Lisa Hannigan announces marathon Irish tour

Lisa Hannigan turns into a veritable road monster this summer with shows all over the country.
A curtain-raiser for the autumn release of her second album, you can catch her in the Triskel Church, Cork (May 6); DeBarra’s, Clonakilty (12); The Spaniard, Kinsale (13); Spirit Store, Dundalk (15); Kenny’s Bar, Lahinch (19); Roisin Dubh, Galway (21); Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar (22); Empire Music Hall, Belfast (25); O’Keefe’s, Clonmel (27); The Forum, Waterford (28); The Set, Kilkenny (June 9); The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon (10); The Model, Sligo (July 6); The Balor, Ballybofey (20); Glebe Garden Ampitheatre, Baltimore (24); Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre, Naul (28); and Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge (30).
The ticket pre-sale has started at [link]www.lisahannigan.ie/tour[/link].
Fans will be able to get a sneak preview of her new album, which is due in the early autumn.
“I found a wonderful converted farmhouse studio in the middle of Snowdonia national park in Wales and we all headed over for a week,” she says of the Joe Henry-produced sessions. “Gavin Glass played piano and banjo, Ross Turner was on drums, Shane Fitzsimons, double and electric bass, Donagh Molloy, harmonium and trumpet and an eight and a half months pregnant Lucy Wilkins played violin and arranged a couple of songs for cello and violin. John Smith joined for some guitar and general tomfoolery. I can’t wait to get out and play the songs from it!"