BLACK 47 Newsletter SEPTEMBER / Me�n F�mhair 2013
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"Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future." -Oscar Wilde
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 In early November 2014, exactly 25 years after our first gig, Black 47 will disband. There are no internal disagreements, "differences over musical policy," or general skulduggery, we remain as good friends as when we first played together. We just have a simple wish to finish up at the top our game after 25 years of relentless touring and, as always, on our own terms. The last gig we played at the South Buffalo Irish Festival was as good as any we've ever performed. Our goal now is to play another full year plus and dedicate all of those gigs to you who've supported us through thick and thin. Rather than just running out the clock we will be recording "Last Call," an album of new songs in November. We would like to say goodbye to you all personally and will make every effort to come play in your city, town, college, pub, club, performing arts center, and should you wish to alert your local promoter you can download booking particulars here.
Black 47 has always been more than a band, we've spoken out for the nationalist population in the North of Ireland, against the war but for the troops in Iraq, for our gay brothers & sisters, immigrants - legal and undocumented - as well as for the voiceless of 1845-47; but in the end it all comes down to the music, the songs, and the desire to give audiences the time of their lives and send them home smiling and, perhaps, with a question on their lips. We look forward to seeing you all at the upcoming gigs. Thanks for the support and the memories - let's make many more over the next year. Take care of yourselves. Beir bua!
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Upcoming Shows
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September 21:
September 22:
Red Bank, NJ
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September 28:
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October 12:
NYC
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October 26:
Brooklyn, NY
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LAST GIGS IN CONNOLLY'S IN 2013
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SATURDAY OCTOBER 12
BLACK 47
CONNOLLY'S, 121 W. 45th St., NYC
Doors 9pm/ONSTAGE 10PM
Tickets now on sale at Connolly's and online at
http://black47.tickets.musictoday.com/Black47/calendar.aspx
Tickets just gone on sale for our last New Year's Eve in Times Square at Connolly's
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LARRY KIRWAN PERFORMING FOSTER IN THE FIVE POINTS
Oct 6 Hudson Valley Irish Center, Verplanck, NY 4pm
Oct 19 Wexford Arts Center, Wexford, Ireland 8:30pm
For full details www.black47.com
Listen to Kirwan host Celtic Crush on SiriusXM The Spectrum, Ch. 28, Saturdays 7-10amET, Tuesdays 11pmET & ON DEMAND
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FEATURED B47 GEAR:
All Black 47 CDs/DVDs/T-Shirts/Hoodies/and Larry Kirwan Books/CDs available from
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FANATIC HEART LADIES' TEE
$20.00
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BLACK 47 CD COMBO
12 Black 47 CDs
$140.00
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ROCKIN' THE BRONX: A NOVEL
384 pages $20.00
-Autographed by Larry Kirwan-
The Bronx is burning, Bobby Sands is dying, John Lennon is being stalked, the Reagan Revolution has begun and AIDS is about to be identified. But life goes on in the immigrant bars of Bainbridge Avenue as Sean arrives from Ireland looking for his girlfriend, Mary. He finds a lot more than he bargained for, including Danny McCorley - a hard-hitting, book-loving, immigrant construction worker with a secret and a shadowy past in the Irish Republican movement.
Rockin' The Bronx is also available as an eBook at Amazon.com and B&N.com as are Kirwan's other books, Liverpool Fantasy and Green Suede Shoes.
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Download the Black 47 Android App Here:
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"Here I go falling off the edge of America again..."
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