List of Waterboys members
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The Waterboys are a band formed in 1983 by Mike Scott. The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of Scottish, Irish, English, Welsh and American musicians, with Edinburgh, London, Dublin, Spiddal, New York and Findhorn serving as a base for the group. They have explored a number of different styles, dissolved in 1993 when Scott departed to pursue a solo career and then reformed in 2000. They continue to release albums and tour worldwide. World Party was made up of former Waterboys members.[a]
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Over 85 musicians have performed live as a Waterboy.[1][2] Some have spent only a short time with the band, contributing to a single tour or album, while others have been long-term members with significant contributions. Scott has stated that "We’ve had more members I believe than any other band in rock history" and believes that the nearest challengers are Santana and The Fall.[3]
The Waterboys have gone through different musical phases as well as line-ups. In 2019 Scott wrote "The Waterboys is a timeless, genre-confounding band. We belong in no box."[4]
History
1982–1993: original run
The Waterboys were formed by Mike Scott in 1982, under the name The Red and The Black, having recently split from his original band Another Pretty Face.[5] Scott was soon joined by saxophonist Anthony Thistlethwaite. Under this name, the band played nine gigs before starting recording. Scott and Thistlethwaite were joined by drummer Kevin Wilkinson.[5] In March 1983, the band released their first single "A Girl Called Johnny" under the name The Waterboys.[6]
For the band's first performance under this name was in May 1983 on the Old Grey Whistle Test, they were joined by Norman Rodger on bass, Karl Wallinger on keyboards, and Preston Heyman covering for Wilkinson on drums.[5] The band released their first, self titled album in July, it featured demos that Scott had recorded between 1981 and 1982, some featuring Thistlethwaite, Wilkinson and Rodger.[7]
The band's first ever concert took place in February 1984, and included Scott, Thistlethwaite, Wallinger and Wilkinson, alongside trumpeter Roddy Lorimer, backing vocalist Eddi Reader, bassist Martin Swain and lead guitarist John Caldwell.[5] The band returned to a five-piece for touring (without Lorimer, Reader and Caldwell).[5] Wilkinson was replaced by Chris Whitten in late 1984.[8] In mid 1985, Steve Wickham joined on fiddle, influencing the band's style into folk music. After a north American tour in November 1985, Whitten and Wallinger both left. The two were replaced by Dave Ruffy and Guy Chambers respectively.[5]
In January 1986, Scott and Thistlethwaite relocated to Dublin (where Wickham is from), creating a new line-up with bassist Trevor Hutchinson and drummer Peter McKinney.[9] Fran Breen briefly replaced McKinney for a show in August.[9] In December, Scott, Thistlethwaite and Wickham did some sessions in San Francisco with legendary drummer Jim Keltner and jazz bassist John Patiticci.[9]
The band returned to live performances in April 1987, again with Hutchinson and McKinney, although McKinney was replaced by Breen in May.[9] The band was also joined by pipe and whistle player Vinnie Kilduff.[9] Roddy Lorimer also briefly rejoined.[9] In April 1988, the band returned to recording, with new drummer Jay Dee Daugherty, gaelic singer Tomas Mac Eoin and flautist/pianist Colin Blakey.[9] Breen returned in December for touring, although he was again replaced by Daugherty in February 1989.[9] Accordionist Sharon Shannon joined in May 1989, replacing Kilduff, alongside Noel Bridgeman, replacing Daugherty.[9]
Despite the success of this line-up (which played profusely and popularly over the next year-and-a-half), Bridgeman was dismissed in July 1990 due to Scott and Thistlethwaite wanting a "tougher" sound, leading to the departure of a dissatisfied Wickham.[9] Ken Blevins was hired as Bridgeman's replacement on drums but the band then moved away from Irish folk music, causing Shannon and Blakey to also depart.[9] Scott, Thistlethwaite, Hutchinson and Blevins fulfilled outstanding tour dates, after which Blevin departed, with Hutchinson leaving in April 1991 to join Shannon's band.[10] The band entered a hiatus after their contract with Ensign Records expired in May and Scott and Thistlethwaite split in December.[10] In January 1992, Scott began recording Dream Harder in New York with many American musicians, most notably Chris Bruce (guitar), Scott Thunes (bass) and Carla Azar (drums), all of whom played with Scott on Top of the Pops.[10] In August 1993, after failed attempts to put together a full-time Waterboys touring lineup, Scott ended the band altogether and spent seven years pursuing a solo career.
