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Gaelic Storm continue to broaden the musical horizons of the Celtic music genre by creating compelling originals and fresh arrangements steeped in Irish traditional melody and acoustic instrumentation combined with their unique blend of world rhythms. Gaelic Storm’s illustrious career now spans over a decade and highlights include a mini-documentary on Cinemax, six Billboard Chart topping albums, a DVD, a song placement on two EA Sports Games and an appearance in Titanic. Gaelic Storm has sold out numerous clubs and performing arts centers around the country and has played to tens of thousands of people. Gaelic Storm will release their seventh album titled What’s The Rumpus in July 2008. The new album captures the contagious energy of Gaelic Storm’s renowned live performances. Channeling the rowdy communal feel of an Irish pub on raucous sing-alongs, driving pipe sets and spirited fiddle tunes. The album was recorded at The Zone recording studio in Austin Texas. Touring aggressively and playing over 125 dates a year, Gaelic Storm routinely breaks attendance and merchandise sales records, pushing their popularity beyond the World music genre and into the mainstream music consciousness. Gaelic Storm has been a recurrent favorite on The Rock Boat since 2004 along with mainstream rock bands such as Cowboy Mouth, Tonic, Sister Hazel, and Marc Broussard and has set a new Rock Boat CD sales record. Gaelic Storm broke the attendance record previously held by Alan Jackson at the Albuquerque, NM Bio-Park and they continue to headline some of the largest Celtic and Folk festivals in the world including Festival Interceltique in Lorient, Brittany, the Pittsburgh Irish Festival, and Dublin Irish Festival. Remarkably, the band has headlined the largest U.S. Irish Festival, Milwaukee Irish Fest, for 6 straight years, and has become an exception to the festival’s usual policy of not inviting artists to perform in consecutive years. In June 2008 Gaelic Storm will bring their compelling and festive live performance to Australia, kicking off their tour at the National Celtic Festival in June. Since their self-titled first album which reached #5 on Billboard's World Music Chart in 1998, Gaelic Storm continues to thunder onto stages around the world and climb to the top of the Billboard Charts. The band’s sixth studio album Bring Yer Wellies (Lost Again Records/2006) debuted at #2 on the Billboard World Chart, #16 on the Internet Sales Chart and #31 on the Independent Album Chart. Gaelic Storm’s fifth album How Are We Getting Home? (Lost Again Records/2004) debuted at #3 on the Billboard World Music Charts and #10 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart and re-entered the September 2005 World Albums Chart at #3. Their previous four albums (Higher Octave Records/Virgin- EMI) have all charted high on the Billboard World Music Chart, including reaching the #2 position on three different occasions. Gaelic Storm released their first live concert DVD “Live In Chicago” in 2006. Taped on September 14, 2005 before a packed audience of raving fans at the House of Blues in Chicago, the 2-hour video captures the trademark energetic performance and enthusiastic audience interaction that make the band a front-runner in the Celtic music genre today. The DVD also features artist biographies, short interviews with the band and guest appearances by members of the world champion Trinity Irish Dance group. Produced by NuTech Digital Inc. in Hi-Definition, the release is distributed by WEA Corp. Distribution. Commenting on the production, Lee Kasper, NuTech Digital CEO, said, "I have produced many concerts, but none as overwhelmingly entertaining as this one. There was an amazing exchange of energy between the band and the crowd. The energy from Gaelic Storm stimulated the fans into a frenzy, which fueled the band in turn." Gaelic Storm recorded a very special version of "Scalliwag", an original song off Bring Yer Wellies, for two EA Games Sims video games. All the words were translated into "Simlish", and re-resung in "Simlish", the official language of the Sims video game world. The song appears in both "EA Sports - The Sims2 Castaway" and "EA Sports - The Sims2 Bon Voyage" video games. On St. Patrick's Day, 1996, co-founders Patrick Murphy of Cork City, Ireland (vocals, piano, accordion, spoons, harmonica) and New Yorker Steve Wehmeyer (bodhran, vocals, didgeridoo) officially joined forces with Steve Twigger of Coventry, England (vocals, guitar, mandolin, bouzouki), at O'Brien's pub in Santa Monica, California. Although Steve Wehmeyer no longer tours or records with Gaelic Storm, he continues to co-write with the band carrying on their endearing chemistry with each new record. Their first performance was such a hit that the crowd refused to let them off the stage for the next act. In 1997, Gaelic Storm was catapulted out of their formative pub haunts by an appearance in the blockbuster film Titanic. Cast as the "party band" in the steerage scene, they landed the part while still drinking pints and playing weekly at O'Brien's. After the film’s release, the band was met by huge crowds on their first tour. However, they still pride themselves on remaining as accessible as ever and sharing “a pint” with fans whenever possible. Gaelic Storm also includes: Ryan Lacey on drums and world percussion (graduated twice from the Los Angeles Music Academy, once for hands and once for sticks), Pete Purvis of Merrickville, Ontario on uilleann pipes, tin whistle, deger pipes and highland pipes (a Grade 1 piper who toured with award winning pipe bands including the Braemar Pipe Band and played at 2000 Sydney Olympics) and the newest member of the band Jessie Burns on fiddle (originally from Suffolk, England, now living in Colorado).

