2023 marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Mary Black's first solo album, released in May 1983.

To celebrate the memory, the Irish singer-songwriter is going back on the road next year, performing a date at Dublin's 3Olympia Theatre on Friday, November 17th 2023.

Since the early '80s, Mary Black has become a dominant presence in Irish music at home and abroad, bringing her songs and music to growing numbers of fans worldwide. The performer is well known as an interpreter of both traditional folk and modern material.

Black's 2008 25-year anniversary greatest hits album, 25 Years/25 Songs, debuted at number one and spent seven months on the Irish Top 40 charts.

As an award-winning solo artist with multiple chart-topping and critically acclaimed albums, Black has been celebrated by the public as well as fellow artists many of whom she has performed and recorded with over the years, including Emmylou Harris, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Joan Baez and Van Morrison.

The 67-year-old Dubliner and her outstanding band will celebrate her career playing the favourite songs from her extensive catalogue next November.

In March this year, Mary received an Honorary Doctorate in Literature from UCD and on 7th November, RTÉ announced that Mary was to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards in Vicar Street.

Tickets from €36.50 including booking fee go on sale this Friday 18th November at 9am.