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Joe Hurley's 10th Annual Irish Rock Revue

March 14th & March 17th

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JOE HURLEY'S ALL-STAR IRISH ROCK REVUE CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY with TWO SHOWS!
NYC'S 'BEST ST PAT'S MUSIC EXTRAVAGANZA' TO TAKE PLACE ON SAT. MARCH 14 & ST. PAT'S DAY, TUES. MARCH 17TH AT (LE) POISSON ROUGE, NYC

Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street at Thompson

Doors: 6pm

Advance tickets are strongly recommended.
($20 in advance & $25 day of show).

Purchase tickets online for March 14th or March 17th

Here's what to expect: A PADDY ROCK & ROLL CIRCUS! Every year during the St Patrick's season, NYC singer/songwriter Joe Hurley salutes his Irish heritage with a blazing all-night long musical extravaganza that celebrates Ireland's musical gifts to the world - The All-Star Irish Rock Revue. Gathering friends and performers from NYC punk-rock legends to Broadway stars, to best-selling novelists to star comedians, and rock legends - from Rock & Roll Hall-of-Famers to downtown luminaries and up and coming local singers. The All-Star Irish Rock Revue is "the biggest St. Pat's party in town" Irish Voice

EARLY ARTIST CONFIRMATIONS INCLUDE:

Members of the bands Cracker, Ian Hunter Band, Patti Smith Band, The Dictators, Laura Cantrell, GRAMMY-WINNING IRISH VOCALIST Susan McKeown, Ivan Julian (Voidoids, Matthew Sweet), Broadway stars Michael Cerveris (TONY WINNER), Antonique Smith, Annie Golden and Lara Janine (ROCK OF AGES), La La Brooks (lead singer-Crystals "Da Doo Run Run"), UK comic legend Stephen Frost of "Whose Line Is It Anyway," NYC legend Garland Jeffreys ("96 tears"), best-selling Irish novelist Colum McCann, SNL Band's Christine Ohlman, Tish & Snooky, from Liverpool's The La's - Mike Badger, Don Fleming, Loser's Lounge Joe McGinty, Tricia Scotti, Daniel Rey, Israeli film-star Meital Dohan (Showtime's 'WEEDS"), King Missile's John S. Hall, Keanan Duffty, comedian Colin Quinn (TV's "Tough crowd with Colin Quinn"), Laura Dawn, (The Little Death NYC) Jon Spurney & Christian Gibbs (PASSING STRANGE) and dozens more! Hosted by Joe Hurley & Ed Rogers. Many of the Revue's annual performers can be found at RoguesMarch.com/irishrevue

Note: Most singers are performing both nights. For details, check MySpace.com/irishrockrevue

The guest singers perform from the 'Great Irish Songbook' ripping through the classics of: THIN LIZZY, U2, VAN MORRISON, SINEAD, THE UNDERTONES, SLF, THE POGUES, JOHN LYDON, DECLAN MACMANUS, THE DUBLINERS, MORRISSEY, BOOMTOWN RATS, THE CHIEFTAINS, THE CLANCY BROTHERS - traditional classics and much more.

Joe Hurley offers up an electrifying set at 8pm. Called "The best singer of vowels in rock since Shane MacGowan," by the Village Voice, Hurley has also released severally critically acclaimed CDs and is featured on the recent SONY release "Whiskey In A Jar: Essential Irish Drinking Songs and Singalongs" with his ballad "Amsterdam Mistress" alongside classics from the Clancy Brothers, The Pogues and The Dubliners. His performance of the traditional "Waxie's Dargle" is featured in the new Glenn McQuaid directed film "I Sell The Dead." Last year saw Hurley perform with Judy Collins and Jimmy Webb at the Public Theatre Gala Concert for Joe's Pub (Hurley's version of "Send In the Clowns" received a rave review in the New York Times). Also in 2008, Hurley sang with an eclectic mix of performers, including duets with cabaret star Maude Maggart, playwright Sam Shepard, La La Brooks (the Crystals) and alt-country's The Waco Brothers. "Joe Hurley is a brilliant songwriter and a truly charismatic performer" - Paddy Moloney of THE CHIEFTAINS.

Hurley's band will include TONY SHANAHAN (Patti Smith), JAMES MASTRO (Ian Hunter), DENNY McDERMOTT (Rosanne Cash), KENNY MARGOLIS (Cracker), KEITH CHRISTOPHER (Yayhoos, Georgia Satellites) and MEGAN WEEDER.

GUINNESS will be the "drink special" all night long with a cheaper pint than anywhere in town! DJ Gaz (East Village Radio) will be spinning Irish gems between sets. The Irish Rock Revue will also be toasting the 80th Birthday of the IRISH ECHO (America's biggest Irish weekly). The Echo will join longtime friends GIBSON and GUINNESS as sponsors of the Revue, so look for special promotions in their pages, and weekly updates on special guest performers.

The Revue is very pleased to support GILDA'S CLUB, NYC! VIP charity tickets are available through LePoissonRouge.com and are now on sale for the March 14th date. The named charity for March 17th is The Humane Society New York.

