The most famous Irish folk music band of all times is coming to play in Ljubljana on the 16^th September in the outdoor concert hall Krizanke.

The Dubliners in Ljubljana

It is not the first visit of the Dubliners to Ljubljana and they were here as late as 2010. It has become apparent that year to year, Slovenia has a love for Irish folk music keeps filling the concerts by these legends. There has even been collaboration with Vlado Kreslin, a local singer which fills the biggest concert halls in Ljubljana year after year.

Up until now, the Dubliners have released 36 albums and have performed together for over 48 years. Eamonn Campbell, Barney McKenna, John Sheahan, Sean Cannon and Patsy Watchorn will be on stage once again in Ljubljana so don’t miss this legendary band.

The Dubliners History

In 1962 the band started playing together under the name “The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group” which regularly performed in the O’Donoghue’s Pub in Dublin. The band soon changed their name due to Ronnie’s dislike of the name and as Kelly happened to be reading James Joyce book ‘Dubliners’ at the time, they’ve been known as the Dubliners ever since.

The Dubliners became very popular also outside of Ireland as pioneers for Irish folk music outside of Ireland. Their recording os the ‘The Black Velvet Band’  and the ‘Seven Drunken Nights’ were heavily promoted on pirate radio stations at the time. Because of this, both records reachedthe top 20 in the UK pop charts. However, after another hit single in 1967, the Dubliners did not have another UK hit single until they recorded together with The Pogues in 1987.

The Dubliners was also admired by other famous musician’s such as Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd which helped the bands popularity outside the Irish music fans.

The Dubliner’s top chart singles

• 1966 NELSON’S FAREWELL (#6)
• 1967 BLACK VELVET BAND (#4)
• 1967 ALL FOR ME GROG (#10)
• 1967 SEVEN DRUNKEN NIGHTS (#1)
• 1968 NEVER WED AN OLD MAN (#11)
• 1968 DIRTY OLD TOWN (#10)
• 1971 HAND ME DOWN MY BIBLE (#7)
• 1971 FREE THE PEOPLE (#7)
• 1986 RAGLAN ROAD (#30)
• 1987 DON’T GET MARRIED (#24)
• 1987 THE IRISH ROVER (#1)
• 1990 JACK’S HEROES (#4) (Including The Pogues)
• 1991 THE ROSE (#2) (Including The Hothouse Flowers)
• 1994 RED ROSES FOR ME (#13)

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