1999–present: reformation
In January 1999, Scott began recording what would become A Rock in the Weary Land, on 25 November 1999, Scott played a gig of new songs with Richard Naiff on piano and organ. In Summer 2000, Scott officially reformed The Waterboys with a line-up including Naiff on keyboards, Livingston Brown on bass and Jeremy Stacey on drums, all of whom had played on A Rock in the Weary Land which was released in September.[11][12] In October, Scott and Naiff were joined by Tom Windriff (drums, backing vocals), John Baggott (keyboards, backing vocals) and Gordon Davis (bass, backing vocals).[12] In January 2001, Jo Wadeson and Ian McNabb replaced Davis and Baggott respectively.[13]
Wickham officially rejoined in March 2001, having made regular guest appearances since the band reformed. Also returning was Jay Dee Daugherty, although he was replaced by Ray Fean in July, who in turn was replaced by Geoff Dugmore in August.[13] McNabb returned in May 2002, replacing Wadeson on bass.[14] In June 2002, Brad Waissman and Paul Beavis joined on bass and drums respectively.[14] Dugmore returned in January 2003.[15]
Steve Walters (bass) and Carlos Hercules (drums) joined as new rhythm section in October 2003.[15] In May 2005, Scott, Wickham and Naiff were briefly rejoined by Thistlethwaite (on bass) and Fran Breen, as well as Sharron Shannon and Leo Moran for one show.[16] The band were also briefly joined by Liam O'Maonlai on keyboards, covering for Richard Naiff on some acoustic TV appearances.[17] Walters and Hercules returned in January 2006. By the time the band started recording in August 2006, they were joined by Leo Abrahams on lead guitar, Mark Smith on bass and Brady Blade on drums, among others. Although when it came to touring in March 2007, Abrahams and Blade did not participate. Damon Wilson took up drums.
In February 2009, longtime keyboardist Richard Naiff departed the band.[18] He was replaced by John McCullough,[19] as well as Carlos Hercules returning on drums.[20] Bassist Mark Smith died in November 2009.[21] In March 2010, the band expanded the line-up for a new show called An Appointment with Mr Yeats, musicians featured Joe Chester on guitars and vocals, Simon Wallace on keyboards, Ash Soan on drums, Katie Kim on second vocals, Marc Arciero on bass, Blaise Margail on trombone, Ruby Ashley on oboe and cor anglais, and Sarah Allen on flute.[22] Paul "Binzer" Brennan replaced Soan in June 2010,[23] and James Hallawell replaced Wallace that August.[24]
In January 2011, the band were joined by Ralph Salmins on drums and Kate St John on oboe and sax, replacing Brennan and Allen),[25] these musicians played on An Appointment with Mr Yeats album. Melvin Duffy (pedal steel, guitar) joined the band for 2011 non Yeats summer shows, alongside Scott, Hallawell, Wickham, Arciero and Brennan.[26] Salmins returned in May 2011.[27] Duffy continued to perform with the band until March 2012,[27] after which the band continued as a five-piece. The band played some Australian Yeats shows in early 2013, at which they were joined by Sarah Calderwood on flute and vocals.[28] For North American Yeats shows in 2013, Scott and Wickham were joined by Elizabeth Ziman (vocals), Jay Barclay (guitar), Daniel Mintseris (keyboards), Malcolm Gold (bass), Ezra Oklan (drums) and Chris Layer (flute).[29] For more North American non Yeats dates, Ziman and Layer departed and Chris Benelli replaced Oklan on drums.[30]
When the band returned to Britain/Ireland in November, they were joined by the returning by Arciero, Duffy and Salmins and new organist Brother Paul Brown.[31] Thistlethwaite and Trevor Hutchinson returned for a Fisherman's Blues revisited tour in December 2013, alongside Scott, Wickham and Salmins.[32][33] In June 2014, the core trio and Brown were joined by Niall C. Lawlor (lap steel) and Shane Fitzsimmons (bass). Richard Naiff briefly returned for some shows in July 2014 before Brown returned.[34][35] Lawlor and Fitzsimmons were replaced by Zach Ernst (lead guitar) and David Hood in 2014, when the band relocated to Nashville, Tennessee.[36] This line-up continued until August 2016.[37]
