Celtic Thunder Brings 'Best Of' Tour to Playhouse Square; Tickets on Sale Today

There's no resting on laurels for those dashing, talented Irishmen who became the Public Television phenoms...Celtic Thunder. The group has just disembarked from its second Celtic Thunder Cruise and is finishing up a US Symphony Tour, with only a brief respite before embarking on the Very Best of Celtic Thunder tour, which will visits 45 cities across the US and Canada this spring. Their Cleveland stop will be at Playhouse Square's State Theatre Wed., April 19 at 8 pm.

Tickets go on sale today, Jan. 30 at 11 am at playhousesquare.org, by calling 216-241-6000 or visiting the Ticket Office. Prices will be $71, $60, $40, $20 & $10 Smart Seats.)

Celtic Thunder Fans are bound to be thrilled with the line-up for this nostalgic Very Best Of Celtic Thunder Tour: Damian McGinty (former Glee Star) will be back performing as a Guest Artist with the Celtic Thunder guys Colm Keegan, Keith Harkin, Ryan Kelly, Emmett O'Hanlon and Neil Byrne.

Backed as always by the amazing Celtic Thunder Band, Celtic Thunder will perform the best of their much loved ensemble numbers with selections from their nine Public Television shows, including "Heartland" (Celtic Thunder -The Show), "Galway Girl" and "Seven Drunken Nights" (Voyage), "A Place in The Choir" (Heritage) and "Take Me Home" (Take Me Home.) No Celtic Thunder show would be complete without a performance of their rousing anthems "Caledonia" and of course, "Ireland's Call", which never fails to bring the audience to its feet.

In addition to the ensemble performances, the Very Best of Celtic Thunder tour will also feature a wide variety of solo hits such as Damian's "Buachaille On Eirne", Ryan's "Ride On", Keith's "The Mountains of Mourne", Neil's "Noreen", Emmett's "Danny Boy", along with their contemporary hits "Desperado", "Brothers In Arms", "The Island" and "You Raise Me Up". The show will also highlight the group's fun side with fan favorites "Seven Drunken Nights", "A Place in the Choir", "Breaking Up is Hard to Do", "Heartbreaker", "That's a Woman" and many more.

Celtic Thunder is the brainchild of producer Sharon Browne and since its inception in 2007 has released 11 albums, toured the U.S. and Canada, coast to coast, eight times, and Australia three times performing at over 800 shows to date. Celtic Thunder has also been hailed as BILLBOARD's "Top World Music Artist," along with "Top World Music Imprint" and "Top World Album" of in 2008, 2009 and again in 2011. The Celtic Thunder official YouTube channel, "Thunder Tube" has received over 28 million views since 2008. Celtic Thunder is backed by the dynamic Celtic Thunder Band and their shows are known for the use of dramatic effects of lighting and choreography as well as a stage set resembling an ancient stone pathway, suggestive of those referenced in Celtic lore.

For more information, visit www.celticthunder.ie.

To post a comment, you must register and login.