Previous Website News Updates

6^th August 2007
Practices have begun again and new songs have been learnt. This coming weekend will be a great start to the tour with three consecutive shows, which the band are all really looking forward to. New venues added in Irvinestown and Belfast, check the 'Tour Dates' page for more info.

26^th June 2007
Great news! The Tour Dates page now the first release of gigs for our Irish Tour which is taking place in August and September. There are more to come so don't worry if you feel you're town hasn't been included. The rest should be released next month.

2^nd June 2007
The lads have now all returned from England for the Summer holidays. We have booked gigs for August and September, details of which will be released soon. The band are still taking bookings for gigs during these months, so if you’re interested in booking the band for a gig or function, please get in touch with John McCusker (details on the Contact page).

Also - the press pack has been sent out to venues in both the North and South of Ireland. This includes the promotional CD, information about the band, technical information and booking details.  Please get in touch with John if you’d like us to send one to you or your venue.

10^th April 2007
A huge thanks to all who attended the gig at Top Of The Town - we hope you all enjoyed it as much as the band did! A huge thanks to Jay McGaghran and Don McGurgan for sound and lights respectively - it undoubtedly made us seem a lot better than we actually are!

Michael, Ryan and Niall have now returned to England for exams, so gigs will restart in Summer. Preparations for gigs all around Ireland are in place, and we will have details as soon as we get confirmations from the venues and promoters. If we’re playing in a town near you, be the first to know - visit our Tour Dates page for full information.

2nd April 2007
The band members have all returned to Omagh now for the Easter Break, and as such as pleased to announce the news of a gig over the holidays. The band will be appearing at the Top of the Town, Omagh on Easter Monday (9th April). More details can be found on the Tour Dates page. 

The band are currently planning for a tour of Ireland in the summer. We will be releasing dates for this tour when they are known, so watch this space for more information and be the first to know!

1st April 2007
The band is sorry to part with Patrick Bogues, our former fiddle and mandolin player. Niall Moore will be handling mandolin duties, alternating between it and banjo. Michael Kielty has also now permanently assumed his position on the drum throne, replacing Damian Maguire.

So the group will now continue as a septuplet. This is certainly good news for some of the boys who will now be promoted from standing on a chair to having a place of their own on stage.

 31st March 2007
At last - a site update!  The gig on 30^th December 2006 in the INF was hugely successful, with the audience numbers reaching the biggest yet at that venue and making it one of the most successful nights of the Christmas period. Unfortunately the band had to play the gig without Damian, who was recovering from a broken arm, however Michael Kielty stepped in behind the kit and the show went on. Horslypse would like to thank all who came out and showed support, making it a very enjoyable night for both the band and (we hope) the audience. 

The band were also quite busy at the start of January recording a promotional CD with Seamus and Don McGurgan at Meadowvale Studios, and managed to record a number of tracks, samples of which are available on the Audio Clips page. The band has also produced a Promotional Pack which is available for download on our Press page.  This contains information about the band for prospective promoters and booking agents. If you are interested in booking the band, please Contact us and we will be happy to send you the full Promotional Pack including the CD.

Lastly - if you have any photos of yourself at a Horslypse gig, please feel free to email them to horslipstribute@btinternet.com, and we will put them on the site for all to see!

Monday 11th September 2006
Thanks to Brendan, Tony and Eugene for sending photos of our last gig. The site has now been updated with these pictures as well as two audio files from interviews on BBC Radio Ulster. Watch this space for Q101's  interview with Barry Devlin, and video and sound files from the night.

Saturday 26th August 2006 
Last night was amazing for us. To get to play with three members of the Horslips was completely unbelievable. We were joined on stage by Barry Devlin, Jim Lockhart and Johnny Fean. This was definitely our best gig by far, certainly for us anyway. We would like to thank John McCusker and Annie McGartland of Omagh Lions Club for putting a lot of time and effort into organising the gig. Also to all members of Omagh Lions Club who sold tickets for the gig, and everyone who helped promote the it including local and national press: The Ulster Herald, The Irish News, The Newsletter, Paddy Hunter at Q101, UTV Newsline, and BBC Radio Ulster. A huge thanks goes to Freerider who were the support band on the night, they played a powerful set full of original material and we wish them all the best in the future. If anyone took photographs of last nights gig, and wouldn't mind them being included on this site we would be more than grateful, please email us at horslipstribute@btinternet.com. 

