Following the sudden death of founding member Barney McKenna in 2012 and John Sheahan’s decision to retire it was agreed that The Dubliners, as a touring band, would come to an end and The Dublin Legends were born.

The Dublin Legends - Sean Cannon, Paul Watchorn, Gerry O’Connor and Shay Kavanagh - have more than 100 years of performing experience between them and Sean was the lead singer with The Dubliners for over 30 of them! They will, of course, continue to play all the classic songs and ballads known the world over; Whiskey in The Jar, Dirty Old Town, The Wild Rover, Seven Drunken Nights, The Rare Auld Times, Molly Malone, The Irish Rover, Black Velvet Band and many more.

Late last year the band suffered a huge loss when guitarist and founder, Eamonn Campbell, passed away, and the lads asked an old friend, Shay Kavanagh, if he would like to come on the road with them and Shay, a stalwart of the Irish folk music scene, agreed. He was a founding member of General Humbert with Mary Black and has played with The Dublin City Ramblers for many years.

In the past five years the band have continued on the legacy of The Dubliners by travelling far and wide playing concerts to a whole new generation of Irish music fans. They have wowed audiences in Iceland, Norway, Finland, The Faroe Islands, Sweden, Holland, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, and Switzerland and, of course, all over England, Scotland and Wales.

The Dublin Legends’ tour comes to Malvern Theatres on Wednesday, March 21.

To book, call the box office on 01684 892277 or visit malvern-theatres.co.uk for online booking.