Making up for lost time, Damien Rice ticks all the boxes at Live at the Marquee

Damien Rice doesn’t do frills on stage.

With haunting, sweet vocals and an arching falsetto, he doesn’t need to, as new fans and old found to their delight at his Cork concert on Monday night, part of the Live at the Marquee summer season.

This was a comeback gig as the Irish singer-songwriter didn’t do much of anything for almost a decade — disillusioned with the music industry to such an extent that he took an extended break.