THE HIGH KINGS announce June 2022 UK Tour coming to MANCHESTER – Saturday 11th June 2022!

The High Kings are Finbarr Clancy, Darren Holden, Paul O’ Brien and Brian Dunphy.  Between them they play 13 instruments, creating their unique sound and atmosphere in the folk idiom and re-energise great Irish ballads. They have had great success over the years including Best Folk Act at Ireland’s Music Awards. Their reputation has grown tremendously, and they have had enormous success both within the US and Ireland.

After 11 years at the top of their game, they are still selling out venues around the World to an ever- growing army of loyal fans.

They have charted across the world and performed for hundreds of thousands of fans, as well as in many prestigious situations including for the Prime Minister of England (2011), Barak Obama (2012) & George W Bush (2009 at The White House and at The Pentagon in 2015).  They have made numerous coast to coast TV appearances including Good Morning America, Good Morning LA, The View & The Today Show. 

Notable live performances include Glastonbury, the Isle of Wight Festival (3 times) headlining in 2015 and performed in Times Square as well as headlined the St Patrick’s Day concert in Trafalgar Square London in 2015. 

The High Kings continue to set the bar extremely high for Irish folk bands across the world and are widely regarded to be the standard-bearer for their genre in 2020.  They are, essentially, marking out a new and bright era for Irish folk music.  Not to be missed.

Highlights include:

*7 STUDIO ALBUMS

*2TOP 10 ALBUMS IN THE AMERICAN BILLBOARD CHARTS 

*DEBUT ALBUM REACHED N0. 2 ON BILLBOARDS’ WORLDWIDE CHARTS

*IT REACHED NO. 3 IN IRELAND, NO. 11 IN THE UK AND NO. 7 IN GERMANY. 

*THE ALBUM SPENT A TOTAL OF THIRTY-SIX WEEKS ON THE BILLBOARD CHART.

*THEIR FOLLOW UP ALBUM ALSO REACHED NO.2 ON THE WORLDWIDE BILLBOARD CHARTS. 

*ATOTAL OF 6 STUDIo ALBUMS CHARTED TOP 10  IN THE IRISH CHARTS 

*AMASSED OVER 130K FANS ACROSS THEIR COLLECTIVE SOCIAL PAGES 

*BACK-TO-BACK SOLD-OUT SHOWS ACROSS THE USA, UK & IRELAND 20/21

*INTERNATIONAL APPEAL & RECOGNITION inclduing UK, GERMANY & THE USA 

THE HIGH KINGS – June 2022 UK Tour Dates include:

Tuesday 7th June                        LONDON – Union Chapel

Wednesday 8th June                 BURY ST EDMUNDS – Apex

Friday 10th June                         BIRMINGHAM – Town Hall

Saturday 11th June                    MANCHESTER – Royal Northern College of Music

Sunday 12th June                       LEEDS – City Varieties

Tuesday 14th June                     MILTON KEYNES – Stables

Wednesday 15th June              NEW BRIGHTON – New Floral Pavilion

Thursday 16th June                   GLASGOW – Oran Mor

Friday 17th June                         WHITLEY BAY – Playhouse    

Tickets for the above shows are available from – https://www.thegigcartel.com/Artists-profiles/The-High-Kings.htm

For further information on THE HIGH KINGS, check out the following website / social media links:

Website – https://www.thehighkings.com/

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Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/thehighkingsofficial/

You Tube Channel – https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHighKingsOfficial