Imelda May 'Raised On Songs & Stories Tour'

After the sell-out success of her current tour,Raised on Songs & Stories, globally revered Irish artistImelda May has announced three additional summer dates. She returns to Dublin’s Vicar Street on June 9th and 10th, followed by her biggest Irish show of the year at Live at the Marquee in Cork on June 12th. Tickets for these unmissable shows go on sale Thursday, March 12th at 10am via Ticketmaster.ie

This unique series of intimate evenings will feature new stripped back versions of her wide discography and favourite songs, integrated with her famed poetry & storytelling.

Imelda said“Due to popular demand there’s some more dates coming. I’ve been asked back to Vicar St in Dublin and Live At The Marquee in Cork this June, it’s just gone mad! Everybody’s wanting to come to the gigs and I’m getting messages everywhere from people saying they’ve missed it and can we do some more. So we’re doing some more!”

“Imelda May doesn’t simply deliver these ballads; she enters them, inhabits their histories and becomes the desolate figures they portray…She’s a gifted songstress who makes her unique Irish exploration of life a universal experience” – Waterford News & Star

Imelda received rave reviews for her brilliant 6-partRTE 1 TV seriesAmhráin na nGael which is available to watch now on the RTE Player, Imelda May: The Songs of the Irish, uncovering the work of Ireland’s great music collectors.

In the series,Imelda May embarked on an exploratory and emotional journey across Ireland’s Gaeltacht regions as she challenged her relationship with the Irish language through songs and sean-nós singing. Following in the footsteps of the great music collectors, she digs deep in her attempt to understand each and every word from these songs that she takes on. Will she find songs that resonate with her emotionally, and will she connect with this traditional style of singing?

Born and raised in The Liberties area of Dublin,Imelda May has become one of Ireland’s most celebrated female artists as a singer, songwriter, actor, producer, poet, presenter and storyteller. Imelda’s breakthrough album Love Tattoo (2008) remains the best-selling album of all time by a homegrown female artist in Ireland, whilst her most recent album 11 Past the Hour (2021) marks her 4th No. 1 album in Ireland and 4th Top 10 in the UK. Her debut poetry book A Lick & A Promise (2022) is already on its third re-print, with the Irish government using one of her poems on billboards across the country for their “ReThink Ireland” campaign as well as included in the school curriculum.

 A dynamic live performer with her unique blend of rockabilly, jazz, rock and blues she has toured across the world and performed with legends such as Jeff Beck, Lou Reed, Bono, Noel Gallagher, Jeff Goldblum & Ronnie Wood. This year Imelda was special guest for Sting on his outdoor UK shows, The Corrs on two homecoming shows in Dublin & Cork, and is currently on tour with Jools Holland.

Imelda returned to her critically acclaimed portrayal of Kathleen Behan this summer, in the one woman show ‘Mother of All The Behans’ by director Peter Sheridan. Her first foray into theatre, Imelda returned to the role for a third summer extending to a week’s run in Belfast & Waterford in addition to a sell-out return to Dublin’s Olympia & Cork’s Everyman Theatre.

Imelda’s recent turn to the silver screen also saw her latest film role as Pierce Brosnan’s wife ‘Betty’ in Niall William’s Four Letters of Love released globally last June.