The Bothy Band: Legendary trad group's summer reunion gigs cancelled due to illness
The reunited Bothy Band: 2024 gigs cancelled owing to co-founder Dónal Lunny's major surgery
Scheduled live reunion concerts of trad/folk outfit The Bothy Band, set for July and August at the National Concert Hall in Dublin, have been cancelled, according to an announcement from promoters on Tuesday morning.
On social media, the NCH stated that bouzouki player Dónal Lunny, a co-founder of the group following his 1974 departure from genre trailblazers Planxty, was set for "major surgery", necessitating the cancellation of scheduled gigs on Saturday, July 17 and Thursday, August 24, to facilitate "a lengthy recuperation".
