The full-length concert will be free to watch, but the band is asking fans for donations, to “help support us in our efforts to keep paying our employees,” said singer Ken Casey, a Milton native who now lives in Hingham.
In addition to Casey, the band s current lineup is, Al Barr on vocals, Matt Kelly on drums, James Lynch on guitar, Tim Brennan on accordion, mandolin, bouzouki and tin whistle, and Jeff DaRosa on banjo, mandolin, bouzouki and keyboards. Kevin Rheault and Lee Roshner will add support on bass and bagpipes, respectively.
The concert will feature hits such as “I’m Shipping Up to Boston,” Tessie, “Rose Tattoo” and tracks from their new studio album, which will be released soon. Details about the new record will be announced next week.
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Another repeated sentiment was that Brexit only stood to damage the UK’s “soft power” as a leading force in music, and that visa-free travel throughout the EU for artists and crew would be the easiest solution.
After the UK government said they put the responsibility for the lack of arrangements for artists at the foot of the EU and the European Commission then denied that they had rejected the UK’s “ambitious proposals”, yesterday’s debate saw the Conservative Minister for Digital and Culture in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media Caroline Dineage reject the idea that negotiating visa-free touring was an option and repeated that “the UK pushed for ambitious arrangements” but claim that “quite simply the EU rejected this and there was no counter offer”.
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image captionLeft-right: Radiohead s Colin Greenwood, Ronan Keating and Sir Elton John
Music stars including Sir Elton John and Radiohead are putting pressure on the government to resolve the problems around post-Brexit EU touring.
UK artists will face red tape and fees for visas to play in some EU countries.
Sir Elton John told The Guardian: Either the Brexit negotiators didn t care about musicians, or didn t think about them, or weren t. prepared.
But Culture Minister Caroline Dinenage said the government had pushed for a solution and the door was still open .
She told MPs on Monday that the government had put forward a very straightforward plan to allow musicians to travel without work permits, drafted in consultation with experts from the UK to creative sectors . She added: Quite simply the EU rejected this proposal.