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Music legend Christy Moore to perform 12 nights at Vicar Street in Dublin

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The folk singer-songwriter will perform five nights in November, four nights in December and three nights in January at the iconic Dublin venue.

The tickets for gigs are due to go on general sale at 10am on Monday, September 23, on Ticketmaster.

Meanwhile, the Artist presale starts at 10am on Thursday, September 19, while the Past Purchaser presale will kick off on Friday, September 20.

He will hit the stage this year on November 2, 7, 13, 20 and 28, and on December 5, 11, 18 and 30. Next year, he will perform on January 5, 12 and 20.

Moore (79) will release a new album titled A Terrible Beauty on November 1 on Claddagh Records – the iconic label founded in 1959 by the late Garech De Brún and Ivor Browne.

The 31th album includes 13 songs with the latest single Black & Amber out today.

Black & Amber was written by Briany Branigan of A Lazarus Soul, taken from their album The D They Put Between The R And L, which Christy Moore has been performing at live shows of late.

He will also play two gigs in Donegal in September and in Mayo, Meath and Louth in October.

A Co Kildare native grew up in Newsbridge and is one of the founding members of Planxty and Moving Hearts.

In 2007, he was named as Ireland’s greatest living musician in RTÉ’s People of the Year Awards.

The legendary Irish singer has released 30 solo albums from Paddy on the Road in 1969 through to his multi-platinum pair of live albums, On the Road and Magic Nights in 2017 and 2019.

He has recorded six live albums, including 2002’s Live at Vicar Street, which hit number one on the Irish album charts that year.

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