Horslips announce 2 Hot August Nights with the Orchestra of the National Concert Hall

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In what is set to be a musical highlight of the summer,  Horslips are scheduled to play 2 nights in the National Concert Hall on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th August,  accompanied by the Orchestra of the National Concert Hall with stunning new arrangements by Golden Globe nominee Brian Byrne.

“Horslips songs fuse rock with traditional airs and Brian’s arrangements pick up and highlight those airs” says band flautist and keyboard player Jim Lockhart. “On songs like ‘I’ll be Waiting’ and ‘Sideways to the Sun’ the orchestra adds huge power to the traditional themes at the heart of the song: the effect is really striking”.

The concert will feature extended excerpts from two of the band’s best known albums, The Tain and The Book Of Invasions along with tracks chosen from the 10 studio albums they released during their epoch defining run in the 70’s, when they brought their heady blend of traditional Irish airs and gritty classic rock to Ireland and further afield.

Following the huge domestic success of their debut album "Happy To Meet Sorry To Part" Horslips toured extensively, playing the Irish ballrooms as well as Britain, Europe and ultimately the United States where their album Aliens broke into the Billboard charts.

Horslips went on ‘the longest fag break in history’ in October 1980 then - after a 29 year hiatus - reunited in 2009 to play sold out gigs in the O2 Dublin and Odyssey Arena in Belfast.

November 2010 saw them play a winter tour that finished again in the 02, while 2011 saw the band tour extensively in Ireland, the UK and Europe in a mix of festival appearances and solo headliners.

“We’ve had a quiet first half to the year” says bassist Barry Devlin “so we’re fighting fit and raring to go. We’re really looking forward to working with the orchestra on Brian’s great arrangements.”