Aiken Promotions is proud to present:

An Evening WithGORDON LIGHTFOOT

BELFAST, Waterfront – 31 May 2016DUBLIN, Bord Gais Energy Theatre – 1 June 2016TICKETS ON SALE THURSDAY 21 MAY AT 9.00am

Legendary Canadian singer-songwriter confirms his first Irish concert dates in over 30 years!

Aiken Promotions is delighted to announce that legendary Canadian singer-songwriter and musician GORDON LIGHTFOOT will return to Europe in 2016 to play his first Irish dates in over 30 years at Belfast Waterfront on 31 May and Dublin’s Bord Gais Energy Theatre on 1 June.  Tickets go on sale Thursday 21 May at 9am from all usual outlets.

After 50 active years of hit song making and international album sales well into the multi-millions, it's safe to say that the esteemed performer resides with some very exclusive company atop the list of all-time greats.  His song catalogue is vast and includes such immortals as “Early Morning Rain,” “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Carefree Highway,” “Sundown,” “(That's What You Get) For Lovin Me,” “The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald," "Cold On The Shoulder", "Canadian Railroad Trilogy," "Ribbon Of Darkness," "Beautiful," "Song For A Winter's Night", "Shadows", "Rainy Day People", "Did She Mention My Name" and "Summertime Dream".

His Belfast and Dublin Shows will feature his full band and performances of his best known hits as well as some deep album cuts for the die-hard fanatics, all of which will be woven together with some of Lightfoot's own behind the scenes stories and personal anecdotes about his historic 50-year musical career. 

Gordon Lightfoot has recorded twenty albums and has five Grammy nominations.  His radio hits in the USA have earned Five No 1s, Five Top 10s and Thirteen Top 40 hits.  In Canada he has earned Sixteen No 1s, Eighteen Top 10s and Twenty One Top 40 hits.

Aside from his success in writing, singing and performing his own songs, Lightfoot has found fortune in having his songs recorded and performed by other great artists including Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Jr., Marty Robbins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Judy Collins, Johnny Mathis, Anne Murray, Olivia Newton-John, Barbra Streisand, Peter Paul & Mary, Harry Belafonte, Jane’s Addiction, Richie Havens, Glen Campbell, Toby Keith, George Hamilton IV and Eric Clapton.In June of 2012 Lightfoot's legacy was further enhanced when he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame.  Lightfoot was honoured for his role in defining the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and '70s.  There are fewer than 400 inductees who make up the impressive roster enshrined in the Songwriters Hall of Fame including Barry Mann, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Hal David and Burt Bacharach, John Fogerty, Bob Dylan, Isaac Hayes, Carole King, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Sir Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Brian Wilson, James Taylor, James Brown, Bruce Springsteen, Jim Croce, Phil Collins, Loretta Lynn, Jimmy Webb, Van Morrison, Kris Kristofferson, Dolly Parton, Diane Warren, Garth Brooks, Leon Russell and Leonard Cohen.

In his native Canada, Lightfoot has been decorated with the highest honours bestowed to a civilian including the Governor's General Award and the Companion to the Order of Canada honour of merit.  He has also won 17 Juno Awards - Canada's equivalent to the Grammy Awards.  Gordon is a member of Canada's Walk of Fame and The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.  In 2007, Canada Post honoured him by issuing an official Gordon Lightfoot postage stamp.  Lightfoot is also in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame.  Gordon Lightfoot is an indelible part of the Canadian national spirit and regarded as perhaps the most prolific and greatest Canadian singer-songwriter of all time.

An Evening with GORDON LIGHTFOOT

Wed 18 May  Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Fri 20 May  Liverpool Empire Theatre Sat 21 May  Newcastle City HallSun 22 May   Manchester Bridgewater HallTues 24 May London Royal Albert HallWed 25 May  Oxford New TheatreFri 27 May  Birmingham Symphony Hall Sat 28 May  Southend Cliffs PavillionSun 29 May   Bristol Colston HallTues 31 May  Belfast WaterfrontWed 1 June  Dublin Bord Gais Energy TheatreTickets for GORDON LIGHTFOOT in Belfast & Dublin go on sale Thursday 21 May at 9.00am:-BELFAST TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM:-Waterfront Box Office 9033 4455All usual Ticketmaster outlets.24hr Credit Card Bookings 0844 277 4455Book on line www.waterfront.co.uk   / www.ticketmaster.ieDUBLIN TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM:-All Ticketmaster Outlets Nationwide24hr Credit Card Bookings 0818 719377Book on line www.ticketmaster.ie

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