The Edge and Simon Carmody to celebrate Ronnie Drew. Proceeds from the sale of the record will be donated to a cancer charity. The song has already been recorded, with the greatest lineup ever in an Irish studio, U2, Shane MacGowan, Christy Moore, The Dubliners, Paul Brady, Eleanor Shanley, Damien Dempsey, Ronan Keating, Chris DeBurgh, Eleanor McEvoy, Sinead O'Connor, Mary Black, Brian Kennedy, Mick Pyro, Joe Elliot, Mundy, Paddy Casey, Moya Brennan, Andrea Corr, Jerry Fish and Duke Special. The song is intended for release in March. Here's to you, Ronnie Drew! Music video is now to be found at U2's official site, and a the song was performed live at the Late Late Show. Buy the single when it's released!
• European Tour 2008
• Interview with Ronnie Drew at Late Late Show. Yes, he's the one with no beard!
• Videos from this year's Austrian tour at YouTube
• Ronnie Drew is back! A new two-track cd-s has been released, called At the Tail End. Ronnie also appears on the new Dropkick Murphys album 'The Meanest of Times' where he sings 'Flannigans Ball'. Photos from the recording session. Ronnie will also be performing again soon.
• Se�n Cannon and his son James performed several concerts in Norway this summer. More of this to come.
• The new dvd, Live in Vicar Street - The Dublin Experience, is out in the shops now.
• Sad news that Ronnie Drew is undergoing treatment for throat cancer.
• For those who have not yet discovered youtube.com, here's Barney's seven minute solo from Dublin 2002. Great clip.
• Ronnie Drew remains the most productive of the Dubs. A preview of his forthcoming cd, There's life in the old dog yet, can be found in the Oct. 1st edition of the newspaper Sunday World. Songs include There's life in the old dog yet, Molly Malone, Gold and silver days, Donegal Danny and four other songs. Also, a five-cd collection of Ronnie reading "Irish Myths and Legend Story" has been issued by the Irish Sun newspaper. Both items can be found on E-bay.

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