In 2017, the band consisted of Scott, Wickham and Brown, alongside Bart Walker (guitar), Aongus Ralston (bass), Jon Green (drums) and backing vocalists Jess Kavanagh and Zeenie Summers. Walker and Green departed in 2017, Salmins returned again. Gavin Ralston joined on guitar for a European tour in 2019. Aongus Ralston was briefly replaced by Jeff Adams for a North American tour in the same year,[38] tech Neil Mahony also played bass as he had previously done in 2016.[39] All subsequent touring was cancelled due to COVID-19.
When the band returned in late 2021, Hallawell rejoined as pianist, performing alongside Brown playing Hammond organ, and Eamon Ferris replaced Salmins on drums. Wickham retired from the band in February 2022.[40] In April 2025, Barny Fletcher joined the band on second vocals for the Life, Death and Dennis Hopper tour having also contributed to the album of the same name.[41] In November 2025, it was announced that the band would be rejoined by Steve Wickham as well as Steve Earle (vocals, guitar, mandolin) and Roar Øien (pedal steel) for a Fisherman’s Blue Revue tour in summer 2026.[42]
Notable members info
Anthony Thistlethwaite was an original member of the band, and remained a member until 1991 when the band broke up, although he also joined a few recording sessions for A Rock in the Weary Land (1999). Behind Scott and Wickham, Thistlethwaite has more songwriting credits than any other Waterboy. His saxophone (regularly featured in solos) was one half of the early group's distinctive brass section, while his mandolin playing came to the forefront during the group's Irish folk phase. He also contributed parts on guitar, bass guitar, upright bass and keyboards. He pressed to return the Waterboys to a rock music sound after Room to Roam (1990), but this did not occur until Dream Harder (1993), which was recorded after his departure. Thistlethwaite is now a member of The Saw Doctors, and has also released three solo albums. In November 2013, Thistlethwaite and former bassist Trevor Hutchinson returned to the band for a Fisherman's Blues revisited tour.[32][33]
Original member Kevin Wilkinson was the band's drummer from 1983 to 1984, and continued to play in some studio sessions afterwards. He later appeared on A Rock in the Weary Land (1999), one of his last sessions before his death. Scott describes Wilkinson's drumming as "bright and angular, an unusual sound".[43]
Multi-instrumentalist Karl Wallinger joined the group in 1983, initially as keyboard player, performing on their first TV appearance.[44] Although he left the group only two years later, within that relatively short period he had made important contributions to both A Pagan Place and This Is the Sea. During the recording of the latter, Wallinger's role expanded beyond keyboards, embracing assorted synthesizer approaches and orchestration, drums and percussion, synth bass parts, engineering and production and extra vocal ideas (as well as co-writing the song "Don't Bang the Drum").[45] Wallinger's World Party project was heavily influenced by his work with the Waterboys and also featured other former members.[46]
Irish fiddler player Steve Wickham transformed the group when he joined in 1985; his interest in folk music directly resulted in the band's change of direction.[47] His initial involvement with the Waterboys ended in 1990 when Scott and Thistlethwaite wanted to return to rock and roll.[9] Wickham rejoined the group in 2001,[13] and remained until 2022 (when he stepped down from touring).[40] Described by Scott as "the world's greatest rock fiddle player",[48] he has written more songs for the band than anyone other than Scott, including the group's handful of instrumental recordings.
