17 March 2014 // Sydney, AU // Sydney Opera House

Support: Lisa O’Neill

Setlist: Limerick Town (John Hegarty), Love Don’t Leave Me Waiting, When Your Mind’s Made Up, McCormack’s Wall/Black River, High Hope, Come Away to the Water, Revelate, What Happens When the Heart Just Stops, Wedding Ring, Talking with the Wolves*, Let Me Try Again (Frank Sinatra), Bird of Sorrow, Fitzcarraldo, Falling Slowly**, This Gift, Say it to Me Now***, Elvis I Give You Irish Stew (Lisa O’Neill), Rocky Road to Dublin****, The Auld Triangle

*Mark Stanley on shaker
**a girl called Mara from the audience comes up to sing
***unamplified
****verses by Glen, Lisa, Mossy Nolan, Joe Doyle, Aoife O’Sullivan, Mic Geraghty and audience member Matt Purcell singing the fourth verse from row 10

Notes: Joe plays bass starting with ‘Revelate’ through the end of the show. A local string quartet (Sally Cooper, Vanessa, Dan and Kate) joins in from ‘Wedding Ring’ to the end. ‘Fitzcarraldo’ is dedicated to Irish radio station Phantom FM, which played their last song and went off the air earlier in the day.

[Thanks to Michael for the setlist and notes.]

Preview:
Daily Telegraph

Reviews:
Sydney Morning Herald
The Music (with photos)
The AU Review

Photos:
(above by Peter Sharp)