Moore News Blog
New Thin Lizzy Postage Stamps feature Black Rose Album
By Alex McGreevy, October 4th 2019 Patricia Moore, the youngest sister of Irish rock and blues guitar legend Gary, has given her seal of approval on the Irish Post Office (An Post) issue of two commemorative Thin Lizzy stamps this week. The stamps, marking fifty years...
Patricia Meets with Sculpture Artist Sean McCarthy in Cork
Patricia and I were delighted to meet with the very talented sculpture artist Sean McCarthy yesterday at the National Sculpture Factory in Cork City, Ireland to talk about his work and vision for Gary's statue in Belfast. Pictured: Sean McCarthy & Patricia Moore....
Sellout Show in Belfast as Gary Moore Fans from Around the World Pledge their Support
“Gig for Gary” on Friday April 12th 2019 marked another milestone in Irish rock history as the holy night of the official launch of the fundraising project for a statue for Irish guitar legend and Lord of the Strings Gary Moore in his hometown of Belfast. Gig for Gary...
Gary Moore Statue Sculpture Artist Announced
We are delighted to announce that our sculpture artist for the Gary Moore Belfast statue is the very talented Irish artist Sean MacCarthy from Cork City. Sean is well regarded by his peers and has an extensive portfolio of figurative sculpture and statues including...
Eric Bell Interview on NVTV Belfast
Great interview with Eric Bell Tuesday 25th February on Belfast's NVTV show "The BIG Rock Show with Robin Elliott" helping to spread the good word about the statue project and Gig for Gary! You can watch the interview right now from NVTV's website we will have the...
Gig for Gary Belfast 2019 Tickets Now on Sale
We are pleased to announce that tickets are now on sale for Gig for Gary 2019 at The Belfast Empire on Friday April 12th 2019. You can find them here on the Ticketmaster website:...
Eric Bell Announced for Gig for Gary 2019
It is with great honour and excitement that we announce legendary founding guitarist of the Irish superband Thin Lizzy, Eric Bell and his band The Eric Bell Trio will be headlining the Gig for Gary 2019 at The Empire Belfast on April 12th.
Announcement of The Statue Project
For Gary. He brought us the music, the friendship and the memories – we honour Gary so that his music can be remembered by future generations well after all of us have left this earth..
April 12th 2019 Gig for Gary at The Belfast Empire
Eric Bell Trio (Belfast) featuring Romek Parol on drums and Dave Wintour on bass, Patricia Moore (UK) band featuring rhythm master Jimmy Howlett (UK) on drums, Gerry Quigley on guitar and Frank McNally on bass, Sam Davidson’s Taste (Belfast), and Gerry Quigley (Dublin) & The Durty Blues Band.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/278325976205606/
Since Gary passed away there have been many tribute shows put on around the world by his fans to honour Gary and his music. Below is a selection of those which we know about, if you hear of any more please let us know!
April 4th 2019 Gary Moore Tribute Budapest
8th International Gary Moore Memorial Concert
4th April 2019 – A38 Ship, Budapest, Hungary
➤ Tickets on sale: www.tixa.hu/lots_2019
Guests:
CLIFF MOORE (UK) ● FRED CHAPELLIER (FRA) ● VÁMOS ZSOLT (HUN) ● TOMMY KATONA (HUN/USA) ● SOMOGYI REMIG (HUN) ● BEN GRANFELT (FIN) ● JASMINE WYNANTS-GRANFELT (FIN) ● NOELY RAYN (GRE)
…more guests & bands will be announced soon!
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/251966808871535/
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