NCH Landmarks Presents Mick Flannery Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Seminal Debut Album Evening Train on Tuesday 29th July 

• NCH Landmarks Presents Mick Flannery Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Debut Album Evening Train 
• National Concert Hall, Main Stage    
• Tuesday 29 July 8pm     
• Tickets from €28, €36.50, €45 www.nch.ie On Sale 10am Friday 23rd May 
• 10% Discount for Friends of NCH or Groups of 10 or more 

The National Concert Hall welcomes revered singer-songwriter Mick Flannery for a very special concert to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his stellar debut album Evening Train. For this exclusive event, Mick will perform newly arranged versions of the album's songs.  The acclaim received by Evening Train saw Flannery sign to EMI Music. Two tracks from the album, ‘In The Gutter’ and ‘The Tender’ landed awards at the prestigious Nashville Songwriters’ Association International Song Contest. NCH Landmarks is a new occasional  series where leading Irish artists perform their landmark album and music from their career.  

Mick Flannery is an award-winning, double-platinum selling artist who has released eight studio albums, three of which have reached No. 1 in Ireland. His latest album, Goodtime Charlie, was released in North America with Oh Boy Records, the legendary label started by John Prine in 1981. His collaborative album with Susan O’Neill In the Game was nominated for the Choice Music Prize Album of the Year in 2021 and was the biggest selling independent record in Ireland that year. 

Mick Flannery’s songwriting delves deeply into the complexities of the human condition—its flaws, triumphs, and uncertainties. His live performances are beloved for their emotional depth, self-deprecating humour, and genuine connection with audiences, often guiding listeners through heartbreak and joy in the same breath. 

A stage adaptation of Evening Train—an extraordinary concept album—has been in development for several years. Titled The House Must Win, this theatrical work will receive a special ‘work-in-progress’ presentation at this year’s Galway International Arts Festival, ahead of its full production in 2026. Mick has written both the script and the music, collaborating with Liam Robinson (of Hadestown) on the new arrangements. These will also feature prominently in the upcoming anniversary concert at the National Concert Hall. 

“Mick Flannery has a voice for the ages, a complete Master of his craft” Clash Magazine. 

 

Tickets €28, €36.50, €45 on Sale 10am Friday 23rd May  

10% Discount for Friends of NCH and Groups of 10 or more       

www.nch.ie Tel: 01 4170000      

 

Media Queries: Sinead Doyle, Marketing & PR Manager or Roisin Dwyer, PR & Publications Executive, National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2. (S. Doyle Tel: 087 1775334 / R. Dwyer 085 7129628       

       

ENDS  

 

About the National Concert Hall            

The National Concert Hall (NCH) is Ireland’s national cultural institution for music, proudly serving the Irish public since it opened in 1981 through live music performances and significant educational and cultural programmes. Based in the heart of Dublin’s city centre, next door to the picturesque Iveagh Gardens, the NCH is proud home to our  National Symphony Orchestra, as well as providing residence for a range of other music organisations including Chamber Choir Ireland, Irish Baroque Orchestra, Music Network, Crash Ensemble and Music Generation. It is currently planning for a major redevelopment of all facilities as part of the National Development Plan and Project Ireland 2040. 

 

Cuireann NCH Landmarks Mick Flannery i láthair ag ceiliúradh 20 bliain an chéad albam ceannródaíoch Evening Train Dé Máirt 29ú Iúil 

  

• Cuireann NCH Landmarks Mick Flannery i láthair ag ceiliúradh 20 bliain an chéad albam Evening Train 
• Príomhstáitse, An Ceoláras Náisiúnta    
• Dé Máirt 29 Iúil 8i.n.     
• Ticéid ó €28, €36.50, €45 www.nch.ie Ar Díol 10am Dé hAoine 16ú Bealtaine 

Cuireann an Ceoláras Náisiúnta fáilte roimh an amhránaí-scríbhneoir revered Mick Flannery le haghaidh ceolchoirm an-speisialta chun comóradh 20 bliain a chéad albam Evening Train a cheiliúradh. Don ócáid eisiach seo, seinnfidh Mick leaganacha nua-eagraithe d'amhráin an albaim.  Chonaic an moladh a fuair Evening Train Flannery ag síniú le EMI Music. Fuair dhá rian ón albam, 'In The Gutter' agus 'The Tender' duaiseanna ag Comórtas Amhránaíochta Idirnáisiúnta Chumann Amhrán Nashville. Is sraith nua ócáideach é NCH Landmarks ina bhfuil ealaíontóirí mór le rá Éireannacha ag seinm a n-albam suntasach agus a gceol óna ngairm.  

