Belfast is to mark the tenth anniversary of the death of one of the city’s finest and most revered musical sons, Gary Moore.
A special concert, branded ‘Gary Moore – Ten Years Gone’, will be staged at the Limelight
on Saturday 6 February, the exact anniversary of the East Belfast guitarist’s untimely death in Spain in 2011. The show will be headlined by The Pat McManus Band, with special guests The Davy K Project. Tickets, costing £20 (plus booking fee) went on sale at 9am today (Friday 28 August).
The event is being organized by Über Röck, the Belfast-based music webzine, and local PR company Smokin’Gun
. Über Röck’s editor-in-chief Monk said:
“It’s incredible to believe that it is ten years since the ‘Belfast Boy’ was taken from us. When we realized this, and then discovered that the tenth anniversary would be to the very day – i.e. a Saturday – then we knew we just had to organize something to celebrate and commemorate Gary’s life and legacy.
“This is not merely a tribute concert, however, as we are delighted that Pat ‘The Professor’ McManus, widely and rightly regarded as Gary’s successor to the title of Northern Ireland’s best blues and rock guitarist, has agreed to headline proceedings, and will deliver a full two-and-a-half hour set. Pat and his band, who will be performing their first Belfast show in almost two years, will also be joined by a few surprise guests on the evening. Our support act is another of Northern Ireland’s most respected blues/rock guitarists, Davy Kerrigan, who will be bringing his Davy K Project back to Belfast for the first time in what will be more than a year.”
Tickets for ‘Gary Moore – Ten Years Gone’ are now on sale and are available from wegottickets.com/event/
For more information and updates on the event go to facebook.com/events/