Latest bulletin 03.18.09

#1 Irish Album of 2009?!

According to the Irish American News:

http://www.irishamericannews.com/index.php/books-music/music/408-raised-on-songs-a-stories-march-2009

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Mar 18, 03:32 PM

#1 Irish Album of 2009?!

According to the Irish American News:

http://www.irishamericannews.com/index.php/books-music/music/408-raised-on-songs-a-stories-march-2009

Cheers!
www.gaelicstorm.com
Mar 16, 01:22 PM

Gaelic Storm Hits Green Bay!

Gaelic Storm expected to sell out in Green Bay! Read more here:
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20090312/GPG0502/903120360/1266/GPG05

Cheers!
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Mar 10, 06:40 AM

iTunes PERFECT St. Patty's Day Party Programming!

Will you be getting your party on at St. Patty's Day this year? iTunes has the coolest page up... awesome music, movies, podcasts, etc.

Gaelic Storm's "What's The Rumpus?" and "Special Reserve" are both on sale at $7.99!

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewCustomPage?name=pageStPattricksDay09_Music

Cheers!
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Feb 27, 01:30 PM

'Storm' forecast- article in the Telegraph Herald

"Could it be cabin fever, Steve Twigger wonders, that makes Upper Midwest audiences so receptive in late winter to the Celtic energy of Gaelic Storm?..."

read more of this article on Telegraph Herald online at the following link.
http://www. thonline. com/article. cfm?id=234527
Feb 23, 10:10 AM

Snow, Ice and Miller Light... AHHHH!

We're on the road again! No palm trees or fruity weird drinks here. We do however have plenty of snow, ice and Miller Light. Ahhhhh, the Midwest where the tundra is frozen and the audiences are fantastic.

Our journey so far has taken us to Okaboji IA, Mason City IA and LaCrosse WI, where we've had packed out shows and a great time with the locals. We're currently driving across the region to DeKalb IL, for tonight's show, very thankful to be in our toasty new vehicle rather than the infamous RV.

Yesterday's highlights included a viewing of Revenge of the Nerds - (Murphy's favorite film) and having our great friend Mairtin from The Fushia Band join us on stage - these events are not connected. It was great to hear Murphy and Mairtin chatting away in Cork-eese, we couldn't understand a word!
Today's agenda centers around our search for Thai food on our 6 hour drive. The situation is becoming desperate, Purvis hasn't had any Pad Thai for at least 6 days and is showing signs of withdrawal. We're all delighted to be back in full-on touring mode, with great shows to look forward to for the next 5 weeks. We hope to see you somewhere down the road!
Feb 12, 09:35 AM

New Gaelic Storm Footage!

Have you ever want to know what really goes on backstage before or after Gaelic Storm's performances? How about the band's view from the stage?

You're in luck! Gaelic Storm has posted new videos on their website, social sites and YouTube.

Check out the behind the scenes video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y2je_T8Vvk

and other videos here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/gaelicstormvideos

Enjoy!
Feb 02, 01:38 PM

Gaelic Storm - On Tour In Your Home Town in February, March and April!!

