LANKUM presents - 'A National Disgrace' live from Dublin's Abbey Theatre - August 15th

LANKUM present A NATIONAL DISGRACE, a gradual descent into a warped, dreamworld of musical performance, theatre, winding passages, doorways, drones and existential uncertainty…
Featuring very very special guests.
Saturday, August 15th at 9pm.
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT
dice.fm/artist/lankum-5ynw
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LANKUM PRESENTS - A NATIONAL DISGRACE - LIVE AT THE ABBEY AUGUST 15th
“You have disgraced yourselves again!" - W.B. Yeats
In 1926, a furious Yeats took to the stage of the Abbey theatre, in an attempt to quell the riot that had erupted during the premiere of Sean O’Casey’s The Plough and the Stars. The audience, offended by O’Casey’s themes of prostitution and use of blasphemy and profanities, objected, thus marking an evening that was publicly deemed A National Disgrace.
On Saturday 15th of August, almost a century later, LANKUM, along with a number of special guests from the contemporary world of Irish music and comedy, will take to the same stage and bring you an evening like no other. Broadcast live online to exclusive ticket holders, the group will host a very special one-off, immersive, surrealist experience.
Come with us on a night out in Dublin city. An adventure that begins with your taxi drive to Dublin’s historic Abbey Theatre. You will be welcomed inside by our specially chosen usher and directed to your seat, thus beginning your gradual descent into a warped, dreamworld of musical performance, theatre, winding passages, doorways, drones and existential uncertainty…
LANKUM will be performing two unique sets, comprising music from all three of their albums. For the first time in a live setting, they will be joined by all of the guest musicians who performed on their latest album The Livelong Day. The two sets will form continuous pieces of music devised by the band and producer John Spud Murphy, containing a number of never before performed songs alongside their more popular works, linked with completely new arrangements of drones and soundscapes, and interwoven with specifically selected audio samples from the world of Irish history and folklore.
As well as LANKUM’s performance, the evening will be interspersed with appearances from a number of artists from all corners of the country’s current cultural landscape, combining to make this one of the most memorable nights out you are likely to experience in Dublin town.
A National Disgrace will revisit the power of live productions to provoke visceral and emotional responses, and explore the possibilities presented by the unfamiliar new world of virtual performance in which we find ourselves.
The broadcast will be available to tickets holders for 24 hours following the performance.

[@SusanJERitta]

I just got chills watching this and especially reading the description. Got my ticket and can't wait for Saturday!

[@edreeves6643]

Goosebumps!

[@michaelboylan17]

I admit I teared up a bit.

[@michaelmcglone7104]

The Shining starring LANKUM

[@GoddessBoinne]

Watched later here in San Francisco, Go állinn ar fad, go raibh mile maith agut

[@hatfulloflove]

how can i watch this??

[@maxbley3539]

Any chance anybody knows where ya can get the first track they played on this? Unreal tune.

[@FireDrawNear]

lynchedfolkmiscreants.bandcamp.com/track/what-put-the-blood

[@maxbley3539]

@@FireDrawNear sound out :)

[@olebrules]

Anywhere to see this after the event? I wish there was some sort of recordingdevice that could record things as they were and people could sell the recording for people to watch after. That's how much I want to see this, for that weird sci-fi thing to exist. That came of as sarcastic, but I ment it only as a way of expressing how much I want to see this thing. heh.