{"id":3605,"date":"2011-11-03T11:15:25","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T10:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/blog\/?p=3605"},"modified":"2011-11-03T11:16:25","modified_gmt":"2011-11-03T10:16:25","slug":"mr-van-morrison-announces-his-first-dublin-and-belfast-concerts-in-over-a-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2011\/11\/mr-van-morrison-announces-his-first-dublin-and-belfast-concerts-in-over-a-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr Van Morrison announces his first Dublin and Belfast concerts in over a decade"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Van Morrison is without a doubt one of the most original recording artists in musical history.<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n

His live shows are always inspired and transcendental while some of his albums such as Astral Weeks, Moondance and It\u2019s Too Late To Stop Now are widely viewed as among the best ever made. His songwriting has influenced everyone from Bruce Springsteen to Bono, Damien Rice to Paolo Nutini, Elvis Costello to Jim Morrison… The list is endless.<\/p>\n

Brown Eyed Girl, Madame George and Moondance were three of his songs that were included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame\u2019s Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. Van Morrison has 6 Grammys and has been inducted into the Rock and Roll and Songwriters Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

The once off set list for the shows will feature a selection of his greatest hits and songs that have a particular resonance to his Irish roots. These shows are set to be one of the musical highlights of 2012. Many of his songs have a nostalgic yearning for his carefree childhood days in Belfast and it will be a special occasion to hear Van perform his songs in the neighbourhood of Cypress Avenue, Hyndford Street and Orangefield High School.<\/p>\n

“Van Morrison is interested, obsessed with how much musical or verbal information he can compress into a small space, and, almost, conversely, how far he can spread one note, word, sound, or picture. To capture one moment, be it a caress or a twitch. He repeats certain phrases to extremes that from anybody else would seem ridiculous, because he’s waiting for a vision to unfold, trying as unobtrusively as possible to nudge it along…It’s the great search, fueled by the belief that through these musical and mental processes illumination is attainable. Or may at least be glimpsed.”
\nLester Bangs<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is at the heart of Morrison\u2019s presence as a singer that when he lights on certain sounds, certain small moments inside a song\u2014hesitations, silences, shifts in pressure, sudden entrances, slamming doors\u2014can then suggest whole territories, completed stories, indistinct ceremonies, far outside anything that can be literally traced in the compositions that carry them.\u201d
\nGreil Marcus<\/p>\n

“Astral Weeks is about the power of the human voice \u2013 ecstatic agony, agonising ecstasy. Here is an Irish tenor reborn as a White Negro \u2013 a Caucasian Soul Man \u2013 pleading and beseeching over a bed of dreamy folk-jazz instrumentation: acoustic bass, brushed drums, vibes and acoustic guitar, the odd string quartet \u2013 and of course flute.”
\nBarney Hoskyns<\/p>\n

“As a physical fact, Morrison may have the richest and most expressive voice pop music has produced since Elvis Presley, and with a sense of himself as an artist that Elvis was always denied.”
\nGreil Marcus<\/p>\n

Van with The Band http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3w8eq5e<\/p>\n

The Last Waltz 1976
\nGreil Marcus, in attendance at the concert, wrote: “Van Morrison turned the show around…singing to the rafters and …burning holes in the floor. It was a triumph, and as the song ended Van began to kick his leg into the air out of sheer exuberance and he kicked his way right offstage like a Rockette. The crowd had given him a fine welcome and they cheered wildly when he left.” The filmed concert served as the basis for Martin Scorsese’s 1978 film.<\/p>\n

Van teams up with The Band again at the Berlin Wall with Snowy from Lizzy on Guitar. Comfortably Numb http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/yburh53<\/p>\n

The Vanlose Stairway, with Georgie Fame http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/68ms3ee<\/p>\n

And the song that launched a million bands: G. L. O. R. I. A.
\nThat wonderful Pirate Mick Green on Guitar, Jools Holland on piano http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/6bw92zh<\/p>\n

MCD are very proud to present Van Morrison in concert.<\/p>\n

The Odyssey Belfast February 3rd, The O2 Arena Dublin February 4th 2012.<\/p>\n

Tickets limited to 4 per person on sale Thursday 10th November at 8am.<\/p>\n

Tickets for The O2, Dublin from \u20ac56, \u20ac65, \u20ac81, \u20ac86 to \u20ac115
\nTickets for The Odyssey Arena from \u00a355, \u00a360, \u00a375 to \u00a3100<\/p>\n

To purchase tickets
\nIn person: From 100 Ticketmaster Outlets Nationwide
\nBy Telephone (24 Hour):
\nROI – 0818 719 300, Northern Ireland – 0844 277 44 55
\nBuy Online: www.ticketmaster.ie<\/p>\n

www.vanmorrison.com
\nwww.mcd.ie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Van Morrison is without a doubt one of the most original recording artists in musical history. His live shows are always inspired and transcendental while some of his albums such as Astral Weeks, Moondance and It\u2019s Too Late To Stop Now are widely viewed as among the best ever made. His songwriting has influenced everyone … 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":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3605"}],"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=3605"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3611,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3605\/revisions\/3611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}