Pierce Turner in chart-topping form

Music
18 Aug 10

The film The Other Guys, in which Irish singer-songwriter Pierce Turner sings a song in a bar with Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, has hit the No. 1 at the box office in the USA.

The film has also knocked Christopher Nolan's Inception off the top of the UK box office chart. A police parody with a budget of £56 million, it took in £22.3 million in its opening weekend in the UK.

After performing to a full house early this month at the Kilkenny Arts Festival, Turner heads to de Barras in Clonakilty, West Cork for a gig there on Thursday August 26.

On Saturday September 4 he plays a hometown gig at Wexford Arts Centre, followed by a visit to Áras Chronain, Irish Cultural Centre in Clondalkin, Dublin on Saturday September 11.