Brian Kennedy returns to the fray on March 12 with Live in Belfast, a double-CD recorded over two nights at the Waterfront Hall in November 2003. Along with his own trademark tunes – 'A Better Man', 'Get On With Your Short Life' and 'Captured' – there's a Van Morrison medley and cover of Neil Young's 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart'.

The following month finds him taking to the road with soirees at the Excel Theatre, Tipperary (April 23); Gleneagles Hotel, Killarney (24); Millennium Forum, Derry (28); Hawkswell Theatre, Sligo (30); Jackson's Hotel, Ballybofey (May 2); Forum, Waterford (8); Opera House, Cork (9); Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny (13); and UCH, Limerick (14).