Anniversary Shows 2016 / 2017
40 Years Since Jailbreak Album Release30 Years Since Phil Lynott’s Passing
SCOTT GORHAM – GUITAR
DAMON JOHNSON – GUITAR
RICKY WARWICK – LEAD VOCALS / GUITAR
DARREN WHARTON - KEYBOARDS
MIKKEY DEE – DRUMS
The Bands statement on the website:
Thin Lizzy is one of rock music’s most recognizable names. The fiery
Dublin band exploded onto the scene with a fresh sound, look and
attitude. Lead by the incomparable Phil Lynott, the band reached many
peaks and influenced generations of musicians with classic tracks such
as “Jailbreak”, “The Boys Are Back In Town”, “Still In Love With You”,
“Cold Sweat”, “Emerald” and “Don’t Believe A Word” between 1969 and
1983.
2016 is a year that includes a couple of important anniversaries in the history of Thin Lizzy. On March 26th,
1976, Thin Lizzy released the iconic “Jailbreak” album to the world.
featuring such classic rock staples as “The Boys Are Back In Town” and
the title track, “Jailbreak” and it become one of the most important
albums of that era. Now we are 40 years on since the release of that
milestone and it is time to celebrate it.
2016 also see’s 30 years since Phil Lynott passed away (January 4th,
1986) and the world lost a rock legend. But his legacy lives on and
celebrating that legacy is what is in store. In the summer of 2016
going into 2017, Thin Lizzy will stage a handful of special shows to
commemorate these important milestones.
The Thin Lizzy lineup is vocalist Ricky Warwick, guitarists Scott
Gorham and Damon Johnson, and Darren Wharton on keyboards. As special
guest, we have seasoned drummer Mikkey Dee from Motorhead.
Scott Gorham “With Black Star Riders taking some time off the road to
work on their third album , I thought it would be really cool to do some
Thin Lizzy shows as it’s an anniversary year, to have some fun and to
re-live the good old days. We will only do half a dozen or so dates to
keep them special. For personal reasons Brian Downey won’t be with us
but we have the incredible Mikkey Dee on the drum stool, which we are
all very excited about. We will announce who is on bass shortly”
Mikkey Dee: “it’s an honor to be asked to play with Thin Lizzy on these
dates, being a life long fan I am so happy and excited to playing with
the band on these shows. It’s going to be great!”
The First Announced shows are:
July 23rd 2016 – UK, Ashford Kent – Ramblin’ Man Fair
http://www.ramblinmanfair.com
ticket link:
http://ramblinmanfair.seetickets.com/
Jan 19th to 23rd 2017 – USA, Fort Lauderdale, FL – Rock Legends Cruise V
http://www.rocklegendscruisev.com
ticket link:
https://rocklegendscruise.rezmagic.com/booking/reservation/start?tripid=2976
