The Prodigy announce Irish outdoor shows for 2023

The Prodigy are returning to the live stage next summer with three Irish outdoor gigs. The legendary band will perform at Cork's Musgrave Park on June 28; Dublin's Fairview Park on June 29 and Belsonic in Belfast on June 30, 2023.

Following the bands incendiary and emotionally charged sellout tour of the UK last July, their first since Keith Flint passed away in March 2019, the band knew it was the right time for them to bring their incredible live performance back to outdoor stages next summer.

“We always said from the start, as long as the people wanna see us, we will be there for them , to play our tunes live with full power and much rukus,” Liam Howlett says of the news.

Liam and Maxim will be joined once again by long term live band members - guitarist Rob Holliday and drummer Leo Crabtree.

Currently, the band are back in the studio working on new music. Their next project will follow up their last album No Tourists, an LP that saw them break the record for the most UK number 1 albums by an electronic artist , with seven consecutive number ones stretching back to 1994’s Music For The Jilted Generation.

“Get ready for the new wave of fire!!! this one’s for Flinty,” Liam & Maxim said.

The Prodigy were one of the most successful British acts of recent decades. The band began recording and performing in 1990 and first scaled the heights when Music For The Jilted Generation, hit the No.1 spot. They remained a powerful force throughout the '90s, with The Fat of the Land – their third album – becoming a global No.1 hit. They went on to become one of the biggest electronic music groups in the UK and later being dubbed "the godfathers of rave". The band's singles 'Firestarter' and 'Breathe' became legendary big beat hits, both reaching Number 1 in the UK singles charts. The Prodigy had six Number 1 albums.

They remained successful throughout the '00s and '10s, releasing their last album in 2016. They continued to be much-loved in Ireland, even headlining Sunday night at Electric Picnic in September 2018.

The band confirmed that Keith Flint took his own life in 2019, with the band's founding member and main composer Liam Howlett – also from Braintree in Essex – talking of his shock, anger and sadness at the terrible news. They cancelled all gigs at the time. Among the events planned for the band was an appearance at Glastonbury 2019.

Revisit Keith Flint's 1997 interview with Hot Press here.

Tickets from €59.90 on sale this Friday at 9am.