Going on the 23rd and can't wait, has he been in good form letting the crowd sing along or has he been a bit hormonal?

 

Seen him down in Portlaoise last year and he was outstanding

 

Love a bit of Christy me top man.

 

Its more the clapping along to certain songs. He used to be a proper moany hole but seems to have chilled out a bit in recent years.

 

but he did a brilliant show , that was with donal lunny , also saw them at that festival in north london last year, top notch stuff

 

 

Ye he was fine the last time i seen him but have heard he could be liable to moan, i think he asks for the crowd to be quiet for certain songs, he's some performer, Declan Sinnott is great on the guitar too

 

Some songs he doesn't like people making noise, some he encourages it, last time I saw him Damien Duff was there and he requested Joxer, Christy was happy to sing it and got the crowd clapping and singing along. Songs like Lisdoonvarna, Joxer, Viva La Quinta Brigada etc he's got no problem with the crowd getting into it, but quieter songs he tends to not like it.

what about the fans who pay to hear him sing not some out of tune gobsh*te who has no rhythm whatsoever.  

I like the fact that he does not want tuneless fcks runing the gig for others by singing out of tune, clapping out of time and getting the lyrics wrong.  

 

 

You pretty much have it covered there. Don’t start singing along to a song unless he encourages the audience to-learnt this the hard way

Have seen him 6/7 times. Each time I go away thinking that’s a better performance than the last. He picks his songs depending on the venue so hard to say the set list. Usually for the first hour he goes off himself but for the second hour takes some requests. He’s not as strict as bogball says. Sing away like he loves the audience singing in tune but the only thing I’d advise is not to clap to certain songs as he will stop them. Would be very surprised if you are disappointed. Usually his gigs are for 8 so he will be on stage at about 8:10 and will go on until 10:30

Yea pretty much 

A lot of people who have given up the booze struggle with the fact that other people can handle it.

 I know he's anti drinking due to him been a reformed alcholic, so I'd gibe him a bit of pass on that side of things. I didn't realise he was a total arsehole as well

For sit down gigs to have people more intrestes in the bar can be annoying for those who are actually there for the music.  So I am with Christy moore on that.  Regarding clapping he usually pulls the plug when gobsh*tes do the late late show clapping sh*te when it’s a song about domestic abuse and they have missed the point of the song. 

If you are going to see one of his gigs you won’t be disappointed unless you want to go to get pissed. 

Leave Malachy out of this :) 

 

I've been told it's for VAT purposes.   He doesn't have to pay as much if there's no bar but I may be open to clarification/correction on that.

 

Bar or no bar, he is still an absolutely superb entertainer in concert.  A national treasure.

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I am not even sure if he uses AA, nor do I care, but his attitude would tie in with my experience of the organisation and I always thought it was that.

I have seen him a couple of times and met a couple of times and he is,as FW said, a national treasure. I have no idea if his shows are still as good, but it is worth having to forego a few pints to see him. As with any folk singer, it is the passion that matters and he seems to believes what he is singing, while possibly closing the bar to dodge tax!

Went to see rag n bone man in trinity last summer and one lass in front of us actually poured a pint all over herself looking at her watch just beside her four locked Dublin girls singing along out of tune to every song, beside them six country lads shouting at the top of their voices about where the f**k their minibus home to waaaterford was parked, jaysus.

Any time I have seen him it’s only while he is performing that the bar is closed.  So it’s open pre and post gig.  Not sure of rules but I doubt it’s to avoid tax. 

I would have said that was acceptable behaviour at a gig like that!

I saw him twice in De Barra's in Clon, his nephew, who was a decent singer-songwriter himself, used to work there. You could nip out to the front bar at half-time, he gave ya ten minutes. It wasn't as regimented as made out.

I do agree with him about fellas singing along, I paid to hear him sing it!

Getting soft in his old age