I don't know what song Luigi was looking for over 23 years ago, but here is the big news from Belfast Tradfest: "After a 45 year hiatus the most influential Irish trad band of all time are reforming to play their first Irish concert since 1979, in Belfast’s Waterfront Hall on Sunday 25th February 2024. This Belfast TradFest Winter Weekend concert will be one of the most anticipated in living memory, featuring a who’s who of Irish music; Matt Molloy (The Chieftains), Donal Lunny (Planxty, Moving Hearts), Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill (Skara Brae), Kevin Burke (Patrick Street), Paddy Glackin (Ushers Island) & uilleann pipe supremo Paddy Keenan. Coming together to perform their first public concert in almost 50 years as ‘The Bothy Band’, they are joined by Seán Óg Graham on guitar." They will also be performing at Celtic Connections in Glasgow. The following former members of the Bothy Band are deceased: Tommy Peoples, Mícheal Ó Domhnaill, Tony McMahon
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