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Mark O'Brien

Legendary Irish band The Frames to play huge outdoor Dublin show to mark 30th anniversary

Legendary Irish indie rockers The Frames have announced a massive outdoor show to mark their 30th anniversary.

The Glen Hansard-fronted band will mark their third decade with a show at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham on Saturday, June 20.

The group haven't toured regularly since 2006 but have performed sporadically in the years since, last reuniting for three sold-out shows in the Iveagh Gardens and Cork Marquee in 2015.

Founding members Hansard and Colm Mac Con Iomaire can't wait to get the band back together for the special performance.

Oscar-winner Hansard said: “There’s something about stepping back into the furious belly of this beast where the low bells chime around the parish, where time is swallowed and years slip by, this place where most of my hearing went in the sound of working it out from soaring angst to occasional pride into unmoored middle age.

"The songs grow too and change their meaning, till it all collapses together into the glorious bonfire that is The Frames.”

Mac Con Iomaire added: “A significant birthday should be celebrated. 2020 will mark The Frames’ 30th journey around the Sun. Most of that time has been spent travelling around the World, in and in celebration of, music. Where better to celebrate? One night in Dublin!  Come join us!”

Tickets for The Frames in Kilmainham priced €55 will go on sale on Friday, December 13 at 10am.

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