It has now been more than a decade since Gaelic Storm's career lifted off with their appearance in the blockbuster film Titanic. Since their big-screen debut 10 years ago, the band's fan base continues to multiply with each new album, turning the one-time-pub-band into one of the premier touring acts in the Celtic/World music genre. Gaelic Storm's compelling originals and fresh arrangements steeped in Celtic traditional melody combined with their unique blend of world rhythms continue to broaden the musical horizons of the Celtic music genre creating new standards for generations to come. Highlights from their decade-spanning career include seven Billboard Chart topping albums, a DVD, a full-length concert film featured on HD.net in 2007-2008, song placement on two EA Sports Games, a 2008 Hallmark greeting card featuring their song "Kiss Me I'm Irish", countless television and radio appearances. Gaelic Storm has sold out hundreds of theatres and performing arts centers and has now played to audiences totaling in the millions.
Gaelic Storm released their 7th album What's the Rumpus? (Lost Again Records) in July 2008 with a stellar debut at #1 on the Billboard World Album Chart, #1 on the iTunes World Album Chart and #5 on the Billboard Internet Album Chart. Inspired by the music that drives their loyal fan base, What's the Rumpus? is a wild party of an album, full of colorful characters and outrageous stories, flavored with Gaelic Storm's signature acoustic sound that gets you dancing and never lets you go.
Gaelic Storm had an amazing Summer and Fall Tour in 2008 performing in a different town almost every day. Along with the tour the band got an amazing amount of attention around the song ‘The Night I Punched Russell Crowe’ making gossip columns Page Six in the New York Post and Rush and Molloy in the New York Daily News. Consistently touring over 125 dates per year, Gaelic Storm routinely breaks attendance and merchandise sales records, headlining the world's largest Celtic festivals as well as mainstream events such as The Rock Boat, Ships N Dips and the Cayamo Songwriter's Cruise alongside acts such as Gavin DeGraw, The Barenaked Ladies, Emmylou Harris and Lyle Lovett. Remarkably, the band has headlined the world's largest Irish Festival, Milwaukee Irish Fest, for 6 straight years, playing to crowds of 15,000 per performance and breaking the festival's policy of not inviting artists to perform in consecutive years. In June 2008, Gaelic Storm expanded their touring to include Australia, kicking off their tour at the National Celtic Festival outside Melbourne.
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Sep 04 2008, 05:13 PM

Gaelic Storm On Tour In September!
Aug 12 2008, 06:27 PM

Win 2 tickets to Ireland on Aer Lingus!

Win 2 tickets to Ireland on Aer Lingus!

"WHAT'S THE RUMPUS? SWEEPSTAKES" PRESENTED BY GAELIC STORM & AER LINGUS

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ONE GRAND PRIZE WINNER WILL RECEIVE 2 ROUND-TRIP TICKETS TO DUBLIN, IRELAND.

Second Prize: One winner will be awarded four (4) tickets to a Gaelic Storm Performance of his/her choosing. The Second Prize winner and his/her 3 companions will each also receive: one (1) autographed copy of the new Gaelic Storm album "What's The Rumpus?", one (1) copy of the Gaelic Storm DVD "Live In Chicago," and one (1) Gaelic Storm t-shirt.

Third Prize: One (1) winner will be awarded a $100 Gaelic Storm virtual gift card, redeemable for merchandise on the official Gaelic Storm webstore.

ALL ENTRIES RECIEVE A PROMO CODE FOR 20% OFF A "WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?" CD ON THE GS WEBSTORE!!

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Jul 22 2008, 01:53 PM

More updates on the Russell Crowe Contest!

We have extended the video contest. Below is what I am sending out. Please let me know if you have any questions.

By popular demand we have extended "The Night I Punched Russell Crowe" video contest until 12:00pm EST Wednesday, July 30th, 2008. The winner will be announced Friday, August 1, 2008 on Gaelic Storm's website.

The winning video will now be aired in prime time to an audience of 3 million throughout the south coast of British Columbia and on satellite throughout Canada on world.beats, channel M.

<a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwczovL2FwcC5lMm1hLm5ldC9hcHAvdmlldzpKb2luL3NpZ251cElkOjM5NjUx">Click here</a> for more info and to submit your video!

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