Christy Moore with Declan Sinnott

National treasure and Irish music icon CHRISTY MOORE is returning to the Millennium Forum for two shows on Friday 15 & Saturday 16 November.

Tickets go on sale Friday 12 April at 9.30am and will be available from the Millennium Forum Box Office Telephone (028) 71 264455.

Christy began 2012 with sell out shows at Dublin’s Grand Canal Theatre, followed by a televised performance at the BBC Folk Awards in February, where his rendering of Morecambe Bay, Kevin Littlewood’s description of Chinese cockle pickers caught unawares by the rising tide, was nominated for Best Original Song.

In the spring, Christy and Declan appeared in a series of dates around Ireland, before embarking on a 10 day tour of the UK which included two sell out shows at London’s Royal Festival Hall.

On their return to Ireland, they kicked off the summer with an appearance at the Live at the Marquee concert series – the only Artists who can claim to have played every year in the Cork tent.

July found them delivering a rousing stand-up set to a packed audience in the Big Top at the Galway Arts Festival. The big summer shows were rounded out by their exhilarating performance in front of a euphoric crowd in the Crawdaddy tent at last year’s Electric Picnic festival.