Dubliners 50 Years Anniversary Tour

The Dubliners 50th Anniversary Tour was a tour in 2012 by The Dubliners celebrating 50 years. The group was awarded a lifetime achievement award by BBC Radio 2 in February.[1] However, in April, founding member and tenor banjo player Barney McKenna died.[2] Banjo player Gerry O'Connor filled his place until the end of the tour. In November the group released the album 50 Years charting in the Irish Top 10.[3] John Sheahan after 48 years decided he could no longer continue with the band due to the death of Barney McKenna. In December the group played its final concerts at Vicar Street and were joined on stage by Jim McCann. The band met with President Michael Higgins in the presidential palace in Dublin. The group appeared on BBC's Jools Holland Annual Hootenanny on New Year's Eve. With the exception of John Sheahan, the rest of the group continues touring as The Dublin Legends - Spirit of the Dubliners.

The Dubliners live at Vicar Street 2012

50 Years Tour
World tour by The Dubliners
LocationEurope
Associated album50 Years
Start date27 January 2012
End date31 December 2012
The Dubliners concert chronology

Setlist
  1. The Fermoy Lassies / Sporting Paddy
  2. Seven Drunken Nights (Archive Video featuring Ronnie Drew)
  3. The Rare Auld Mountain Dew
  4. The Ferryman
  5. Fiddler's Green (Archive Video featuring Barney McKenna)
  6. The Belfast Hornpipe / The Swallow's Tail
  7. Poem for Luke (Poem, recited by John Sheahan)
  8. Kelly the Boy from Killan (Archive Video featuring Luke Kelly)
  9. Dirty Old Town
  10. The Rare Auld Times
  11. When the Boys Come Rolling Home
  12. Fáinne Geal an Lae
  13. Poem for Barney (Poem, recited by John Sheahan)
  14. Banjo Solo
  15. Billy In The Lowground / The Moving Cloud
  16. The Monto (Archive Video featuring Luke Kelly)
  17. All for Me Grog
  18. Remembering Ciarán (Poem, recited by John Sheahan)
  19. Bainne na mBó (Archive Video featuring Ciarán Bourke)
  20. Peggy Lettermore
  21. Farewell to Harstad
  22. Feathered Gael / Jackie Coleman's Reel
  23. I Wish I Had Someone to Love Me (Archive Video featuring Barney McKenna)
  24. The Rocky Road to Dublin
  25. A Pint of Plain (Archive Video featuring Ronnie Drew)
  26. Finnegan's Wake
  27. Sketch of a Dubliner (Poem, recited by John Sheahan)
  28. McAlpine's Fusiliers (Archive Video featuring Ronnie Drew)
  29. Cooley's Reel / The Dawn / The Mullingar Races
  30. The Black Velvet Band / Dicey Reilly / The Marino Waltz / The Irish Rover
  31. Whiskey in the Jar

Encore:

