Two very special new shows announced
So Runs The World Away is the fifth album from renowned singer-songwriter Josh Ritter. It is his fourth Top Ten album in Ireland and his first U.S. Billboard top 50 hit entering this Billboard 200 at No. 41 this week!
**TWO VERY SPECIAL NEW SHOWS**
The Galway Arts Festival in association with The Roisin Dubh
are very proud to present
Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band
With very special guests Damien Dempsey & Cathy Davey
Friday 23rd July – Festival Big Top @ The Galway Arts Festival
Tickets priced €36.50 on sale online Friday 14th May: http://www.galwayartsfestival.com / http://www.ticketmaster.ie
Galway Arts Festival will run from the 12th-25th July 2010. It includes Music, Theatre, Dance, Spoken Word, Visual, Art, Comedy and Spectacle art forms. Founded in 1978, Galway Arts Festival is Ireland’s largest annual arts festival and each year produces and presents an international programme involving hundreds of artists and performers. Over its 33-year history the Festival has become a vital showcase for Irish arts internationally and international arts in Ireland, collaborating with artists and companies throughout the world to produce, create, present and commission new work.
The festival programme will be launched Wednesday 26th May and will be available to download from http://www.galwayartsfestival.com on this date.
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The INEC, Killarney & Independent Records are very proud to present
Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band
Saturday 24th July – INEC, Killarney (seated show)
With very special guest John Spillane
Tickets priced €33 on sale this weekend at http://www.ticketmaster.ie
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Aiken Promotions & Independent Records present
Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band
Sunday 18th July – Iveagh Gardens, Dublin
With very special guests tba
Tickets €38 (incl.bking fee) from ticketmaster.ie
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So Runs The World Away was acclaimed in Ireland the week of it’s release with 4 Star (out of 5) reviews in the Ticket (“Josh Ritter has seemingly effortless levels of quality control”), Day & Night (“Ritter's most intriguing and rewarding album to date. It's easily his most diverse”) a 5 Star review in the Daily Mail and a gushing 8 out of 10 in Hot Press (“Ultimately So Runs The World Away sees Josh Ritter claiming and cultivating new territory, commingling Biblical symbol systems, ramblin’ gamblin’ riverboat tales and old world storytelling”). Of the Idaho-native, Paste magazine declares, “Put simply, Ritter is the most gifted interpreter of Americana, as an arranger and a lyricist, working today.”
[13 May 2010]