“I really love playing Ireland and I can’t wait to get back there," he tells us. "I get a lot of love from the Irish Audience and I always get looked after.”
Damon is having something of second coming and as he says himself he’s only half way through his career. He likes to think of the second half only starting now.
Go right back to 2000 and the Mercury Prize-winning, seminal ‘The Hour of the Bewilderbeast’, announced the arrival of the badly drawn genius of Damon Gough. It’s been a curious, wonderful, inimitable, unpredictable career so far of major prizes and minor incidents, all possibilities and magic in the air.
Since then he has released four subsequent studio albums – 'Have You Fed The Fish?' (2002), 'One Plus One Is One' (2004), 'Born In The UK' (2006) and 'It’s What I’m Thinking Part 1: Photographing Snowflakes' (2010)/
As well as three film soundtracks, including the mega hit 'About A Boy; (2002, from the film of the same name), I's There Nothing We Could Do?' (2009, from the Caroline Aherne film T'he Fattest Man In The UK') and 'Being Flynn' (from the 2012 film of the same name).
His soundtrack to the 2002 film 'About A Boy', starring Hugh Grant, remains one of Badly Drawn Boy’s most critically acclaimed and successful albums (certified Gold in the UK) and spawned two singles, ‘Silent Sigh’ and ‘Something To Talk About’.
Expect all the hits with a few surprises along the way at the Whelans gig.
Tickets are on sale now and €27.50 available online @ WAV Tickets or Lo-Call 1890 200 078 (1-7pm M-F) There's 50c per ticket service charge applies on phone, internet or credit card bookings. Final ticket price may be higher from other outlets. Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required