{"id":14941,"date":"2017-08-23T12:20:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T11:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=14941"},"modified":"2017-08-23T12:23:59","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T11:23:59","slug":"the-4-of-us-play-portico-this-saturday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2017\/08\/the-4-of-us-play-portico-this-saturday-night\/","title":{"rendered":"The 4 of Us play Portico this Saturday Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>This Saturday night, 26 August, The 4 of Us will perform at Portico in Portaferry as part of the popular Lough Lively Sessions.<\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14942\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14942\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-14942\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/press2-38-1024x617.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"301\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brothers Brendan and Declan Murphy from the critically-acclaimed The 4 of Us who will perform at Portico, Portaferry this Saturday night 26 August.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Listed in TV3\u2019s Top 10 Best Irish Bands of All Time, The 4 of Us have been a steadfast part of Irish music for over 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>In their critically acclaimed two-man show, brothers Brendan and Declan Murphy blend contemporary roots with rock; melodic songs and interweaving acoustic guitars, propelled by a stomp box rhythm.<\/p>\n<p>The 4 Of Us shot to early fame in 1989 with their debut Songs for the Tempted, which featured the massive hits Mary and Drag My Bad Name Down. Sugar Island, their latest album, explores the Murphy brother\u2019s early years growing up in a border town during the height of the troubles in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>This is an evening of music not to be missed!<\/p>\n<p>Tickets cost \u00a310 and are on sale now\u00a0 at www.visitardsandnorthdown.com or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.porticoards.com\">www.porticoards.com<\/a>. Show time is 7.30pm.<\/p>\n<p>Still to come at the Lough Lively Sessions in Portico are; Saffyre and Rapparees \u2013 book early to avoid disappointment.<\/p>\n<p>The Lough Lively music events are supported by Ards and North Down Borough Council and The Arts Council of Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Saturday night, 26 August, The 4 of Us will perform at Portico in Portaferry as part of the popular Lough Lively Sessions. Listed in TV3\u2019s Top 10 Best Irish Bands of All Time, The 4 of Us have been a steadfast part of Irish music for over 25 years. In their critically acclaimed two-man &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2017\/08\/the-4-of-us-play-portico-this-saturday-night\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14941"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14941"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14944,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14941\/revisions\/14944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}