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Zach Bryan review: Country superstar vows to move to Cork during first night in Páirc Uí Chaoimh

'I ain’t never been to Cork before this. The Dublin crowds are quiet compared to this — don’t tell them I said that!'
Zach Bryan plays to a packed audience at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday. Picture; Eddie O'Hare

Zach Bryan plays to a packed audience at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday. Picture; Eddie O'Hare

"I gotta fucking move to Cork, guys,” Zach Bryan says not even twenty minutes into his first gig at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, and given the stadium-shaking love pouring out from the crowd for him it’s no surprise he has a newfound grá for the Real Capital.

Bryan arrives on stage before 8.30pm, after the crowd has been well warmed up by support acts Dijon and Fey Fili, and it’s a rapturous reception as he asks “how ya feeling, Rebel County?” and launches into his opening tune, Overtime.

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