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The Dublin songwriter whose audience sings the whole set back at him.
Folk & world
At KOKO.
Damien Dempsey grew up in Donaghmede, boxed for Dublin before he chose music, and has spent twenty-five years writing about that city in a voice that does not soften anything. Hold Your Joy, a double album in 2024, came after a seven-year gap and is the fullest thing he has recorded. The live shows are the reason for the following: rooms that sing every word, which is unusual for a songwriter rather than a band.
19:00 to 23:00. Fourteen and over; 14s and 15s need an adult with them.
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