Hot Press has announced a major event, History In The Making: The Concert, featuring many of the leading lights in Irish music, to take place at 3Arena, Dublin on Friday, 6 February.
History In The Making: the Concert is the opening salvo in the 50th Anniversary celebrations of Hot Press. The event represents a massive statement of support by musicians for the magazine, in appreciation of the crucial role it has played in highlighting Irish talent and championing Irish music for almost five decades.
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History In The Making: The Concert is supported by the Bauer Media Group and Go Loud.
Artists confirmed for what promises to be one of the major highlights of the year musically include Van Morrison, The Boomtown Rats, Imelda May and The Frames – the legendary band fronted by Glen Hansard, who are re-convening on the occasion.
The line-up for this unique 3Arena show includes:
Van Morrison
The Boomtown Rats
Imelda May
The Frames
Damien Dempsey
Clannad
Picture This
Florence Road
Belters Only & Jazzy
Denise Chaila
Irish Women in Harmony
Special Guest: Michael D. Higgins with Myles O’Reilly
* Note: More artists will be announced over the coming days!
Tickets priced €68.20 - €88.75 go on sale at 9am this Monday, December 22nd via Ticketmaster.ie
“I want to say a huge thanks to all of the artists who have jumped on board for the show,” Hot Press editor Niall Stokes said. “I love the sense of comradeship and support that is evident at every level in Irish music. There is so much extraordinary talent here, across all genres in Ireland – and the calibre of the artists here is utterly exceptional. We are all really looking forward to a night of extraordinary music to kick start our 50th Anniversary activities. It is going to be one of those amazing, special occasions.”
Bob Geldof added: "We grew up together Hot Press and the Rats. While we got big, the magazine grew. And grew. You know all the names that followed that wouldn’t have, had it not been for this fabulous paper Hot Press, that was acerbic, irreverent, funny, admiring, critical, enthusiastic. Positive in what was then an island of total Negative.
"Hot Press created enough heft for the fledgling music outfits it wrote about to gather music attention from outside these shores. It gave space in its pages for new writers, new thoughts – for modernity. It posited, felt like and helped to create OUR Ireland. A newer, fresher country.
"Hot Press has never stopped tracking – and promoting – the flow of musical, political and intellectual ideas of the country. It has constantly encouraged every new band with something to say. It has baptised them and sent them on their way.