Tuesday 8th August 2006
Apologies for the absence of an update website-wise, but we now have news of a new gig. On Friday the 25th of August Omagh Lions Club presents Horslypse featuring original Horslips members. The seated concert will take place at St Joseph's Hall in Omagh. Tickets are now on sale priced at £15, and are available from McGurk's Bar, Omagh Tourist Information Office, and Reynolds Music Shop. All proceeds go to local charities. Omagh Tourist Information Centre will take credit card bookings and post your tickets out to you if you are not local, telephone 028 8224 7831 (or 048 from RoI). Doors open at 7PM and support on the night is from Freerider. We are really looking forward to the gig and it will be nice to play a seated venue again after many pub gigs. If anyone would like to help with advertising a poster is available here. 

Tuesday 17th January 2006
Apologies for the lack of updates, things have been a bit busy lately. The whole band, the band being 'Horslypse', and not 'Horslips Tribute Act' that is (name change), would like to wish everyone a belated happy new year. Our gig in the INF at the end of December went brilliant, it was definitely our best gig in Omagh yet, as we had a big crowd and the dance floor was packed by the end of the night. We added three new songs to our set and this was the first them we played them. Photos have been added, and a small video clip from the night is available from the downloads page, we would like to thank Tony McGartland for those. More than likely we will be taking a break from performances until the summer, as many of us want to concentrate with school. Niall's profile has been added to the lineup page, finally. You can check out our new MySpace site at http://www.myspace.com/horslypse, its slightly bare at the moment, but more stuff will be added to it in a while.

Wednesday 30th November 2005
We played at the switching on of the Christmas lights in Omagh on the 18th of this month and it went really well. We were the first act on and we only got to do four songs but it was fun. It was the first outdoor gig we played and the sound was really good (which we didn't expect). There was a small crowd (which we did expected) of about 60-80 people, the only problem was that there was a huge space between us and the crowed due to the barriers. The American Drifters were also playing and we got to meet all of them which was pretty cool. Dee is coming back from Cambridge and it won't be long until we start practicing with him for the gig after Christmas which we are all looking forward to. There are a a small number of pictures from the lights.

Thursday 3rd November 2005
Quite a few little changes to the site since it has last been updated. There is an mp3 of what all five members of Horslips said about us over on the media page. Damien's profile has been added to the line-up page and Danny's has been changed slightly. The pictures page has been totally changed, there are now many different picture pages, due to the fact that they were taking much too long to load, also there are new photos added from the recent Drogheda and INF gigs. The INF went really well, we played two new songs, well one new song and a tease really. We played Johnny B Goode and added a few bars from Black Night by Deep Purple in the middle of Furniture. It has been confirmed that we are playing the turning on of the Christmas lights in Omagh on the 18th of this month, which should be pretty good fun and there has been talk of a very big project going down next summer. 

Thursday 6th October 2005
Tonight's gig in Drogheda was unbelievable. We were all pretty worried about it before hand but once we got going we were fine. Conor got to use one of Johnny Fean's old Gibson Les Paul Juniors and I (Ryan) got to play a Gibson Les Paul Gold top (both thanks to Paddy Goodwin). We have the whole night on mini-disc here and I'll get some of it on the website whenever I can. Danny got to play along with Horslips who played Furniture at the end of our set which was pretty cool for him. A few photos of tonight are on the second picture page. Thanks to everyone who arranged for us to play and helped us out.

Tuesday 20th September 2005
A lot has happened in the past week. We have been booked to play in Drogheda Arts Centre on Thursday the 6th of October. This is the opening night of the Horslips Exhibition which will be there from the 6th until the 18th of October. The event is invite only (just for the opening night, after that it is open to the public) and we are greatly looking forward to it. We also have secured another gig at the INF in Omagh, this time in conjunction with Omagh Arts Festival. It will be a week after the Drogheda gig, Thursday the 13th of October. Our drummer Damien is going to college in Cambridge, therefore can't play with us at the above gigs. Tommy Dolan will be playing drums on a temporary basis until Damien comes back. The media page has also been updated.

Wednesday 14th September 2005
Not really much happening this weather. A few more gigs are being arranged at the moment but nothing has been confirmed yet. There has been a change to the INF gig in December, the date has been moved forward one day to the 29th instead of the 28th. Also, Michael Rafferty's profile has been added to the lineup page. That's it for now.

Saturday 27th August 2005
Thursday nights gig in Letterkenny was allot of fun and went down well. Paddy wasn't able to be with us as he had to attend to athletic duties the next day, so his older sister Rachel kindly stood in for the night. There has been a few changes made to the site. The pictures page is now two picture pages as one was taking so long to load. There have been three new sets of photos added. Also, an MP3 from an advertisement on Highland Radio has been added to the media coverage page along with images of all our posters. The band would like to thank Rachel Bogues for her playing on Thursday night, well done!