Although Sharon Shannon's tenure in the band only spanned eighteen months during 1989 and 1990, her involvement with the Waterboys as accordionist (and occasional second fiddle player) cemented the band's busily-touring "Magnificent Seven" line-up and its full immersion within Irish folk music. With Shannon having already been a teenage accordion prodigy by the time that she joined the Waterboys, Scott observed that "at twenty she was a master player with an insatiable appetite for music and a will of iron. What's more, her sound was the product solely of the world of traditional music. She played nothing but tunes: jigs, reels, strathspeys, polkas and hornpipes. I wanted her unique musical voice, and the tradition she represented, to be part of the band’s identity too."[49] Shannon's work can be heard on the Room to Roam album and the later Magnificent Seven box set. She chose to follow Steve Wickham out of the Waterboys immediately after the recording of the Room to Roam album, when Scott and Thistlethwaite decided to steer the band back towards rock music. Supplementing her Irish and Scottish traditional music interests with reggae, cajun music, Portuguese music and French Canadian music, becoming one of Irish folk's most successful solo artists.[50] Scott observed that "it was she who carried on the Room to Roam experiment, fearlessly mixing folk, rock, country and other influences in her music."[49]
Keyboard player Richard Naiff (a classically trained pianist and flautist) first recorded with the band in 1999, joined permanently in 2000, and had become a core member by 2007 (alongside Scott and Wickham). Ian McNabb described him as Scott's "find of the century"[51] and reviewers have described him as "phenomenally talented".[52] Naiff officially left the Waterboys in February 2009 to spend more time with his family,[53] but briefly returned to The Waterboys for some shows in July 2014, before Brother Paul Brown took over keyboards again.[34][35]
"Famous" James Hallawell joined as Waterboys keyboardist and synthesizer player in 2010, playing extensively on the band's 2011 chamber-poetry album An Appointment with Mr Yeats and touring with them over the next two years. Although he temporarily departed the band in 2013 - and wasn't present for 2015's Modern Blues - he subsequently guested on several tracks on 2020's Good Luck, Seeker and co-wrote two of them ("Sticky Fingers" and "Postcard from the Celtic Dreamtime"). Hallawell rejoined as a full member in 2021, mostly concentrating on piano in the live band but playing an much expanded role on 2022's All Souls Hill, also contributing organ, Mellotron, guitar, Marxophone, backing vocals, as well as contributing to sound effects and production (and co-writing "Hollywood Blues"). His multi-instrumental role developed even further for 2025's Life, Death and Dennis Hopper on which he played piano, drums, bass, slide and lead guitars, synthesized orchestra, organ and Wurlizer piano. He also co-wrote nine of the album's twenty-five tracks ("Brooke / 1712 North Crescent Heights", "Andy (A Guy Like You)", "Blues for Terry Southern", "Riding Down to Mardi Gras", "Hopper's on Top (Genius)", "Transcendental Peruvian Blues", "Michelle (Always Stay)", "Frank (Let's Fuck)" and "Golf, They Say"). He has played a number of Waterboys dates as a duo with Mike Scott.
Originally joining the Waterboys in the summer of 2014, Nashville-based "Brother" Paul Brown has remained as keyboard player and occasional guitarist ever since, becoming an integral part of the band's ongoing rock'n'roll/Southern soul phase. He has played on the albums Modern Blues, Out of All This Blue, Where the Action Is, Good Luck, Seeker, All Souls Hill and Life, Death and Dennis Hopper". While specialising in Hammond organ and piano, he has also played synthesizer, Mellotron, Wurlitzer piano and other keyboards, as well as slide and pedal steel guitar, and has also contributed mixing and production, programming, sound effects and "archaeology" to assorted Waterboys projects. He has co-written a considerable number of Waterboys songs during his ongoing tenure ("Live in the Moment, Baby", "Aftermath", "Daria", "(You've Got To) Kiss a Frog or Two", "Dennis Hopper", "Take Me There I Will Follow You", "Nashville, Tennessee" and the title track of Where the Action Is). Like Wickham and Hallawell, he has frequently performed in a Waterboys duo formation with Mike Scott.
