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The 7th annual show has come and gone and damn did we ever rip it up!

So here we are after 7 years... 82 separate performances from 37 different artists... 252 songs played... and beginning the journey to round EIGHT!

One of the goals of the Toronto Thin Lizzy Celebration is to help highlight the amazing diversity in Lynott's music and in the vast array of artists his music has inspired. To this end, over the years the Celebration has played host to rock, country, punk, acoustic (guitars and pianos!), reggae, jazz, metal performances and even a seriously kick-ass Greek bouzouki band!

This is something that sets the Toronto show apart from other similar events worldwide, in that it is not a night of tribute bands (not, however, that there's anything at all wrong with that...), but instead, a night of artists paying tribute. Every performer who's ever graced the TLC stage has worked their backsides off to learn the songs they've played (this, in most cases, on top of their already busy schedules). This is an act of love, plain and simple... a love of Phil's music and respect for his memory...

For the first four years, the proceeds from the event went to the Roisin Dubh Trust to help defray the enormous cost of erecting a statue of Phil Lynott in the heart of Dublin. 19 years after his untimely passing, this memorial in bronze was finally unveiled to a crowd of 5000 fans, on August 19th, 2005. (For more on that, please check HERE.)

With the statue in place, subsequent show's proceeds have gone to such worthy causes as the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CCFF), the TOMA Foundation for Burned Children and in 2008, Daisy's Eye Cancer Fund..

For a peek at what all the controlled chaos has looked like, please check out James Taylor's site for an archive of Toronto Lizzy Celebration pictures past and present.

Tickets on sale at Monster Records (664 Yonge St. Toronto - 416-975-1829 - www.monsterrecords.ca) **starting June 28th, 2010**

...and for up-to-date info on the show, please check back here and at our main site www.monsterrecords.ca