{"id":2133,"date":"2010-09-13T16:13:41","date_gmt":"2010-09-13T15:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/blog\/?p=2133"},"modified":"2010-09-13T16:13:41","modified_gmt":"2010-09-13T15:13:41","slug":"guinness-%e2%80%98our-thursdays%e2%80%99-showcases-culminate-in-thrilling-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2010\/09\/guinness-%e2%80%98our-thursdays%e2%80%99-showcases-culminate-in-thrilling-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"GUINNESS \u2018OUR THURSDAYS\u2019 SHOWCASES CULMINATE IN THRILLING FINALE"},"content":{"rendered":"

SNOW PATROL MAKE SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE NIGHT TO THE DELIGHT OF EMERGING IRISH TALENT <\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>The Guinness\u00ae \u2018Our Thursdays\u2019 National showcase took place last night, Thursday, 9th<\/sup> September in Lavery\u2019s, Belfast. From an incredible 800 hopeful bands, four emerging Irish acts, \u201cMaud in Cahoots\u201d, \u201cReko\u201d, \u201cDave Peyton\u201d and \u201cEmpire Saints\u201d put on performances that really showcased the richness of raw Irish talent in front of a packed audience.<\/p>\n

To the delight of the crowd and the four bands who took part, Jonny Quinn made a surprise announcement and revealed that while it had been planned that only three bands would be selected to play alongside the amazing international talent in the studio venues in Cork, Galway and the St. James\u2019s Gate Brewery on Arthur\u2019s Day\u00ae, now all four bands will go on to play at the main Arthur\u2019s Day celebrations on the 23rd<\/sup> September.<\/p>\n

The four national showcase bands will perform alongside international artists as part of the Arthur\u2019s Day line up in the following venues;<\/p>\n

Band\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Venue<\/p>\n

Maud in Cahoots \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 St James\u2019s Gate Brewery, Dublin<\/p>\n

Dave Peyton \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Olympia Theatre, Dublin<\/p>\n

Reko \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Savoy, Cork<\/p>\n

Empire Saints\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Folan Quay, Galway<\/p>\n

Judges present on the night included some of the industry\u2019s top experts including Jonny Quinn and Tom Simpson from Snow Patrol, Matt Cooke from MTV as well as Niall Stokes from Hot Press.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the showcase, Jonny Quinn said, \u201cThere is no shortage of talent that\u2019s for sure. It has been a great experience for all who have taken part and we are excited about performing alongside the winning band on the 23rd<\/sup>September\u201d.<\/p>\n

Not only will the four bands get the opportunity to take part in this unforgettable experience, they will also receive studio time, a digital release from Universal and will find themselves splashed all over the cover of Hot Press magazine in a special feature.<\/p>\n

Our Thursdays was a new dimension to the Arthur\u2019s Day programme, which continues the philanthropic legacy of Arthur Guinness. Orla Flanagan, Brand Manager, Guinness said \u201cWhen we set about developing the programme, we never thought we would get such a huge response with over 800 Irish bands taking part. We are delighted to add these four great acts to the Arthur\u2019s Day line up. Excitement is really building now for Arthur\u2019s Day and I\u2019m looking forward to raising a glass to Arthur at 17.59 on the 23rd<\/sup> September.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cMaud from\u00a0 Maud in Cahoots, who were chosen to play alongside Snow Patrol were delighted with the news on the night, <\/em><\/strong>\u201cThis has been an incredible experience for us and we are so excited about getting the opportunity to perform on Arthur\u2019s Day, alongside Snow Patrol whom we have admired for years. The day can\u2019t come around quickly enough!\u201d<\/p>\n

Arthur\u2019s Day is a strictly over 18s event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SNOW PATROL MAKE SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE NIGHT TO THE DELIGHT OF EMERGING IRISH TALENT The Guinness\u00ae \u2018Our Thursdays\u2019 National showcase took place last night, Thursday, 9th September in Lavery\u2019s, Belfast. From an incredible 800 hopeful bands, four emerging Irish acts, \u201cMaud in Cahoots\u201d, \u201cReko\u201d, \u201cDave Peyton\u201d and \u201cEmpire Saints\u201d put on performances that really … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[434,882,875,1008,615,1009,879,1011,881,1012,1013,880,413,1010],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2133"}],"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=2133"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2137,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2133\/revisions\/2137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}