WHO: Celtic rock n’ roll giants, Gaelic Storm is the quintessential Celtic Rock band, featuring Patrick Murphy on according and vocals, Steve Twigger on guitar, Ryan Lacey on drums, Pete Purvis on uilleann pipes, tin whistle, highland pipes, and Jessie Burns, on fiddle. They will be joined for an introductory song by Missoula’s Celtic Dragon Pipe Band.
WHAT: This concert is part of their tour for their #1 Billboard World Album called The Boathouse.
WHERE: Wilma Theater in Missoula, Montana
WHEN: Sunday evening, November 3rd
Every one of you who has seen the movie Titanic has seen Gaelic Storm perform. They are the band playing in steerage for the third-class passengers and they are coming to Missoula this Sunday! Gaelic Storm steps back into the ring with the dazzling #1 Billboard World Album Chicken Boxer, a heavyweight record that comes out swinging with a mix of empowering anthems and traditional ballads.
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With catalog sales of more than 1 million, the group has now had three albums debut at #1 on the Billboard World Albums Chart–2008’s What’s the Rumpus?, 2010’s Cabbage, which remained parked in the top slot for three consecutive weeks, and 2012’s Chicken Boxer. Chicken Boxer is the fifth album to be released on the band’s own label, Lost Again Records, and showcases the incomparable songwriting and accomplished musicianship of a band that has made their mark bringing fans to their feet two hundred days per year.
The group’s ability to deftly incorporate a rock sensibility into their sound affords them rare crossover appeal. In recent years, they’ve performed on the same bill with acts ranging from the Zac Brown Band and the Goo Goo Dolls to Emmylou Harris and Lyle Lovett, at events as varied as the Telluride Bluegrass Festival and Milwaukee’s Summerfest.
With their signature acoustic production, Gaelic Storm blends indie-folk and world grooves with Celtic tradition to serve up a ringside seat for fifteen rounds of pugilistic poultry pounding sound. In other words, Chicken Boxer will knock you out!
They will play at the Wilma on November 3. They are a high energy band, so bring your dancing shoes and make sure you have plenty of fodder on board before you go. For information and tickets, go to www.celticfestivalmissoula.com.