A tribute to a Tribute. Still In Love With You – The Philip Lynott Exhibition is an unprecedented project, based on the love and affection that is widely felt for a great Irish artist. What’s more it has been an astounding success, with fans arriving from all over the world to immerse themselves in its unique glow.

Easier said than done. Making this celebration of Philip’s life and times a reality proved a massive undertaking. In creative terms, it has more than paid off, as anyone who has ventured up to the top floor of St. Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre can attest. The beauty of it was that it quickly became clear that, far from merely assembling some museum piece, a whole new chapter in the book of Lynott and Lizzy was being written.

Plans for The Philip Lynott Exhibition were announced on January 4, the 25th anniversary of the great man’s death. The date was chosen for its resonance with family, friends and fans of Phil, but also to add something positive to the day’s inevitably sad proceedings. And so it did. There was a huge celebration when it launched in the centre of Dublin on March 4, with hundreds thronging onto the top floor in the Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre to be the first to experience what was on offer. The reaction that night was immensely positive. All the concerns of the sceptics were answered, and then some. It was an extraordinary and wonderfully fulfilling night for everyone who was involved.