With the witty, charmingly shot Beatlesque video for ‘The Man from Glasgow’ video already clocking up thousands of hits, the band then released their brand new video ‘Digging Holes’ from the ‘Long Live’ EP, racking up an impressive 14,000 views in less then a week. Their two YouTube videos are up to 20,000 views to date.
Presenting a truly unique take on Irish music, Tupelo are a vibrant new name, combining the sounds of Irish traditional with classic American influences. Imagine a heady blend of The Pogues, Springsteen’s Seger Sessions Band, Western swing, jazz, bluegrass and gospel and you’re close to the Tupelo sound. Named after the Mississippi birthplace of Elvis Presley, Tupelo stick to the rhythm ‘n’ roots of rock ‘n’ roll, adding their own unique Irish perspective to the proceedings. Having hit the top ten singles chart their debut album Dirty Money has received rave reviews in all quarters of the press.
Tupelo are an exciting, original, acoustic roots act consisting of an eclectic line-up of instruments which includes banjo, guitar, double bass, mandolin, harmonica, dobro and fiddle played by Castlebars very own Kevin Duffy.
Tupelo formed in the winter of 2008 in Dublin and can attribute their progress to relentless giging up and down the country, honing their craft doing so. Between headlining shows, appearances at countless festivals, and playing support to some of music's biggest acts, the band loves being on the road and thrives off their fans and live shows. They are now set to take to the stage at the Royal Theatre in Castlebar as special guests to The Horslips on Bank Holiday Sunday 28th October with their fresh and unique sound in today's world of endless electric outfits.
In May 2011 Tupelo signed to Crashed Records and released their 14 track debut album 'Dirty Money' on September 23rd. An appearance at the All-Ireland Hurling Final at Croke Park in front of 80,000 people was the opportunity of a lifetime for Tupelo, and a promising road lies ahead for the band. Tupelo have since released three singles from the album, 'Don't Let Go' 'Firefly', with the songs garnering plentiful radio play from stations up and down the nation.
Tickets to The Horslips with special guests Tupelo, are now on sale at €33.50 including booking fee from the Royal Box Office on 094 9023111 or 0818 300 000. Also online via www.Royaltheatre.ie and ticketmaster.ie.
It’s official... the Forever Baby Fair is back for 2012!
Wondering where to go and what to get for baby? You are not alone with these questions. We have the answers you need at the Forever Baby Fair 2012!
Following its huge success in 2011, Connaught’s biggest Baby Fair will return to the Royal Theatre, Castlebar on Sunday 7th October. For expert advice on all your baby’s needs, from pregnancy and birth through newborn to toddler you will find everything you need at the Forever Baby Fair.
“We aim to bring the biggest and best loved names in baby care under one roof to give parents and parents-to-be, the opportunity to see new products, get advice from the experts and pick up great tips, as well as having a fun day out.”
The day consists of amazing shopping, information stands, demonstrations, and giveaways, children’s entertainment, advice by the experts and lots, lots more. With last year’s event bringing you talks on important topics such as weaning your baby, baby resuscitation and car seat safety this is not a day you want to miss!
There will be children’s entertainment all day in our Family Cafe with face fainters, puppet shows and Balloon Modelling to name but a few, so why not bring the little ones along too?!
This is your time to become the expert for your baby. Don’t miss out!
For Further information on our Forever Baby Fair visit our website www.foreverbaby.ie. Should you wish to exhibit at the event please contact Shelley on 094 90 23111.
The Royal Theatre, Castlebar, in association with Mature Living Magazine, is pleased to announce that the inaugural Mature Living 50+ Lifestyle Show will be held on Friday 7th & Saturday 8th September 2012.
There will be exhibitors of all kinds on the days offering the older generation the perfect chance to discover all the latestproducts and services targeted directly to their age group.
Unsurprisingly, the event is aimed at those over the age of 50 and offers a huge range of entertainment, including a fashion show starring “real” women, a garden showcase with experts answering questions, cookery demonstrations and craft sessions . For the active visitor there are also classes such as yoga and tai chi to partake in.
Such a large event is of course sure to attract a host of exhibitors with more than 70 display stands and various seminars.
What will be there...?
Professionals from the tourism sector will be on hand giving all the latest information on holidaying at home or abroad. There will be Personal finance
& Investment advisors; equity release providers, income and inheritance tax consultants, mortgage and insurance providers and other specialists will be available to explain their products to visitors. Suppliers of various products for Home Improvements such as
Wooden floors, conservatories, solar heating, hot tubs, Stira Stairs etc. will be exhibiting on the day. Other areas of interest will be Health Testing and Monitoring, Golf, Gardening, and Thai Chi experts to talk on these great hobbies. Also antiques evaluations, so why not bring along any of your smallcollectibles and jewellery and have them evaluated on the day. Have you being considering a new car? Then come along and check out the latest motoring ranges from Audi and Ford or maybe you want to look inside a motorhome. Visitors will be able to ask about Computing, Internet and email tuition, and lots lots more.
