by Laoise Lou | Oct 31, 2017 | news |
Become a part of our Rock Legacy! The Irish Rock ‘N’ Roll Museum is now offering you a chance to become a part of the Irish Rock Legacy! Would you like share a piece of history? Maybe you have a Thin Lizzy ticket stub from 1981, like below. A post shared by Irish Rock Museum (@irishrockmuseum) on Oct 28, 2017 at 1:17am PDT How about a signed copy of Bono’s biography? We’re always happy to receive any memorabilia from Irish music history to add to our ever-growing exhibitions. Your cherished items will be well cared for and on put on display for the world to see. There are numerous enticing rewards on offer ranging from a complimentary visit to straight up CASH! Terms and conditions apply. Book Your Guided Tour...
by Laoise Lou | Oct 27, 2017 | Blogs |
Memorabilia Showcase: Philip Chevron’s Suit & Kilt Philip Ryan professionally known as Philip Chevron was an Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist. Hes best known as the lead guitarist for the celtic punk band The Pogues. He was also the frontman for the 1970’s punk rock band The Radiators From Space, Chevron was regarded as one of the most influential figures in Irish punk music. Philip was not only just the lead guitarist for the Pogues he was also a sophisticated songwriter, producer, musical director and interpreter. Chevron was apart of one of the most iconic christmas songs ‘Fairytale of NewYork’ it’s on repeat every christmas and has been in the top 20 charts every year since 2005! He also wrote “Thousands are sailing” the classic The Irish Rock ‘N’ Roll Museum experience was delighted to receive a donation of Philip’s famous pinstripe Kilt suit. It was donated by Steven Averil, or Steve Rapid, the singer of Radiators from Space. Steve is also a very accomplished designer, who has designed many influential rock artwork. One of his first pieces was U2’s album “Boy”, and his agency AMP Visuals have worked with Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, Hothouse Flowers, The Dubliners to name a few. Steve kindly donated Philip’s famous pinstripe suit to our museum on the behalf of Philip’s family and it’s one of our more popular pieces due to it’s striking appearance. Where did Philip wear this suit? One of the most frequent questions we get into the Museum after tours from visitors is “Where did Philip wear this kilt?” Philp wore this suit at many gigs, one particular...
by Laoise Lou | Oct 18, 2017 | Blogs, news |
Memorabilia Showcase. Phil Lynott’s Textile Portrait The environment that we surround ourselves influences who we are, just like with art the environment influences our creations. Art and music are intrinsically linked and it’s this link that really hits home for families and fans of music and art alike. There are numerous amounts of art forms. Music sets emotions and atmospheres and influences our creative thoughts. A musician takes to an instrument like a painter would take to a canvas, both start blank and when finished something beautiful is produced. Music and art both have the same external influences at a certain time in history like social inspirations or political movements they both compliment each other and tell a story of that timeline. Andy warhol was deeply influenced by the rock band Velvet Underground and Abstract Expressionist Jackson Pollock openly embraced jazz music as his artistic influences. Painter Georgia o’Keeffe painted a series of abstract paintings using “the idea that music could be translated into something for the eye” she said. But what has that got to do with the Irish Rock ‘N’ Roll Museum Experience, I hear you ask? Though we are a relatively new Museum, we still get tagged in many posts online from musicians sharing their personal covers of U2’s greatest hits or of artists interpretations of stars. We even share the odd creative piece ourselve… But one day we were tagged in a beautiful piece of artwork online that we had to share. Jane Sanders, or “Stitchin_in_the_kitchen” as she goes by online, tagged is in a textile portrait that really connected with us at...
by Laoise Lou | Oct 5, 2017 | Blogs, news |
The Joshua Tree is being ReImagined The Joshua Tree is being re-imagined, the biggest names in Ireland’s music scene have come together and will be covering songs from U2’s iconic album The Joshua Tree in celebration of hitting its 30 year mark. This is what the current artwork looks like: Set to release on October 27th all proceeds from The Joshua Tree - New Roots will be donated to the Laura Lynn foundation Ireland’s only children’s hospice. The original songs will be covered bynew Iconic irish. Kodaline, Picture This, Gavin James, The Coronas, Imelda Mayand many more. There will also be a live recording of “Red Hill Mining Town” from U2’s show in Amsterdam during “The Joshua Tree Tour 2017” More as we hear it as we definitely want to stock this! Book Your Guided Tour...
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