Being the 10th Anniversary, expect surprise guests and many more special announcements in the weeks ahead. Also please check in with Friends of the Revue: MurphGuide.com, IrishEcho.com, Gibson.com, ManicPanic.com, and VillageVoice.com.

"I recommend the same thing every year during the St Pat's season, because it is clearly the best party of them all- Rogue's March maestro Joe Hurley puts on a raucous show called the All Star Irish Rock Revue"

- IRISH VOICE

Joe Hurley will also sit in and sing with the six-time Grammy-winning, Irish legends The Chieftains during their annual round of St. Patrick's Day shows in the tri-state area. He'll appear with the band on Thursday March 12th at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, NJ.

We're on way to the Cup Final!

Mar 8 2007, NYC

After the heartbreak of the Cup Final loss, we decided to let the song 'Bleeding Claret and Blue' rest, as we healed our wounds from yet another close call with glory. But this season's almost surrealistic catalogue of disasters and misfortunes made us even more acutely aware of the fact that reaching the Cup Final was a tremendous achievement, and one that we should hold even closer to our hearts in the light of the current desperate plight we find ourselves in...

That day at Cardiff is a wonderful bitter-sweet memory now, and with West Ham fans being the best in the world, and known for their great sense of gallows-like humour when the chips are down, and the chips ARE down, we thought it fitting, appropriate and downright twisted to get the song out there now- as a souvenir of a great day out, better times ahead, and a reminder that West Ham fans will always be there for the club-We are not fairweather fans- We are the most passionate supporters in the land.... If we're going down, let's go down singing...

I know fortune's always hiding
But there's one thing my heart knows is true
here's to John and Ron and Mooro
Watching over....all us Claret and Blue

Joe Hurley-NYC March 2007

May 2006, NYC

NYC singer Joe Hurley has written and recorded a special song for West Ham Football Club celebrating their success in reaching the 2006 FA Cup Final. The song Bleeding Claret and Blue pays tribute to the manager and players of this season's squad, as well as legends like Bobby Moore, Billy Bonds, Clyde Best, and West Ham's recently deceased managers, Johnny Lyall and Ron Greenwood.

The song begins in ballad-form before building into a rousing sing-along that references Harewood's semi-final winner, Brooking's goal in the 1980 Final, Anton Ferdinand's dancing, and even a certain 'Pardew Shuffle'

The extended version of the song, included on the CD, actually names every player to appear for the Hammers this season!

Joe Hurley is a life-long West Ham fan who grew up in London watching the Hammers, and who for many years has been a NYC-based Recording Artist, with two bands, Rogue's March and The Gents. He has released several critically acclaimed CDs in the States, including his debut 'Never Fear' which was dedicated to Bobby Moore and features a song written about him ('When you Feel Like Crying') He has performed over one thousand concerts in The US and his West Ham scarf is often seen hanging from his microphone stand, spreading the good word.

Hurley also wrote and performed a one-man show 'The King of Upton Park' about a man obsessed, and in love with, all things West Ham. The show ran in both NYC and Boston, Mass.

Hurley's ballad 'Amsterdam Mistress' appears on the new SONY Records Compilation Essential Irish Drinking Songs and Singalongs. He has recorded with Tony Visconti and PJ Harvey, sung duets with Marianne Faithfull, Amy Rigby, and Shane MacGowan, and has toured with bands ranging from Flogging Molly to Cracker.

Hurley, who attended both Cardiff Play-Off Finals, will again be crossing the Atlantic to see West Ham play, this time in the Cup Final.

The single is available today through the band's website www.roguesmarch.com. Hurley flies in to London on Thursday and the Single will be available at Vic Naylor's on Thursday evening for the launch/listening party. It is hoped that the West Ham Club Shop will carry the CD and donate the proceeds to the Bobby Moore Cancer Fund.

The song was produced by Ian Hunter guitarist James Mastro. Backing vocals were supplied by the NYC Hammers. Because the song was written and recorded in the last few days, it is not yet available on i-tunes. Further info and lyrics are available at www.roguesmarch.com.

'Bleeding Claret and Blue' (West Ham 2006) CD Single Available now featuring special unedited 'every player named' version! Dedicated to Johnny Lyall.

CD Launch Party Vic Naylor's 38-40 St John St London Thursday May 11, 2006 6:30-9pm

Joe Hurley is one of New York's most entertaining frontmen-his distinctive vocals can be raucous as all get-out and as sorrowful as a baritone can be -VILLAGE VOICE

THE NYC HAMMERS
Joe Hurley-Lead vocals, acoustic Gtr
Steve Holley-Drums
Dave Decastro-Bass
James Mastro-Guitar
Ken Margolis-Piano/Accordion

Many thanx to Paul 'The Original' Stanley, Chris Flynn, Ali Rawlings, Nick West, Clive Selley, Marc Kenyon, Duncan Davidson, Jamie Noone, Steve Holley, Dave DeCastro, James Mastro, Kenny Margolis, Jo Selley, Chris Sorensen and Vic Naylor's.