This event is the ideal place for industry enthusiasts to network and showcase their products to their target market. Exhibition stands are still available by calling Shelley at the Royal Theatre on 094 902 3111 or Seamus at Mature Living on 071 9154538.
Friday 7th & Saturday 8th September | Entry €5
"Bring a friend for free" vouchers available on Website, Mature Living Magazine and Flyers.
For more information on the event please visit www.maturelivingexpo.ie.
It's just over a week until Jedward bring their much anticipated 'Young Love' tour to Castlebar!
The tour title is based on their latest album, also titled ‘Young Love’. Fans can expect a taste of Jedward’s latest hits from their new album in their brand new show but will also be treated to all their favorite hit’s to date.
Last August Savee Entertainment promoted Jedwards hugely successful and electrifying production ‘The Carnival Tour’ which visited 12 venues around the country, and Conor Mulhall of Savee Entertainment has promised that fans definitely won’t be disappointed with this years show, as they are planning an even bigger show for this coming August.
“The twins have a few big surprises up their sleeves for this new tour and fan’s are guaranteed to be trilled by the show that we are going to put on for them!” Conor explains.
Tickets are on sale now from Ticketmaster outlets online & nationwide and from the Royal Theatre Box Office on 0818 300 000 or 094 90 23111.
Tickets are priced at €34.50.
Jenny Huston plays the best new Indie rock, pop and electro Monday to Thursday from 9-11pm on 2fm. This means Jenny is now available to play the best known tracks on the weekend in her Indie Rocks DJ set.
The ideal stand alone Indie rock event. Jenny won't be playing obscure album tracks - she will be mixing the hottest and best loved indie and electro tunes with rock anthems old and new. Expect Artctic Monkeys, Nirvana, MGMT, Phoeinx, Lykke Li, Vampire Weekend, Simian Mobile Disco, The Breeders, The Strokes, Hole, Blur, Rage Against the Machine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Hives, The Vines and so much more
Jenny Huston is one of Ireland's best known and most credible Indie DJs, with over eight years as the voice of indie music on 2fm. Jenny is a name synonymous with new music and the best in Indie rock, pop and electro. Her reputation and relationship with bands, allied to her uncanny ability to blend classic anthems with the newest indie kids on the block, makes her's the perfect set to keep the crowds happy.
Doors 11.30pm. Tickets €10 are available on the door.
The Royal Theatre are delighted to confirm Ryan Sheridan will be supporting James Morrison on Wednesday 22nd August.
Ryan Sheridan's fine debut long player 'The Day You Live Forever' entered the Irish national charts at # 2; enjoying one of the best opening week sales for any Irish artist in 2011. He was also a featured artist at the historic Concert for Obama on College Green in May.
While entertaining the human traffic of Temple Bar, Ryan and Artur were spotted by his current management team. This led to a showcase at The Academy jam-packed with great and the good of the Dublin media mafia, and a subsequent record deal with leading Irish independent label Rubyworks in summer 2010.
After making his mark on the festival circuit; Ryan has been on the road constantly since. Shows with the likes of Republic Of Loose, Simply Red and Wallis Bird, plus his own high octane gigs, have laid the foundation; and recent sell out tours with Bryan Adams, The Script, Rodrigo y Gabriela & Taylor Swift have raised the bar and introduced him to a much wider audience.
Ryan’s current hit “The Dreamer” was selected by Heineken as the music for the new Heineken ad “Long Story”, and has been well received by all.
Ryan’s debut album “The Day You Live Forever” reached platinum sales in April 2012. Ryan was presented with his platinum disc on stage at his sold out Olympia Theatre headliner in Dublin on Friday 20th April...
There will also be an after party with Buck Taylor in the Café Bar.
The Doors Alive, the most authentic Doors tribute act come to visit the Royal Theatre Ruby Room on 15th September next.
The lead singer Willie has an uncanny resemblance to Jim and a rich baritone voice that reproduces Jim’s fine live performance.The line up also features Cristian on keyboards Baz on guitar and Buzz on drums. Every attention to detail is given to authenticity from the vintage instruments used and to the crafted representation of the Doors at their musical peak in the 70’s.
Check them out here:
More details here:
https://www.theroyal.ie/the-doors-alive
Henry “The Western Warrior” Coyle returns to the Royal Theatre, Castlebar on Friday, August 17th to make the first defence of his WBF Light Middleweight title against experienced Argentinean Marcelo Alejandro Rodriguez on another big night of professional boxing in County Mayo.
Coyle won the title when he stopped Italy's Elio Cotena last year in front of a packed audience at the Royal Theatre which included Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Minister for Sport Michael Ring and he will be hoping to recreate the electric atmosphere from that night as he bids to repel his South American challenger.
The card will also feature the return of Cavan's Andy Murray as he looks to get back to winning ways following his points defeat to European Champ Gavin Rees in Cardiff last year. Murray, like Coyle will face an Argentinian opponent in the shape of Sergio Omar Priotti. Cork based Cuban Alexei Collado will be out to impress as he aims to take a step closer to a world title with his impressive undefeated record currently standing at 15 wins, all but one of those wins coming via stoppage.