Other notable past members have included Ian McNabb (leader of The Icicle Works), experimental musician Thighpaulsandra, keyboardist and producer Guy Chambers (later the musical director for Robbie Williams), Patti Smith drummers Jay Dee Daugherty and Carlos Hercules, and bassists Steve Walters and Mark Smith (the latter of whom was the band's bassist when he died on 3 November 2009).[54]
Members
Current members
| Image | Name | Years active | Instruments | Release contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Scott |
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all releases | |
| Steve Wickham |
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| James Hallawell |
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| Brother Paul Brown | 2013–present | all releases from Modern Blues (2015) to present | ||
| Aongus Ralston | 2016–present |
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all releases from Out of All This Blue (2017) to present | |
| Eamon Ferris | 2021–present | drums | Life, Death and Dennis Hopper (2025) | |
| Roar Øien | 2026 (confirmed) | pedal steel guitar | scheduled 2026 touring band for "Fisherman's Blues Revue Tour" | |
| Steve Earle | 2026 (confirmed) |
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Former members
| Image | Name | Years active | Instruments | Release contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Thistlethwaite |
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|
| |
| Martin Saunders | 1982 (only with The Red and The Black) | drums | none | |
| Steve Fraser | bass | |||
| Matthew Seligman |
|
1985 (2024) | ||
| Kevin Wilkinson |
|
|
| |
| Norman Rodger | 1983 (temporary) |
|
The Waterboys (1983) | |
| Preston Hayman | drums | "The Three Day Man" (1983) | ||
| Karl Wallinger | 1983–1985 (died 2024) |
|
| |
| Roddy Lorimer |
|
|
| |
| Martyn Swain |
|
bass |
| |
| John Caldwell | 1984 | lead guitar | none | |
| Eddi Reader | backing vocals | A Pagan Place (1984) | ||
| Chris Whitten | 1984–1985 | drums |
| |
| Frank Biddulph | 1985 | fiddle | none | |
| Marco Sin | 1985 (guest 1989) |
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| Max Edie | 1985 | vocals |
| |
| Dave Ruffy |
|
|
| |
| Guy Chambers |
|
|
| |
| Trevor Hutchinson |
|
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| |
| Peter McKinney |
|
drums |
| |
| Fran Breen |
|
| ||
| Leo Moran |
|
lead guitar | none | |
| Jim Keltner | 1986 (session) | drums |
| |
| John Patitucci | bass | |||
| Vinnie Kilduff | 1987–1989 |
|
| |
| Colin Blakey |
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| |
| Noel Bridgeman |
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| |
| Liam Ó Maonlaí |
|
|
Fisherman's Box (2013) | |
| Tomas Mac Eoin |
|
co-lead vocals | Fisherman's Blues (1988) | |
| Jay Dee Daugherty |
|
drums |
| |
| Sharon Shannon |
|
|
| |
| Ken Blevins | 1990–1991 | drums | none | |
| Chris Bruce | 1992–1993 | lead guitar |
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| Scott Thunes | bass | Dream Harder (1993) | ||
| Carla Azar | drums | |||
| Richard Naiff |
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| Jeremy Stacey |
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| Livingstone Brown | 1999–2000 |
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| Gordon Davis | 2000 | none | ||
| Adam Snyder | keyboards | |||
| John Baggot | ||||
| Jo Wadeson | 2000–2001 |
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| Tom Windriff |
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| Ray Fean | 2001 | drums | ||
| Ian McNabb |
|
|
All Souls Hill (2022) | |
| Geoff Dugmore |
|
|
none | |
| Brad Waissman | 2002–2003 | bass | Cloud of Sound (2012) | |
