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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.