Tickets for the August 17th event priced from €40, €60 and €100 are on sale from the Royal Theatre Box Office on 0818 300 000, Ticketmaster.ie / 0818 719300 and the boxers on the bill.
Hollywood actress Mischa Barton (The Sixth Sense, The OC) makes her Irish stage debut as Shelby Eatenton, and Anne Charleston (Madge Bishop in Neighbours) plays Ouiser Boudreaux in this all-Ireland Stage Touring Premiere of STEEL MAGNOLIAS.
Directed by Ben Barnes, the original play tells the heart-warming story we came to love on film. An enduring tale of love, loss and friendship, we follow the lives of six Southern women who come together in Truvy’s exclusive Beauty Parlour.
Full of wise-cracking repartée, the women are witty, intelligent and sometimes slightly crazy. Annelle, who’s not sure if she’s still married, is the eager new assistant to the outspoken romantic Truvy who dispenses shampoo and free advice to the town’s rich curmudgeon and dog-loving Ouiser, eccentric millionaire Miss Clairee and classic Southern mother M’Lynn, whose pretty daughter Shelby (a diabetic) is about to get married.
Opening on Shelby’s wedding day, the story moves towards tragedy when she risks pregnancy. The beauty and fragility of her life has a profound effect on all the women, and their underlying strengths of love and friendship make this play truly touching to behold.
Packed with 1980s nostalgia and memorable one-liners, Steel Magnolias is the funniest play ever to make you cry.
Directed by Ben Barnes and and the best night out at the theatre in a long time.
Tickets on sale from Ticketmaster outlets online & nationwide and from the Royal Theatre Box Office on 0818 300 000 or 094 90 23111. Tickets are priced at €25.65.
The award winning Parke Arts and Drama group returns to the stage.
The Parke Arts and Drama group, winner of the Mayo County Council drama award in 2011 for its production of Cupid Wore Skirts last March, returns to the stage this July in The Royal Theatre Castlebar on Thursday the 12th of July with its 2012 production Fortunes and Misfortunes, a side-splitting three act comedy by Westmeath playwright Jimmy Keary.
The story centers on Daisy Fortune, a hard working fifty-something, who is supporting a lazy husband and a good-for-nothing son. She loses her job, as a waitress in The Cosy Corner after her son Nathan’s pet lizard Britney, gets loose in the premises. She gets a job as a housekeeper for Bill and Oonagh Delaney.
Oonagh is busy organizing a poetry workshop, which is being held in her home, and has invited renowned poet Aubrey Peacock to attend. Meanwhile, there is tension in the Delaney’s’ marriage as a result of Bill’s flirting with Wanda Hunt, the mother of one of his pupils. However when Nathan’s lizard escapes in the Delaney home and Oonagh’s fruit punch is accidentally laced with alcohol, the workshop turns into a complete disaster and the tension between Oonagh and Wanda finally explodes. Add to the mix a dancing priest and you have all the ingredients for a superbly hilarious comedy.
The production takes to the stage on Thursday 12th July running as a summer season every Thursday. Tickets for the shows are on sale soon and are available from the Royal Box Office on 0818 300 000 or 094 9023111. You are advised to book your tickets early as experience shows that there will be packed houses nightly. For Further information is available from www.theroyal.ie or www.parkedrama.com
The Royal Theatre are delighted to announce Bressie on Sunday 26th August.
Already a well respected and talented musician from his time fronting The Blizzards, Bressie’s debut solo album ‘Colourblind Stereo’, released last summer, reached #1 in the iTunes Album chart. From the LP he has released three singles including the airplay #1 smash ‘Can’t Stay Young Forever’ and the top three hit ‘Good Intentions’.
Bressie has been highly acclaimed and lauded as The Voice of Ireland coach, a role that he has expertly filled with charisma and professionalism. The show has reached viewership figures of 700,000+ eclipsing The Late Late Show and Saturday Night Show. It has firmly planted him in the heart of the Irish public as a true gentleman of the Irish music industry.
Tickets go on sale this coming Friday the 6th of July from Ticketmaster outlets online & nationwide and from the Royal Theatre Box Office on 0818 300 000 or 094 90 23111. Tickets are priced at €20.00 (including booking fee).
** Due to unforseen circumstances the Forever Pets Expo has been postponed until Sunday 9th September. **
We look forward to meeting you and your dogs this September for a great family day out in support of the MSPCA!
Following the success of last years Dog Show, this years event will be even bigger and better. With up to 40 exhibitors, the theatre floor will be transformed into a haven for pet lovers of all kinds from vets and Dog trainers to Pet stores and accessories. Last year’s event focused solely on dogs, this year, it will be about all animals, furry, four legged, winged or scaly and will showcase exhibitors for every kind of family pet. You are guaranteed to find everything you need under one roof.