| Paul Beavis | 2002 | drums |
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| Carlos Hercules |
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| Steve Walters |
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bass | Cloud Of Sound (2012) | |
| Mark Smith | 2006–2009 (until his death) |
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| Leo Abrahams | 2006–2007 (session only) | lead guitar | Book of Lightning (2007) | |
| Brady Blade | drums | |||
| Damon Wilson | 2007–2008 | none | ||
| John McCullough | 2009 | keyboards | ||
| Marc Arciero | 2009–2013 | bass | An Appointment with Mr Yeats (2011) | |
| Joe Chester |
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| Katie Kim |
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vocals | ||
| Blaise Margail | 2009–2011 | trombone | ||
| Sarah Allen | flute | |||
| Simon Wallace | 2009–2010 | keyboards | none | |
| Ash Soan | drums | |||
| Ruby Ashley |
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| Paul "Binzer" Brennan |
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drums | ||
| Ralph Salmins |
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| Kate St John | 2011 |
|
An Appointment with Mr Yeats (2011) | |
| Melvin Duffy |
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|
All Souls Hill (2022) | |
| Sarah Calderwood | 2013 |
|
none | |
| Jay Barclay | 2013–2014 |
|
Modern Blues (2015) | |
| Malcolm Gold | 2013 | bass | none | |
| Daniel Mintseris | keyboards | |||
| Elizabeth Ziman | vocals | |||
| Chris Layer | flute | |||
| Ezra Oklan | drums | |||
| Chris Benelli | ||||
| Shane Fitzsimons [sic] | 2014 | bass | ||
| Niall C. Lawlor | lap steel | |||
| Zach Ernst | 2014–2016 | guitar | Modern Blues (2015) | |
| David Hood | bass |
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| Neil Mahony |
|
Out of All This Blue (2017) | ||
| Zeenie Summers |
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vocals |
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| Jess Kavanagh | ||||
| Jon Green | 2017 | drums | none | |
| Bart Walker | guitar | |||
| Gavin Ralston | 2019 (died 2019) | Good Luck, Seeker (2020) | ||
| Jeff Adams | 2019 |
|
Modern Blues (2015) | |
| Audrey Bridgeman | 2023 | drums | none | |
| Barny Fletcher | 2025 | vocals | Life, Death and Dennis Hopper & tour (2025) | |
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Timeline
Line-ups
| Period | Members | Releases |
|---|---|---|
| April 1982
(as The Red and The Black)[5] |
|
none – early demos |
| April – May 1982 |
|
none live shows only |
| June – July 1982 |
| |
| November 1982 – March 1983
(Unnamed and then as The Waterboys)[5] |
with many session musicians |
|
| May 1983[5] |
|
none – Old Grey Whistle Test performance |
| September – December 1983[5] |
|
|
| February 1984[5] |
|
none – one live performance |
| April[5] – July 1984[8] |
|
|
| October – December 1984[8] |
| |
| February 1985[5] |
|
none – one live performance[56] |
|
| |
| March 1985
(sessions) |
|
|
| March – May 1986
(session) |
|
none |
| June – July 1985[5] |
|
|
| October – 3 November 1985[5][56] |
|
none – UK tour and Two US dates |
| November 1985[5][56] |
|
none – Remaining North American tour |
| December 1985[5][56] |
|
none – European tour |
| 18 December 1985[56] |
| |
| 19 December 1985[56] |
| |
| Early January 1986[9] |
|
none – Informal performances in Dublin |
| Late January[57] – March 1986[9]
(only one show) |
|
|
| 22 March [9] – July 1986[57] |
|
|
| August 1986[9][57] |
|
none – one live performance |
| September – November 1986[9] |
|
|
| December 1986[9]
(sessions only) |
Plus other session musicians, including Prairie Prince (drums), Ross Valory (bass), Anders Rundblatt (bass) and Scott Mathews (drums) |
