The band are this year celebrating 25 years on the road, and as part of the anniversary celebrations, they had their recent concert at the Hawkswell Theatre in Sligo recorded by the LiveTrad cameras. The full show will be broadcast in HD quality on the LiveTrad.com traditional music web platform. The concert will be webcast free-to-air, and members of the band will be online to answer questions and to react to comments from the online audience.
"It sounds like great fun," says Joanie Madden of Cherish The Ladies, ahead of the group's maiden web broadcast. "We've played all over the world, but this is the first time we'll have had fans from lots of different countries all together under one roof, so to speak. We'll also be joined by special guests, so viewers will be promised a feast of singing and dancing, as well as great music," she adds.
The special guests mentioned include singer and star of the 'All Ireland Talent Show' Don Stiffe, as well as former Riverdance member Declan McHale, and the wonderful bodhrán player John Joe Kelly.
This broadcast is the latest in a series of LiveTrad.com webcasts which have taken place from venues all over Ireland, and which have featured some of the biggest names in traditional music. The recent live webcast which launched Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann from Cavan was watched by viewers in 37 different countries, primarily in the United States and the UK, as well as in Ireland itself.
"The biggest LiveTrad audiences regularly tune in from the United States," says Micheal O Domhnaill of LiveTrad.com. "There's a massive appetite out there for quality traditional Irish music, and we're delighted to be bringing the music of Cherish The Ladies to online audiences in the States, as well as to new audiences worldwide."
| Preview clips and interviews from the upcoming Cherish The Ladies webcast can be viewed on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL6qvLogSs8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0fYInsIxyQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy0UjZjERyU |
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The Cherish The Ladies tour heads for Scotland this week, before finishing up with further dates in Ireland, ahead of returning home to the US at the beginning of October. You can catch the band's tour dates on www.cherishtheladies.com, and don't forget to watch them online this coming Friday, starting at 10pm Irish time, on www.LiveTrad.com.