David Gray announces extra Killarney concert date

David Gray has announced the addition of an extra show in the Killarney Gleneagle INEC Arena on August 28.

The announcement of a new Killarney date comes following high demand for his other Irish shows. The Dublin April 5, Limerick May 1, and Killarney August 27 shows have all sold out. The May 2 Dublin show in the 3Arena is still selling tickets, however availability is low.

The Past & Present tour is set to begin in Boston on January 24. The tour coincides with the release of his latest album Dear Life. This is the 13th album of Gray’s 30-year career, “a starburst of songwriting… It just seemed like the gods of songwriting were being kind. The doubting voices didn’t turn up.” says Gray.

“Some unfinished songs just refuse to do the polite thing and go away.” Gray notes about the album’s lead single. “'Plus & Minus' is based in part on a chord sequence that was born way back in 2004, and it’s no exaggeration to say that it has taken all those long, intervening years to fully resolve it.”

He continues, “It’s so full of hooks both lyrically and melodically that it needed a tight arrangement to really optimise their value. This took a lot of work to get right, but we got there in the end… Even if the end was 20 years on from the beginning!”

'Plus & Minus' features singer Talia Rae, who will join Gray for the European leg of Past & Present. Sierra Spirit will join Gray for the North American portion of the tour.

You can see Past & Present tour information here, and a review of Dear Life here.