Dundalk singer-songwriter David Keenan is returning to his hometown for a solo show

David Keenan has announced a  hometown solo show in Dundalk’s Spirit Store to preview his new album material for the first time.

The singer-songwriter  will take to the stage in the Spirit Store on Sunday, Febraury 23rd, with doors opening at 7.30pm.

David wrote the ode to his hometown of Dundalk on the Irish border “El Paso” at 14.

Self educated and guided by his grandfather’s storytelling gift songwriting has always been a full time vocation.

After a number of self released EPs his first album “A Beginner's Guide to Bravery" (2020) reached number 1 in the Irish indie Charts and was followed by the critically acclaimed second "WHAT THEN?" a year later.

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Other works include live album/concert film "Alchemy & Prose” and the d.i.y “CRUDE” records.

With a reputation as a uniquely poetic singer-songwriter/storyteller and relentless live performer he has toured consistently from a young age across Ireland, the UK, Europe, North America and Australia with events including two headline nights in Dublin's Olympia theatre, the main stage of Electric Picnic, appearances at Lowlands, SXSW, Sydney Fest, Folk Alliance, Eurosonic, Glastonbury and Celtic Connections, residencies in Paris and New York's Irish Arts Centres & a recent headline show in Ireland’s National Concert Hall.

As a guest he’s also toured alongside the likes of Hozier, David Gray, Dermot Kennedy, Counting Crows, Snow Patrol, Richard Thompson and Rodrigo y Gabriela.

His fourth studio album is to be released in 2025 alongside the documentary ‘Focla ar Chanbhás’ - 500 days in the life, which open at Chicago Irish Film Festival in February.

David Keenan will perform in the Spirit Store on Sunday, Febraury 23rd. Doors open 7.30pm.

Tickets cost €22.50 (plus €1.75 booking fee) and are available on www.spiritstore.ie