Kris returns for another INEC show
KRIS Kristofferson makes his long awaited return to the INEC, Killarney on Wednesday, August 18. His 2008 solo performance in Killarney was a sell-out and tickets for his August, fully-seated solo gig are selling fast.
"I was overseas doing a film when I got the opportunity to work in Ireland, and I didn't have time to martial the troops. So I went out by myself, and it worked. I've been really surprised at selling out the shows everywhere. People are filling up the houses," says Kris.
"Something was making a direct communication with the audience," he adds, "and I guess it must be down to the essence of the songs. Because, God knows, there's better guitar players and singers. But it seems to be working with my material - just me and the song."
Kris returns to the essentials of his finely honed craft on his most recent album, Closer to the Bone. Like the master singer-songwriter's 2006 album, This Old Road, the new album is produced by Grammy Award winner Don Was.
Both albums mark the latest works of a distinguished career that has encompassed the authorship of such classic American songs as Me and Bobby McGee, Sunday Morning Coming Down, and Help Me Make It Through the Night; stardom in such feature films as Lonestar, the Blade Trilogy, A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries, Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid and A Star is Born; honours including three Grammy Awards and a Golden Globe Award and years of outspoken political and social activism.
He was feted in November as a BMI Icon at the performing rights organisation's Country Awards. Kristofferson is currently a member of the Songwriter Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Tickets to see Kris Kristofferson in the INEC, Killarney on Wednesday, August 18 cost €49.50. Call the INEC Box Office on 064 6671555 or log onto www.inec.ie
