Kingfishr fans drop everything for a surprise Limerick gig
For the land they call ‘Limerick’ and the Lord up above...
THERE were “ten times” as many fans in Limerick city than Galway, according to band Kingfishr, who announced a surprise tour of four cities on Saturday.
It was to celebrate their upcoming album release - Weight of the Feather.
The band, who say they consider Limerick to be their hometown, despite being “blow-ins”, also popped up in Galway, Cork and Dublin. The locations and times spread like wildfire on social media on Friday evening and Saturday morning.
The exact location in Limerick was disclosed via a map shared by the band and prompted people to drop what they were doing and head for Cruises Street. There were large crowds gathered well in advance of the band’s planned arrival time of 1.30pm.
It felt like the Christmas Eve Charity Busk on Grafton Street as Eoghan "McGoo" McGrath, Eoin "Fitz" Fitzgibbon and Eddie Keogh performed an impromptu set.
Fans got a sneak listen to Kingfishr’s new song, Weight of the Feather – the title track of the album. The band, who shot to fame with their break-out hit Killeagh, have performed around the world with their last album Halcyon.
They also gave a rousing rendition of Killeagh in Limerick city centre with the large crowd in fine voice, providing backing vocals with phones in the air to record the mini concert.
There were chants of “one more tune, one more tune” but Cork was calling Kingfishr before they rounded off the cross-country tour in Dublin on Saturday night.