Music
30 Mar 06

Jack Lukeman announces spring gigs

The forthcoming months will see the County Kildare native spread thin as he makes a number of stops home and abroad to promote his latest album.

Jack Lukeman is embarking on an orgy of live activity to coincide with the March 31 release of his Broken Songs album.
Having limbered up in the Sligo Left Bank on April 6, it’s off to:
Dolan’s, Limerick (7)
Island Arts Centre, Lisburn (8)
Black Box, Galway (12)
Opera House, Cork (15)
Olympia, Dublin (18 to 20)
Nerve Centre, Derry (27)
Arts Centre, Mullingar (28)
Forum Theatre, Waterford (29)
Burren College of Ar, Clare (30)
Solstice Arts Centre, Navan (May 1)
Garage Theatre, Monaghan (4)
Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely (5)
Glen’s Centre, Manorhamilton (6)
Time, Naas (11)
Excel Theatre, Tipperary (12)
Glor, Ennis (13)
Spirit Store, Dundalk (14)
Empire Music Hall, Belfast (17)
Market Place Theatre, Armagh (18)
Arts Centre, Drogheda (19)
Dunamaise Theatre, Portlaoise (20 & 21)
Riverbank, Wexford (25)
Ramor Theatre, Virginia (26) Arts Centre, Birr (27)
and The Kenyon, Nenagh (29).
Phew!
Reviewed in the next issue of Hot Press, the album features ‘Authentic Fake’, ‘I’ve Been Raining’, ‘Sweet Low Down’, ‘Open Your Borders’, ‘Wicked Way’, ‘Can’t Get Bitter’, ‘Chocolate Eyes’, ‘Lost In Limbo’, ‘Apes & Angels’ and the title track.