The Saw Doctors Return to Mayo for the First Time in 15 Years
By The Saw Doctors Return to Mayo for the First Time in 15 Years
TF Royal Castlebar – Saturday 5th September
Tickets €46.20 – €51.20 On Sale This Friday at 10am
The Saw Doctors have announced their return to Mayo for their first show in the county in over 15 years with a date the TF Royal, Castlebar on Saturday 5th September.
Tickets priced from €46.20 – €51.20 inclusive go on sale at 10am this Friday, August 14th via Ticketmaster.
When Mayo won the All-Ireland Football final on July 26, 60,000 Mayo fans celebrated in Croke Park, loudly singing ’The Green and Red of Mayo’ by The Saw Doctors.
In the days following the All-Ireland win by Mayo, the first in 75 years; ‘The Green and Red of Mayo’ by The Saw Doctors was heard everywhere on Irish radio, TV and reached No.1 on the Irish Spotify charts and No. 1 on iTunes.
The Saw Doctors, who are led by the band’s songwriting duo, Davy Carton (lead vocals) and Leo Moran (electric guitar), have recently welcomed back one of their founding members, Pearse Doherty, on bass guitar, vocals, penny whistle and wooden flute. The eight-man band lineup features Anthony Thistlethwaite, formerly of The Waterboys, on saxophone and longtime members Rickie O’Neill (drums), Kieran Duddy (keyboards and accordion), Tommy Carton (backing vocals) and Noelie McDonnell (guitar and backing vocals)
Discovered by Mike Scott of The Waterboys on a stormy Tuesday night in the Quay’s Bar, Galway in the late 1980s, The Saw Doctors grew quickly, touring Ireland and the UK, including a six-week stint with The Waterboys on the Fisherman’s Blues tour in 1989.
The Saw Doctors second single, ‘I Useta Lover’ was a surprise Number One hit in Ireland in September 1990 – thirty-five years ago – remaining top of the charts for nine weeks.
“Born into a repressed, catholic, conservative, small-town, agrarian, angst-ridden & showband infested society, The Saw Doctors are trying to preserve the positive elements of our Irish background and marry them to the sounds which have culturally invaded our milieu through TV, radio, social media, 45’s, fast food restaurants, 24-hour petrol stations & electric blankets”. Leo Moran, The Saw Doctors
The Saw Doctors were one of my favourites at Electric Picnic”
William Orbit
“If The Saw Doctors could bottle the sort of bonhomie that can make an entire concert hall feel better, they would have the medicine show to end them all”.
The Times
“The Saw Doctors offer wistfulness, humour and small-town nostalgia.”
New York Times