  1. The Wild Rover
  2. Molly Malone

Tour dates
Date[4] City Country Venue
27 January 2012 Dublin Ireland Christ Church - Temple Bar TradFest
28 January 2012
1 February 2012 Bern Switzerland Theater National
2 February 2012 Basel Stadtcasino
3 February 2012 Zürich Neues Theater Spirgarten
4 February 2012 St. Gallen Tonhalle
7 March 2012 Cardiff Wales St. David's Hall
8 March 2012 Plymouth England Plymouth Pavilions
9 March 2012 Cheltenham Town Hall
10 March 2012 Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
11 March 2012 Leicester De Montford Hall
12 March 2012 Norwich Theatre Royal
13 March 2012 London Royal Albert Hall
14 March 2012 Manchester Opera House
15 March 2012 Reading The Hexagon
17 March 2012 Birmingham Town Hall
18 March 2012 Leeds Grand Theatre & Opera House
19 March 2012 Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
18 April 2012 Copenhagen Denmark Tivoli, Tivolis Koncertsal
19 April 2012 Ringsted Kongrescenter
20 April 2012 Nykøbing Mors Morsø Arena
21 April 2012 Frederikshavn Arena Nord
22 April 2012 Esbjerg Musikhuset
24 April 2012 Skjern Kulturcenter
25 April 2012 Aalborg Skråen
26 April 2012 Sørvad Kultur & Idrætscenter
27 April 2012 Viborg Tinghallen
28 April 2012 Aarhus Musikhuset
4 May 2012 Ingelmunster Belgium Labadoux festival
10 May 2012 Paris France La Cigale
2 June 2012 Listowel Ireland Kerry
3 June 2012 Cork Opera House
4 June 2012 Limerick UCH
7 June 2012 Belfast Northern Ireland Waterfront Hall
8 June 2012 Derry Millennium Forum
9 June 2012 Drogheda Ireland TLT Concert Hall & Theatre
23 June 2012 Westport Westport Festival
30 June 2012 Tønsberg Norway Oseberg kulturhus - Vestfoldfestspillene
8 July 2012 Skagen Denmark Skagen Folk Festival
6 September 2012 Vienna Austria Metropol
7 September 2012
8 September 2012
9 September 2012
10 September 2012
11 September 2012
12 September 2012
13 September 2012 Graz Orpheum
14 September 2012 Zagreb Croatia Tvornica kulture
15 September 2012 Ljubljana Slovenia Krisanke
16 September 2012 Oslip Austria Cselley Mühle
28 September 2012 Ettelbruck Luxembourg Daichhalle
29 September 2012 Turnhout Belgium Warande Turnhout
30 September 2012 Brussels Paleis voor Schone Kunsten
1 October 2012 Tilburg Netherlands 013
3 October 2012 Utrecht Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn
4 October 2012 Rotterdam De Doelen
5 October 2012 Rijssen Lucky & co
6 October 2012 Leeuwarden World Trade Center
7 October 2012 Amsterdam Paradiso
1 November 2012 Munich Germany Cirkus Krone
2 November 2012 Stuttgart Theaterhaus
3 November 2012 Beckingen Deutschherrenhalle
4 November 2012 Bamberg Bamberger Konzert- und Kongresshalle
5 November 2012 Frankfurt Alte Oper
7 November 2012 Hanover Theater am Aegi
8 November 2012 Bremen Glocke
9 November 2012 Aurich Stadthalle
10 November 2012 Bielefeld Ringlokschuppen
11 November 2012 Dortmund Konzerthaus
2 December 2012 Dresden Alter Schlachthof
3 December 2012 Braunschweig Stadthalle
4 December 2012 Cloppenburg Stadthalle
5 December 2012 Kiel Kieler Schloss
6 December 2012 Lübeck Musik und Kongresshalle
7 December 2012 Flensburg Deutsches Haus
8 December 2012 Hamburg CCH
28 December 2012 Dublin Ireland Vicar Street
29 December 2012
30 December 2012
31 December 2012 London England BBC Studios - Jools Holland Annual Hootenanny
Live in Vienna 2012

Line up

The Dubliners

Guest Musicians
  • Gerry O'Connor - Tenor Banjo, fiddle (April–December)
  • Christy Sheridan - Tenor Banjo (May)
  • Chris Kavanagh - Vocals, banjo (February)
  • Jim McCann - Guitar (December)
  • Luke Kelly: "Kelly, the Boy from Killan", "The Monto"
  • Ronnie Drew: "Seven Drunken Nights", "McAlpines Fusiliers", "A Pint of Plain"
  • Ciarán Bourke: "Bainne na mBó"
  • Barney McKenna (April–December): "Fiddler's Green", "I Wish I Had Someone to Love Me"

References
  1. "BBC - Radio 2 Folk Awards 2012 - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk.
  2. Schofield, Derek (6 April 2012). "Barney McKenna obituary". The Guardian.
  3. "50 Years by The Dubliners - Music Charts". acharts.us.
  4. "The Dubliners - 50th Anniversary Tour 1962-2012". www.thedubliners.org.
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