The Corrs announce comeback tour dates

The Corrs in Hyde Park at the weekend

Dundalk pop group The Corrs have announced tour dates following on from their return to the stage on Sunday after a 10 year hiatus.

The band – Jim, Sharon, Caroline and Andrea – played London’s Hyde Park at the weekend and have quickly followed up that performance with the announcement of plans to play eight concerts next year across the UK and Ireland.

Their comeback will commence on January 19^th in Birmingham, followed by shows in Cardiff, Liverpool, London and Manchester. They then head for Glasgow before coming home for a show in Dublin’s 3 Arena on Thursday January 28th and a last night in the SSE Arena in Belfast on Friday January 29^th.

Tickets for the show go on sale on Thursday September 24^th at 9am.

Their new album White Light, their first release since 2004, will be released on Friday November 27^th.

The Corrs impress in comeback performance

The Corrs in Hyde Park yesterday

Dundalk band The Corrs made their musical comeback after 10 years at yesterday’s Radio 2 Live event in Hyde Park in London.

The band hadn’t performed live together in a decade after taking a career break during which the quartet had eight children between them.

Jim, Caroline, Andrea and Sharon showed they haven’t lost their talent though with a superb performance in front of a huge crowd.

Starting off with an instrumental piece, they performed a number of their top hits including Breathless, Runaway, Dreams, What Can I Do, Radio and Toss The Feathers.

Check out their performance below…

 

The Corrs release teaser video ahead of their London comeback this weekend

The Corrs have released a teaser video ahead of their long-awaited comeback this weekend.

The family band, from Dundalk, will play their first live show in a decade at Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park in London this Sunday.

The group confirmed their comeback in June 10 years on from their last release and have been busy rehearsing and recording in the English capital ever since.

The new track shows them preparing for their comeback, as well as looking back to their childhood with clips of them as youngsters playing with their late parents, Gerry and Jean.

Earlier this year Sharon, Caroline, Andrea and Jim played a medley of songs at their father’s funeral in the Church of the Holy Redeemer in Ard Easmuinn.

After posting the video today, Andrea said via her Twitter page: “See you soon X”

Check out the video above.

Jim teases about Corr comeback with pictures from the recording studio

The Corrs performing together in studio last Friday

Since announcing their intention to reform earlier this month, The Corrs have been keeping relatively low key.

However, the eldest of the sibling band from Dundalk, Jim Corr, has been keeping people updated on the band’s progress in recording a new album by recording small snippets from the studio.

Last night he posted a video of himself practicing a lead guitar part for a new song while he has also put up pictures of his sisters, Sharon and Andrea, looking relaxed in studio. There are also videos of Andrea playing the tin whistle and Caroline on drums.

The group – Andrea, Sharon, Caroline and Jim – haven’t performed in a decade but announced on June 9^th that they were working on a new album 20 years on from the release of Forgiven Not Forgotten. Their comeback will be at the Radio 2 Live concert in London on September 13^th, with further dates expected to follow.

In the meantime, you can follow the band’s progress on Jim’s Twitter page.

Sharon and Andrea Corr in studio today

The Corrs could be set for a comeback

The Corrs – Sharon, Andrea, Jim and Caroline

The Corrs could be set for a musical comeback.

The Dundalk family – Jim, Sharon, Caroline and Andrea – are said to be working on material for a new album in London at present, according to a report in today’s Irish Sun.

The Corrs sold over 45 million albums before going on hiatus 10 years ago.

The Sun reports that the band had been considering a comeback tour prior to the death of their father, Gerry, earlier this month.

The siblings performed together at the funeral for the first time in a decade and earned a rousing reception.

Jim Corr issues thank you to people of Dundalk following passing of his father, Gerry

Jim Corr

Jim Corr has issued a thank you to the people of Dundalk on behalf of his family in the wake of the passing of their father, Gerry, last week.

The 82-year-old passed away in the Mater Hospital on Thursday April 9^th, with his Funeral Mass taking place in the Holy Redeemer Church on Monday.

Writing on his Facebook page, the eldest of Gerry’s four children said:

“On behalf of myself and my sisters Sharon, Caroline and Andrea, we want to express our humble and heartfelt gratitude to everyone for their overwhelming love and support during the passing and funeral of our wonderful dad Gerry Corr. A special thanks to the wonderful people of our home town Dundalk, to our extended family, to our friends and neighbours, and to everyone for their lovely messages from all across the globe. It honestly has helped us so much!

“We feel blessed. After dad’s heart attack he briefly came back to full consciousness where we, his son and daughters were able to say to him what we needed. But he couldn’t remain in his broken body, and took his last breath a few days later surrounded and held by his loving children where he transitioned totally peacefully. For this we are eternally grateful!

“Others are not so lucky, a sudden death, and the chance for those left behind to say what they needed is lost, except in prayer. Repair those bridges, repair those bridges, sometimes we have to go more than half way, while our loved ones are still with us.