Monday 22nd August 2005
Saturday nights gig in Belfast went great, a really good crowd turned up and the management wants us back to play again before Christmas. The band would like to give a big thanks to everyone who came, and hopefully we'll be seeing you all again. Some pictures of the gig have been added to the site, along with a few mp3 recordings and a couple of short video clips. There should be longer videos to follow. Also, Conor's profile has been put on the lineup page, and a review of last Thursdays INF gig is on the media page.

Monday 15th August 2005
Belfast went well yesterday, myself (Ryan), John and Michael put up 250 posters around the city. We would like to say thanks to Roger for the transport and advice. We also got a look around the Errigle Inn, the venue for Saturday night’s gig. We have also added another date to the Gigs page. After Thursdays INF gig, their management asked us if we would come back and play on the 28th of December, and details were finalized yesterday. The Gigs page is growing, and will hopefully continue to do so.

Sunday 14th August 2005
Good news for those who couldn't get to the INF gig - sound files have been added to the Downloads page. They are a bit loud and distorted, but that will be changed in a few days time when I put up more and change the ones already on the site. Less than a week until the Belfast gig and a few of us are going up to put up posters later today and to have a look around the venue. We have over 250 posters to paste up, so we have our work cut out for us. We have luminous green ones this time which look pretty cool. A version of Furniture nearly 9 minutes long has been added to the Downloads page, along with Loneliness and The High Reel. More to come later.

Friday 12th August 2005
It's early Friday morning and the concert was amazing. Totally amazing. We have photos of us practicing on the pictures page, along with quite a few pictures from the night itself. Near the end of the set Ryan, Danny & John were brought up into the crowd which was pretty cool. There's a good photo of it happening to Danny. We tried to get a sound recording of the gig straight from the soundboard, but unfortunately it didn't work out. Hopefully we can extract the sound from video footage of the night. There was a lot of people out dancing for a fair few of the numbers, Dearg Doom had the most people dancing. Thanks to everybody who came, we hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did. Also, we've been booked for a gig in Letterkenny. More details on the Gigs page. Paddy's profile has also been added to the Lineup page.

Sunday 7th August 2005
Three new newspaper articles have been added to the Media page. We now have official band t-shirts made for ourselves, which can be viewed here and here. We're going to get another 4 hours of practicing today for the upcoming gigs, and we are progressing well with the new songs. To give everybody a clue about the secret page, there's a link to it from somewhere on the bottom of the Pictures page. I've also changed the layout of this page slightly, as you may have noticed. Four days to go people!

 

Thursday 3rd August 2005  
It is now a week to the gig in the INF, and things are starting to take shape, finally. Around 60 posters were put up in the Omagh area tonight to raise awareness of the gig. A few photos of this have been added to the Pictures page. We have a lot to do within the next week, but we are all pretty confident that there won't be any problems. A hidden link has been added to the site. Also, check out the new photos of Danny at the bottom of the Pictures page.

 

Wednesday 27th July 2005

We have a newly added page to the site, thanks to Danny. The bio page includes a brief history of the band and some relevant information on us. The poll is now closed, thanks again to all the voters. The final poll results can be viewed here. Also newly added today is a page of thanks, which is available here. Only five more days to we start practicing again!

 

Friday 22nd July 2005

We apologise for the lack of updates to the site, but the webmaster (Ryan) has been on holidays. We are currently working on profiles for the individual members of the band, and two are already online.  They can be found on the Lineup page. Once the relevant information is collected from the other members, we’ll put it up for viewing. Thank you to those who took the time to vote in the poll, it has greatly helped us put together a good list of songs. Preparation has already started for the August gigs. Thanks to the video footage from Liam Wilkinson in Derry , we should have more video footage added to the site soon.  We’re looking forward to being on stage again soon!

 

Sunday 26th June 2005

The poll seems to be going good, with Mad Pat clearly a popular tune already. I've added 33 new pictures to the site, most of them taken from video screenshots. Enjoy!

 

Saturday 25th June 2005

After having many discussions as to what songs are to be played from now on, we came up with quite a big list. We’ve taken out the most popular ones, and have decided to let the faithful horslips.tk visitors decide on the rest. A poll has been added to the site to let us know what you want to hear. You can vote for as many songs as you like. 

 

Tuesday 21st June 2005

The site is finally starting to come together.  A lot of work has been done to it over the past few days, in regards to changing the layout and also adding more content. A huge thanks from all the band to Lee Templeton for giving us webspace, we can't thank you enough! Quite a few modifications have been made to the site, sound and video clips have been moved to the new Downloads page and a review has been added to the Media page. Our musical influences have been added to the Lineup page. Also, Contact and Gigs pages have been added.