Is ealaíontóir é Mick Flannery a bhfuil duaiseanna buaite aige, a bhfuil platanam dúbailte aige, a bhfuil ocht n-albam stiúideo eisithe aige, agus tá trí cinn acu sroichte ag Uimh. 1 in Éirinn. Eisíodh a albam is déanaí, Goodtime Charlie, i Meiriceá Thuaidh le Oh Boy Records, an lipéad legendary a thosaigh John Prine i 1981. Ainmníodh a albam comhoibritheach le Susan O'Neill In the Game d'Albam na Bliana Choice Music Prize in 2021 agus ba é an ceirnín neamhspleách ba mó díol in Éirinn an bhliain sin. 

Déanann scríbhneoireacht amhrán Mick Flannery iniúchadh go domhain ar chastachtaí an riocht daonna - a lochtanna, a bhuanna agus a éiginnteachtaí. Tá grá ag a chuid léirithe beo mar gheall ar a dhoimhneacht mhothúchánach, greann féin-dhímheasúil, agus fíor-nasc leis an lucht féachana, go minic ag treorú éisteoirí trí bhriseadh croí agus áthas san anáil chéanna. 

Tá oiriúnú stáitse de Evening Train - albam coincheap urghnách - á fhorbairt le roinnt blianta. Dar teideal The House Must Win, beidh cur i láthair speisialta 'work-in-progress' ar an saothar amharclainne seo ag Féile Ealaíon Idirnáisiúnta na Gaillimhe i mbliana, sula léireofar é go hiomlán in 2026. Tá an script agus an ceol scríofa ag Mick, ag comhoibriú le Liam Robinson (as Hadestown) ar na socruithe nua. Beidh siad seo le feiceáil freisin sa cheolchoirm chomórtha atá le teacht sa Cheoláras Náisiúnta. 

Tá guth ag Mick Flannery do na haoiseanna, Máistir iomlán ar a cheird." Iris Clash. 

  

Ticéid €28, €36.50, €45 ar díol 10am Dé hAoine 16ú Bealtaine  

Lascaine 10% do Chairde NCH nó do Ghrúpaí de 10 nó níos mó       

www.nch.ie Teil: 01 4170000       

   

Ceisteanna ó na Meáin: Sinead Doyle, Bainisteoir Margaíochta & Caidreamh Poiblí, An Ceoláras Náisiúnta, Ardán Phort an Iarla, Baile Átha Cliath 2. (S. Doyle Teil: 087 1775334 / R. Dwyer 085 7129628       

       

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Tá an Ceoláras Náisiúnta (CN) institiúid chultúrtha náisiúnta na hÉireann don cheol, a fhreastalaíonn go bródúil ar phobal na hÉireann ó osclaíodh é i 1981 trí thaibhithe ceoil beo agus cláir shuntasacha oideachais agus chultúrtha. Lonnaithe i gcroílár Bhaile Átha Cliath, agus béal dorais le Gairdíní Uíbh Eachach, tá an CN bródúil as ár gCeolfhoireann Shiansach Náisiúnta, chomh maith le háit chónaithe a chur ar fáil do réimse eagraíochtaí ceoil eile lena n-áirítear Cór Aireagail Éireann, Ceolfhoireann Bharócach na hÉireann, Music Network, Crash Ensemble agus Music Generation. Tá sé i gceist faoi láthair athfhorbairt mór á dhéanamh ar na háiseanna go léir mar chuid den Phlean Forbartha Náisiúnta agus de Thionscadal Éireann 2040.