“I’m so proud of my sisters, I feel I have the best sisters in the world! They played and read beautifully at the funeral mass. I hope and believe my father was able in some spiritual capacity to view the funeral mass, and the outpouring of love and support shown to us, he would have been so proud and delighted!

“He’s no longer lonely, no longer not able to sleep properly, no longer frustrated with his ageing body, He went gently into that good night. I fully believe and I’m not just saying it, that he’s gone straight to what we call heaven, and is in bliss with his wife and our loving mum Jean and my brother Gerard by his side.

“Thank you to all the wonderful staff of the Mater hospital Dublin, to Dr Hugh McCann for going above and beyond, to Dr Ed Carton and angelic Alana for their care in ICU, to Dad’s doctor Shane Gleeson, to the ambulance crew who got to the house and hospital so quickly, to Gayle and my son Brandon who happened to be with dad when the ordeal started, to Kehoe’s funeral directors whom insured everything ran like clockwork, to Fr Paul Montague, Fr Brendan Kealy, Fr Malachy, and Fr Cusack for the wonderful service, to the musicians Brendan McCourt, Kevin Shields and Roddy McCollum who played their hearts out, and to An Garda Síochána for their escort to Dad’s final resting place,

“Thank you, thank you, thank you.

“Lot’s of love, Jim, Sharon, Caroline and Andrea xxxx

“God bless.”

The Corrs perform for first time in a decade at father Gerry’s funeral

The late Gerry Corr in the company of daughters Sharon, Caroline and Andrea

The Corrs performed together for the first time in a decade at their father Gerry’s funeral Mass in Dundalk today.

The siblings – Jim, Sharon, Caroline and Andrea – haven’t played together publicly since going on hiatus from the music business in 2005.

However, they received a special ovation at the end of Mass at the Holy Redeemer today when they played the Minstrel Boy and another traditional Irish air on the altar.

The family also recited two poems written by their father while youngest daughter Andrea performed the Allelieu.

Gerry (82) passed away on Thursday in the Mater Hospital.

He was predeceased by wife Jean, nee Bell, who died in November 1999 aged 57. The pair had performed as a group in Dundalk for many years as ‘Sound Affair’.

Chief celebrant at the Mass Fr Paul Montague told the congregation that Gerry had played an active role in the community in Dundalk, praising him in particular for his role as a meal on wheels volunteer, for playing the organ in the church and for supporting the Louth County Hospital and the local Traveller community.

As well as his children, Gerry leaves behind brother Willie, sisters Maureen, Rosaleen and Kathleen and a large circle of relatives and friends.

Traffic restrictions in place today for Gerry Corr’s funeral

The late Gerry Corr in the company of daughters Sharon, Caroline and Andrea

The Garda Traffic Corps have issued a warning that traffic restrictions will be in place today due to the funeral Mass of Gerry Corr in the Redeemer Church.

Gerry, the father of Jim, Sharon, Caroline and Andrea – best known as The Corrs – passed away on Thursday evening in the Mater Hospital.

A big turnout is expected for his funeral, with traffic restrictions set to be in place from approximately 1pm to 3pm running from the Redeemer Church in Ard Easmuinn to St Patrick’s Cemetery in Dowdallshill.

The Corrs in mourning at passing of father Gerry

Gerry Corr in the company of daughters Sharon, Caroline and Andrea

The death has occurred of Gerry Corr, the father of popular music group The Corrs.

The 82-year-old passed away peacefully in the Mater Hospital in Dublin last night.

Gerry was best known as the father of Jim, Sharon, Caroline and Andrea Corr, who made up the internationally-acclaimed band, The Corrs.

He was predeceased by his wife Jean, who passed away in November 1999 from a rare lung condition, while awaiting a transplant.

Gerry and Jean were popular entertainers in their own right in years gone by, performing together as ‘Sound Affair’, while in more recent times the Ard Easmuinn man was actively involved in the campaign to retain services at the Louth County Hospital.

No funeral arrangements have yet been made while the family have issued a statement through Sharon’s management team asking for privacy at this time, saying they would not be commenting on their father’s passing.

The band cited their parents as their major musical influences over the years and wrote a number of songs for Gerry including ‘On My Father’s Wings’ and ‘No More Cry’ which was penned to support him following his wife’s passing.

Condolences from all at Talk of the Town to his family and many friends.

Gerry and his late wife Jean performing as ‘Sound Affair’

The Corrs continue to make profits 10 years on from last album release

Siblings Sharon, Andrea Jim and Caroline Corr at Andrea’s birthday party last year

The firm behind The Corrs is continuing to make profits despite the fact that the band have not released anything in a decade.

The Dundalk family band – made up of Jim, Sharon, Caroline and Andrea – have sold 40 million albums worldwide but haven’t made a studio release since 2005 before going on hiatus a year later.

However, accounts filed show that The Corrs’ firm reduced its accumulated losses from €25,251 to €9,993 in 2013. The firm’s cash pile fell from €130,671 to €111,012.