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Location
  
Europe

Start date
  
27 January 2012

Associated album
  
50 Years

End date
  
31 December 2012

Dubliners 50 Years Anniversary Tour

The Dubliners 50th Anniversary Tour was a tour in 2012 by The Dubliners celebrating 50 years. The group was awarded a lifetime achievement award by BBC Radio 2 in February. However, in April, founding member and tenor banjo player Barney McKenna died. Banjo player Gerry O'Connor filled his place until the end of the tour. In November the group released the album 50 Years charting in the Irish Top 10. John Sheahan after 48 years decided he could no longer continue with the band due to the death of Barney McKenna. In December the group played its final concerts at Vicar Street and were joined on stage by Jim McCann. The band met with President Michael Higgins in the presidential palace in Dublin. The group appeared on BBC's Jools Holland Annual Hootenanny on New Year's Eve. With the exception of John Sheahan, the rest of the group continues touring as The Dublin Legends - Spirit of the Dubliners.

Contents

Setlist

  1. The Fermoy Lassies / Sporting Paddy
  2. Seven Drunken Nights (Archive Video featuring Ronnie Drew)
  3. The Rare Auld Mountain Dew
  4. The Ferryman
  5. Fiddler’s Green (Archive Video featuring Barney McKenna)
  6. The Belfast Hornpipe / The Swallow’s Tail
  7. Poem for Luke (Poem, recited by John Sheahan)
  8. Kelly the Boy from Killan (Archive Video featuring Luke Kelly)
  9. Dirty Old Town
  10. The Rare Auld Times
  11. When the Boys Come Rolling Home
  12. Fáinne Geal an Lae
  13. Poem for Barney (Poem, recited by John Sheahan)
  14. Banjo Solo
  15. Billy In The Lowground / The Moving Cloud
  16. The Monto (Archive Video featuring Luke Kelly)
  17. All for Me Grog
  18. Remembering Ciarán (Poem, recited by John Sheahan)
  19. Bainne na mBó (Archive Video featuring Ciarán Bourke)
  20. Peggy Lettermore
  21. Farewell to Harstad
  22. Feathered Gael / Jackie Coleman’s Reel
  23. I Wish I Had Someone to Love Me (Archive Video featuring Barney McKenna)
  24. The Rocky Road to Dublin
  25. A Pint of Plain (Archive Video featuring Ronnie Drew)
  26. Finnegan’s Wake
  27. Sketch of a Dubliner (Poem, recited by John Sheahan)
  28. McAlpine’s Fusiliers (Archive Video featuring Ronnie Drew)
  29. Cooley’s Reel / The Dawn / The Mullingar Races
  30. The Black Velvet Band / Dicey Reilly / The Marino Waltz / The Irish Rover
  31. Whiskey in the Jar

Encore:

  1. The Wild Rover
  2. Molly Malone

The Dubliners

  • Seán Cannon - Lead Vocals, Guitar
  • Patsy Watchorn - Lead Vocals, Banjo
  • John Sheahan - Fiddle, Mandolin, Tin Whistle
  • Eamonn Campbell - Guitar
  • Barney McKenna - Tenor Banjo, Mandolin, Vocals (January–April, died 5 April)

    • Guest Musicians

  • Gerry O'Connor - Tenor Banjo, fiddle (April–December)
  • Christy Sheridan - Tenor Banjo (May)
  • Chris Kavanagh - Vocals, banjo (February)
  • Jim McCann - Guitar (December)
  • Luke Kelly: "Kelly, the Boy from Killan", "The Monto"
  • Ronnie Drew: "Seven Drunken Nights", "McAlpines Fusiliers", "A Pint of Plain"
  • Ciarán Bourke: "Bainne na mBó"
  • Barney McKenna (April–December): "Fiddler's Green", "I Wish I Had Someone to Love Me"

    • References

    Dubliners 50 Years Anniversary Tour Wikipedia
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