According to the celebrity website’s Inaugural Committee sources, they’ve been trying to book the Chicago-native dancer for some time.

Michael Flatley’s mother was yesterday laid to rest beside her husband in the picturesque village of St Mullins in Co Carlow.

Riverdance romances have bloomed since the international Irish dancing phenomenon was introduced to the world 22 years ago.

Let’s call a spade a spade, lads. Michael Flatley IS the Lord of the Dance. This homecoming of the show marks its 20th anniversary. However, the Marquee is sans the star.

Michael Flatley may be retired, but he’s still hands on for his dance show, writes Marjorie Brennan

After 20 years as the Lord of the Dance, Michael Flatley lives with constant searing pain, but as a “hopeless optimist”, he will not and cannot let his mind dwell on it for a second.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

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Lord of the Dance Michael Flatley may only be a hop, skip and a jump away from hanging up his dancing shoes forever, but his name will be remembered on Broadway for a long time to come after a US street was temporarily renamed in his honour this week.

Dance superstar Michael Flatley is selling his beloved Castlehyde mansion but insists that his heart will always be in Ireland.

Michael Flatley has revealed his battle with the most deadly form of skin cancer made him re-evaluate the important things in life.

Dancer Michael Flatley has been stepping his way into the history books for the past 21 years — and now he’s tapping into the global art market, having reinvented himself as a painter.

Two family friends of the youngest victim at Hillsborough have described how they lost sight of the 10-year-old boy as crushing on a terrace at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final became “unbearable”.

Michael Flatley stole the show at Morgan O’Driscoll’s Irish and International art auction at the RDS in Dublin last evening.

Michael Flatley, boxer, flautist, dancer and now, by some stretch of the imagination, a painter.

Des O’Sullivan on the Lord of the Dance’s canvas creations which go on sale in Dublin later this month.

More than two decades ago, Michael Flatley was in rehearsals at the then Point Theatre, practising for an unknown act to keep guests amused during the interval at the upcoming Eurovision.

WANTED: Charismatic, unrelenting, imaginative, high-energy, world-class dancer (35 toe-taps a second is the required standard) to help change how a staid traditional idiom is perceived.

Dance superstar Michael Flatley got a Rebel passport and found a new dance partner after meeting one of his biggest fans yesterday.

Lord of the Dance Michael Flatley and his wife Niamh opened their luxurious Castlehyde mansion and their hearts yesterday to help make dreams come true for vulnerable children from Cork.

It’s been seen live by over 25 million people across the planet and smashed box office records over two decades — now the banks of the Lee are set to pulse to the rhythm of global dance phenomenon Riverdance for the first time.

Riverdance star Michael Flatley has taken up painting based on his dancing.

Michael Flatley has described his new show’s run at the London Palladium as "a dream come true".

Michael Flatley has said he doesn't understand why people in Ireland wear tracksuits.

Dance superstar Michael Flatley has revealed how Fred Astaire and Michael Jackson both danced their way down the sweeping staircase in his Irish stately home.

Michael Flatley has urged foreign companies to set up in Ireland as part of a campaign aiming at attracting 5,000 new jobs to the country by the end of 2018.

Lord of the Dance Michael Flatley has launched a campaign aimed at bringing more jobs to the Cork city and county.

Ever wondered what would happen if the Peter Pan of Pop met the Lord of the Dance? Wonder no more — it ends with lots of money going to charity.

Michael Flatley has revealed he still has the shoes that high-kicked him to superstardom at the Eurovision 20 years ago.

They definitely had the weather for it.

Flatley reigned and then it poured — or was it the other way around?

Dance legend Michael Flatley has spoken of his honour after agreeing to lead Cork’s St Patrick’s Day parade. The multi-millionaire Lord of the Dance and Feet of Flames superstar, who was made a freeman of Cork in 2007 said: “I am truly honoured to be chosen as grand marshal of the Cork St Patrick’s Day Parade, in the county my family and I now call home.

Michael Flatley is Grand Marshal of this year’s Cork St Patrick’s Day parade.

Concern has been raised about Riverdance millionaire Michael Flatley’s security after a gang were able to break into his mansion with apparent ease and steal a rhino horn which could be worth anything between €200,000 and €400,000 on the black market.

Michael Flatley and his family were in their lavish 18th-century home last night as thieves broke in and stole a rhino horn.

Last weekend 17,000 people turned out in Limerick for the launch of the 20th anniversary tour of Riverdance. So where were you when Michael Flatley and Jean Butler took to the Eurovision stage that night in 1994?

She’s beautiful, super-wealthy, influential... but TV3’s Celebrity Apprentice gaffer, Caroline Downey, is nursing a heartache.

Some of the biggest names in showbusiness gathered to pay their respects to Ticketmaster Ireland boss Eamonn O’Connor.