MUSIC Fisherman’s fires to burn again

Fisherman’s fires to burn again


Wondering what to do next December? No? Well, if you’re a Waterboys fan, it’s time to get planning – you don’t want to miss this.
To celebrate both the 25th anniversary of their classic album Fisherman’s Blues and the October 14, 2013, release of EMI’s seven-CD set Fisherman’s Box, The Waterboys will tour Britain and Ireland in December with a special line-up – reuniting Mike Scott and Steve Wickham with Fisherman’s Blues band members Anto Thistlethwaite and Trevor Hutchinson for the first time since 1990. The four will be joined by current Waterboys drummer, Ralph Salmins.  
The repertoire for the gigs, dubbed The Fisherman's Blues Revisited, will be a re-exploration of the band’s music of the Fisherman’s Blues period. Mike Scott explained that the band is planning very special gigs: “We won’t be playing the original Fisherman’s Blues album in order or anything tame like that. Instead we’ll be using the band’s vintage repertoire as a starting point for a new blast of the freewheeling, improvised spirit of The Waterboys in those days.
“I want that old fire burning again, Steve and Anto wailing like the two-man orchestra I remember, when anything could and did happen.”  
Expect souped-up, full-power versions of lots of 1985-88 Waterboys numbers, plus hits, innovations and surprises.
The band will play four dates in Ireland: December 20 at the Drogheda TLT Theatre; December 21 at Killarney INEC; December 22 at Galway Leisureland; and December 23 at Dublin Convention Centre. Tickets go on sale on Friday, March 22. For tickets to the Galway gig (€44.50), contact 091 586540 or visit www.roisindubh.net.

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