Josh Ritter returns to Ireland for a series of intimate club shows this October following his recent string of 24 piece orchestra shows in Dublin and Cork. Inspired by recent shows with the legendary John Prine, Josh will play with a brand new string band comprising of upright bass, mandolin and acoustic guitar, all played by his friends from the Love Canon String Band.
Josh’s theme is to reinterpret some of his older material from the acoustic reissue series (Golden Age Of Radio, Hello Starling & The Animal Years). With 3 Dublin Shows as part of the Whelans 20th Birthday Celebrations each night will focus on a different album, with some new material from his forthcoming album. This will be his sixth studio album and is due for release early next year.
Josh will play the following shows:
Thursday 15 October: The Pavillion, Cork
Saturday 17 October: Balor Theatre, Ballybofey Co.Donegal
Sunday 18 October: Empire ballrom, Belfast
Tuesday 20 October: Riverbank Hotel, Wexford
Wednesday 21 October: Whelans, Dublin (Golden Age Of Radio night)
Thursday 22 October: Whelans, Dublin (Hello Starling night)
Friday 23 October: Whelans, Dublin (Animal Years night)
Saturday 24 October: Sea Theatre, Kilkenny
Sunday 25 October: Clary Church, Sligo (as part of Sligo Live)
All tickets go on sale on Friday 21 August from ticketmaster and local outlets.
The Special 2CD Collectors Edition version of The Animal Years will be available exclusively in Ireland on Independent Records on 9 October. Josh’s third albums to be released as a collectors edition. Each album includes expanded artwork, lyrics and a special bonus disc of the album recorded acoustically and exclusively for these releases. There will also be additional tracks and videos all presented in a hardback booklet. Fancy!
