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xPAUL CASEY TO PLAY GLASTONBURY!
New live show to debut at world’s most revered festival
In June, the fabled Acoustic Stage at Glastonbury is set to welcome Paul’s all-star band...
On Saturday 29 June, on slide guitar and vocals, Paul will step out at the world’s most famous festival – supported by the powerhouse Liam Bradley on drums and percussion, Van Morrison keys man Johnny McCullough on piano and Hammond, Belfast’s rock-steady Nick Scott on bass, with Donegal fiddle player Damien McGeehan adding his Celtic wizardry. The seven-piece band is completed by John T Doherty on acoustic guitar and Lauren Doherty on backing vocals.
Festival-goers will be treated to a rare appearance by the full Paul Casey Band. Wherever they take to the stage, audiences react. Glastonbury is now set to host a live show that’s decades in the making. See it happen on Saturday 29 June at The Acoustic Stage, Glastonbury 2024.
ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT:
LIFE IN REVERSE
New Studio Recordings of the Glastonbury Setlist
Ahead of the festival appearance, Paul is set to release his new festival-teaser album Life In Reverse.
The album tracklist comprises brand new studio recording of the setlist that Paul and band will play at Glastonbury 2024.
A deftly-produced record, it will also feature music videos directed by Paul in what will be an audio-visual festival album experience.
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Paul is recording the album right and it will be ready for release in advance of his Glastonbury show.
xWHO IS PAUL CASEY?!
Paul Casey is perhaps Ireland’s best kept secret. And it’s a secret thirty years in the making...
For decades, the self-effacing musician has worked tirelessly at his craft. The studio (rather than social media!) is where he’s at home. The quintessential musician’s musician, over the years Casey has earnestly composed and arranged, played and recorded, mixed and produced – all the time honing his craft at his Cable Junction home studio.
Paul Casey was born at a moment in Northern Irish life that shaped him unmistakably. His father’s blues records were a huge influence. Paul’s blues sensibility led to an encounter with the legendary Chris Rea. The shy teenager blagged his way backstage to ask for advice from his guitar hero. Rea advised the young novice, who took everything on board. Three years later Casey gave Rea a demo tape. He was impressed, and invited Paul to London. Thus began years of recording and touring together, and a friendship that endures to this day.
Another strand to Paul’s musical DNA is an uncompromising commitment to no-nonsense studio equipment, along with an enduring pursuit of the new recording tech that matters. And then, there’s the visuals; he’s a cinema geek. Rented VHS tapes have fashioned his life, and his music. Paul is a videographer, a guitarist, a songwriter, producer, and singer. Check out his take on In The Day's Before Rock 'N' Roll below...
Paul Casey & Friends feat. Terri Hooley perform 'In The Days Before Rock 'n' Roll', as part of Rave On, Van Morrison – a celebration of the work of the legendary Irish songwriter, curated by Hot Press magazine, to mark Van's 75th birthday, in 2020.
What they've said.
"A talent like this comes along only once in a long while."
CHRIS REA
“A brilliant slice of contemporary pop-rock... as fine a rock debut as we've heard in aeons... 9/10”
HOT PRESS
"He's today's Ben Harper, tomorrow's David Gray"
THE IRISH TIMES
“A radio hit waiting to happen. Casey is one to watch”
RTE GUIDE
"Genius... you won't hear much better than that anywhere in the world"
GERRY ANDERSON, BBC
“The guitar fills worm their way into your cranium and take up permanent residence, making the track a perfect vehicle on which to marry timeless rhythms with a modern sonic approach... leaves you wanting more.”
HOT PRESS
“The highlight of the whole day was the phenomenal set of punchy, up- beat songs from Paul Casey.... Casey was LETHAL. Fresh, rhythmic, melodic and sassy ”
THE ULSTER HERALD