|
| January – August 1987[9]
(sessions only) |
with many guest musicians, including Noel Bridgeman (drums), Frank Lane (pedal steel), Pete Thomas (drums), Jimmy Hickey (vocals, percussion), Vinnie Kilduff (uilleann pipes) |
|
| April 1987[9][58] |
| |
| 22 May 1987[9][58] |
| |
| 24 May 1987[9][58] |
| |
| September 1987[58] |
| |
| October 1987[58] |
| |
| April – October 1988[9]
(sessions only) |
| |
| December 1988[9][59] |
|
none – Ireland tours |
| Late January – March 1989[9][60] |
| |
| June 1989[60] – May 1990[9]
(sessions only in 1990) |
|
|
| July[9] – December 1990[61] |
|
none – European and North American tours |
| 1992 – 1993[10] |
With many other session musicians |
Sessions only, except Top of the Pops performance[10] |
| On Hiatus 1994 – 1999 | ||
| January 1999[10] – 2000 |
with
|
|
| June 2000[12] |
|
|
| October 2000[12] |
|
none – UK tours |
| October – December 2000[12] |
| |
| January – February 2001[13] |
| |
| March – April 2001[13] |
|
none – North American tour |
| April 2001[13] |
|
none – UK shows |
| June 2001[13] |
|
none – European tours |
| July – August 2001[13] |
| |
| August – December 2001[13] |
|
none – European shows and North American tour |
| January – March 2002[14] |
|
none – European shows |
| May 2002[14] |
|
none – Spanish and Portuguese tour |
| June 2002[14] |
|
none – Dutch and English shows |
| June – October 2002[14] |
|
|
| January 2003[15] |
|
none – UK shows |
| May 2003[15] |
|
|
| June – July 2003[15] |
|
none – UK shows |
| July 2003[15] |
|
|
| July – September 2003[15] |
|
none – European shows |
| October – November 2003[15] |
|
|
| December 2003[15] |
|
none – North American shows |
| January – November 2004[62] |
|
|
| 26 – 28 November 2004[62] |
|
none – three Irish shows |
| April – May 2005[16] |
|
none – one English and one Belgium shows |
| May 2005[16] |
with
|
none – one Irish show each |
| July 2005[16] |
| |
| December 2005[17] |
|
none – TV performances only |
| January – August 2006[63] |
|
|
| August 2006 – March 2007
(sessions only)[64] |
|
|
| February 2007[65] – February 2009[18][66] |
|
none – European tours |
| February[19] – May 2009[67] |
|
|
| May[20] – June 2009 |
|
none – Some festival shows |
| July[68] – November 2009[21] |
|
none – rehearsals only |
| December 2009[69] |
| |
| January[22] – April 2010 |
|
none – UK shows |
| June – July 2010[23] |
|
none – European shows |
| August 2010[70] |
| |
| August[24] – December 2010 |
| |
| January[71] – June 2011[72] |
|
|
| May[26] – August 2011 |
|
none – European tours |
| September 2011[73] |
| |
| November 2011 – March 2012[27] |
| |
| April 2012[74] |
| |
| January – early February 2013[28] |
|
none – Australian shows |
| March 2013[29] |
|
none – New York shows |
| June 2013[75] |
|
none – Ireland show |
| June – July 2013[75][30][76] |
|
none – Canadian and New York shows |
| July – September 2013 |
|
none – European shows |
| September – October 2013 |
|
none – US shows |
| November[77] – December 2013[78] |
|
none |
| June, August 2014 |
|
none – UK and Japanese shows |
| July 2014[34][35] |
|
none – England and Ireland shows only |
| December 2014[36] – late July 2016 |
|
|
| July – August 2016 |
|
none – final four dates of European tour |
| June – August 2017 |
|
none – European tours |
| September 2017 – December 2018 |
|
|
| May – September 2019 |
|
|
| September – October 2019 |
|
none – European tours |
| November 2019 – January 2020 |
|
|
| August 2020 |
|
|
| September 2021 – February 2022 |
|
none – European tours |
| February 2022 – April 2025 |
|
|
| April – late 2025 |
|
|
| December 2025 – August 2026 |
|
|
| August 2026 – ? |
|
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