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It’s hard to watch the 30th anniversary performance of Lord of the Dance, a tale of a simple dance aristocrat’s battle with the forces of darkness, without thinking of its creator Michael Flatley’s recent court travails. “My show, Lord of the Dance, is the story of good versus evil and I promise you the good … Read more
‘We cannot wait’: Michael Flatley ‘full of joy’ as Dublin Lord Of The Dance show to go ahead The Journal New costumes for Flatley as Dublin show set to go ahead RTE.ie Lord of the Dance: Show ‘will go on’ as Flatley obtains emergency injunction BBC Michael Flatley to be provided with stage and costumes for Dublin Lord … Read more
Michael Flatley is to be provided with a new stage set and costumes to ensure a planned 30th anniversary Lord of the Dance show goes ahead in Dublin on Thursday, the High Court in Belfast has heard. The equipment will be made available to him as part of undertakings aimed at preventing the cancellation of … Read more
The Lord Of The Dance 30th anniversary show, due to take place at Dublin’s 3Arena this week, has been cancelled due to an ongoing legal dispute, organisers have said. A spokesman for Michael Flatley, who developed the show, later described the move as “outrageous” and insisted that the performance would go on. A solicitor for … Read more
In 1996 it was all so different. Michael Flatley bounded on to stages around the world as the Lord of the Dance. In his show, the Chicago-born dancer’s character, the hero, battled the “evil dark lord Don Dorcha” from taking over “Planet Ireland”. High-kicking and careering his way through an elaborate spectacle of modern Irish … Read more
Morrissey 3Arena ★★★★★ “This is not an hallucination,” Morrissey tells us, in case we were wondering, and yet tonight does seem strangely chimeric. In modern music, Morrissey remains something of an anomaly, perhaps because he remains so firmly himself; “in my own strange way, I’ve always been true to you” he sings on the brilliant … Read more
Tyler, the Creator 3Arena, Dublin ★★★★☆ Long before Kneecap were drawing the wrath of the British establishment, Tyler, the Creator had a claim to the title of most controversial name in rap. Lyrics strewn with apparently homophobic and misogynistic remarks earned him a ban from the UK government in 2015 on the grounds that he … Read more
Bryan Adams 3Arena, Dublin ★★★★☆ The band drops out and Keith Scott, Bryan Adams’s guitar man since 1976, plays that four-chord riff at the centre of Run To You, instantly transporting the majority of his audience back to stonewashed denim, school dances and early amorous fumbles. Reckless, the album Adams released in 1984 on his … Read more
Tate McRae 3Arena, Dublin ★★★★☆ The popular phrase “the girls, gays and theys” may not be one that appears in The Irish Times all that often, but it is essential when writing about the audience at the first of two nights of Tate McRae’s 3Arena shows. Even if you haven’t heard of this Canadian singer-songwriter … Read more