Three Dog Night announce Dublin, Buncrana and Belfast dates

Iconic American rock band Three Dog Night have announced shows in Whelan’s, Dublin, Buncrana Cinema, and Limelight 2, Belfast on October 15, 16 and 19 respectively.

Created in 1968 by Irish-born Danny Hutton, the band features three vocalists acting as both leads and as part of three-part harmonies.

This year, Three Dog Night will release Enter, its first studio album in nearly 40 years. Again working with Bill Cooper from the original production team, Hutton and the band present a body of eclectic material, this time including songs penned by Hutton.

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The upcoming shows will coincide with the presentation of the Tip O’Neill Irish Diaspora Award to Hutton, who hails from Buncrana. The awards ceremony is scheduled to take place on Friday, October 17, at the Inishowen Gateway Hotel.

From their debut eponymous album, Three Dog Night went on to release 12 gold records and by 1975, driven by chart-topping songs like ‘One’, ‘Easy to be Hard’, ‘Mama Told Me (Not to Come)’, ‘Joy to the World’, ‘Black and White’, ‘Shambala’ and others, the band had sold over 50 million records.

Tickets for Three Dog Night’s Irish tour are available here.