2/28/2023 0 Comments Thin lizzy greatest hits![]() Whilst we have no major plans other than the relentless endeavour to deliver our best possible performance to you as always, we did discuss if we should be doing anything special? The idea of performing the whole of Live & Dangerous again as we did back in…1857?… was floated. Next year sees our 30th - yes, ‘kin 30th! - Anniversary tour. Being away on the road and the unprecedented amount of sell-outs/ticket sales has left us completely snowed under recently - but we promise we’ll get there! When we play Keighley Arts Centre later this month, it will be our 26th sellout show this year!įollowing the theft of our van and our equipment, the passing of our beloved Julian, 16 months out of work with the pandemic, and then the terrible debacle of the Sweet tour, the past 3 years have been a little, well….bumpy? Therefore, please know that we are moved to our very core, totally humbled and so very, very grateful to all of you who have helped us find our feet again, especially after these ‘wilderness’ years - simply by buying a ticket and giving us support.Īnd, at risk of sounding like Bitcoin salesmen, but especially in light of the mountain of emails and messages we get asking for spare tickets, favours for spare tickets, threats over no tickets etc, we cannot stress enough the importance of buying tickets in advance whenever possible.Īnd speaking of mountains of emails, we apologise to any of you experiencing any delays with enquiries etc. Compilations, however, don't come much finer than this, and for anyone who missed out on it in 2004 this is very much worth searching out.BURY, ‘THE MET’ - A GLORIOUS CELEBRATION! It was, however, a bestseller when it came out last time, and one has to question, with so many Thin Lizzy fans having bought it then and so recently, if there will be many takers this time. There is also a Thin Lizzy tour of sorts towards the end of the year with long term member Scott Gorham and 80's guitarist John Sykes, who revived the group together in 1996, both back on board. 'Thin Lizzy Greatest Hits' was re-released just a few days before and to loosely coincide with Father's Day. There are also songs from Lynott's solo career which expanded from both before and briefly after Thin Lizzy's break up in 1983, including former 'Top of the Pops' theme tune 'Yellow Pearl', his paean to Elvis 'King's Call' and his final 1985 hit with ex-Lizzy guitarist Gary Moore, 'Out in the Fields'. 'Thin Lizzy Greatest Hits' features tracks from all eras of Lynott's 15 years with the band, showcasing Thin Lizzy's beginnings in the late 60's in Dublin as an Irish folk rock act ('Whisky in the Jar') its subsequent mainstream success in the 70's as a hard rock band ('Jailbreak', 'Bad Reputation', ''Waiting for an Alibi', 'Killer on the Loose'), and, in contrast to other Lizzy compilations, it also highlights several tracks ('Thunder and Lightning', 'Cold Sweat', 'Renegade' and 'Angel of Death') as well from the group's underrated final two albums from the early 80's, 'Renegade' and 'Thunder and Lightning'.Īnd that is not all. Both sides of his personality (and all of these songs) are featured in abundance here. There were always two sides to Lynott-the hedonistic, macho hard rocker of the hit singles such as 'The Boys are Back in Town', 'Do Anything You Want To', 'Chinatown' and 'The Rocker', and the sensitive poet and bruised heart of album tracks as 'Hollywood (Down on Your Luck)', 'The Sun Goes Down' and 'Still in Love With You'. ![]() 'Thin Lizzy Greatest Hits', which spreads across two CDs and a sprawling 36 tracks, is, however, the definitive compilation. In the 21 years since front man and bassist Phil Lynott died in early January 1986 at the age of 36 of heart complications and pneumonia after taking a drugs overdose, there have been several Thin Lizzy retrospectives. It has only been three years since Universal released 'Thin Lizzy Greatest Hits' amidst an extensive press and TV campaign, yet here it is again,already being recycled. ![]()
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