"The Boy is Back in Town".....The Point – Dublin

John Henry’s Ltd supplied full Event Production for The Roisin Dubh Trust for a very special Phil Lynott tribute concert which was held in the Point Arena on the 20th August to coincide with the unveiling of a statue in the singer’s memory in Dublin.

The concert brought together past Thin Lizzy band members Gary Moore, Eric Bell, Brian Downey, Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham to honour the memory of Lynott. They were joined by Jon Noyce on bass guitar to complete the line up.

EAW KF760

The set included many old favorites and the packed arena went wild as they rocked to Jailbreak, Boys are Back in Town and Whiskey in the Jar. The unveiling of the statue took place on the Friday the 19th at its location in Harry Street, corner of Grafton Street.

JHL provided a full EAW sound system comprising KF760 line array for front of house along with KF730 SLAMs as in fills, FOH & Monitor boards were covered by 4 x Yamaha PM5D RH consoles, on stage monitoring was by Clair 12AM monitors and P4 side fills. JHL also supplied full backline and risers for the support bands which included, Brush Shiels (Skid Row), Jason Swindle, Johnny Fean (Horslips), Danielle Pfiffer, Neil Murray, DARE featuring Darren Wharton (ex Thin Lizzy keyboards) Wheatus, Skye & Nutonic featuring Alaska Lyle. Compare for the evening was our very own Paul “Kremmen” Elliot.

This was a full on show with 7 acts and a 4 hour show time but full credit goes to all our crew who did a brilliant job, they were: Production Manager: Robert Harding Stage manager: Paul “Kremmen” Elliot Audio Crew Boss: Aden Gregory Audio FOH: Simon Panos Audio Monitors: Chris “Nobby” Roberts Audio System Tech: Matt Grounds Audio System Tech: David Ryan Backline Tech: Lloyd Gilbert Backline Tech: Owen Cooper Back Stage Artiste Liaison: Jamie Henry Lighting was supplied by Just Lite from Dublin and the LD was Eugene O’Connor.

Set List Phil Lynott statue