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Legends of Irish music & song The FUREYS, renowned for their hit songs ‘I will love you’, ‘When you were sweet 16’, ‘The Green fields of France’, ‘The old man’, ‘Red rose café’, ‘From Clare to here’, ‘Her father didn’t like me anyway’, ‘Leaving Nancy’, ‘Steal away’ etc perform throughout Ireland, UK and Continental Europe every year.

The FUREYS have been entertaining audiences worldwide for 40 years, audiences that have included former Australian Prime Minister John Howard, Former Irish President Mary McAleese and the late Pope John Paul while Tony Blair has publicly stated his favourite peace song of all time is the FUREYS “Green Fields of France”. Recently Ireland President Michael D Higgins attended their concert in Dublin’s National Concert Hall.

The band was formed in 1978 literally by accident. George, Paul and Davey were playing in Denmark with their own band called the Buskers and Eddie and Finbar, while touring in Germany were involved in a road accident. When George and Paul got news of the accident they immediately travelled to Germany to be with their brothers. They then decided that they should all be playing together and this was the start of the FUREYS.

Inevitably changes have occurred over the years. Their brother Paul died suddenly in June 2002, Finbar left the band in December 1996 and Davey got a stroke in March 2014 which he is still recovering from. However George and Eddie have continued to delight audiences on their tours and have released a new CD to celebrate their 40th Anniversary called ‘The Fureys 40 Years on……to be continued’

The oldest of the brothers, Eddie Furey left home in 1966 and travelled to Scotland at the time of the great folk revival where he met and shared accommodation in Edinburgh with then unknown folk singers Billy Connolly, Gerry Rafferty, Tam Harvey and Alex Campbell, now all famous in their own right. Gerry wrote ‘Her father didn’t like me anyway’ for Eddie while they were together in 1972. BBC Radio 1 presenter, the late John Peel made it his single of the year. In 1969 with his brother Finbar, Eddie was the special guest for the Clancy Brothers throughout the USA and Canada. In 1973 he moved to mainland Europe where he toured for a number of years, building up a huge following particularly in Germany. Dave Stewart from the Eurythmics has credited Eddie with teaching him his first chords on guitar when they met up in the North East of England while Dave was still a teenager.

The FUREYS are responsible for some of the most stirring music ever to capture the public imagination. Their folk based music has received standing ovations in some of the biggest concert halls of the world and they credit their musical ability to their parents, Ted and Nora, who were well known musicians themselves. They encouraged their sons to play music from a very early age and there was live traditional music in their house almost nightly.

Their emotive songs stir many emotions….tears and laughter, sadness and joy.

A FUREYS concert is always a night to remember

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Imagine a multi purpose venue that is the major focus for creative activity in Andover, a place in which to meet, do business, learn and have a good time....... welcome to The Lights.

A 249 seat professionally fitted auditorium, an Arena that takes 400 standing with an adjacent deck overlooking a water feature, a suite of business rooms, a creative studio space together with well equipped dance studios - all this plus a great cafe bar makes The Lights a destination arts venue.

THE ARENA CAFE BAR
All year round we are pleased to offer:
A fresh eat in and take away menu - sandwiches and toasties made to order
Open Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm, and Saturdays 9am to 3pm
Special meal deal offers
Loyalty scheme
Live music for your enjoyment
Free Wi-Fi facility
Complimentary daily newspapers
So, if you're shopping in town, meeting a colleague or business client, or want to catch up with friends why not consider dropping in to sample our artisan coffee from Moonroast and delicious homemade cakes or a light lunch. Our licenced bar is open too.

Chatter and Natter

Each Thursday from 10am - 12pm a group table is on open reserve for the Chatter and Natter scheme - order your refreshments and then join the open table to chat to new people. It's not a scheme to make friends, just to encourage some good old-fashioned chat! For more information visit the national website: www.chattycafescheme.co.uk

Evening Show Service

The Bar is open an hour before a show on performance evenings and during the interval, and is the place to meet friends and fellow theatre goers. Please note that the bar will be closed after the interval.

A small range of sandwiches, rolls, toasties and cakes are available prior to evening shows.

On summer evenings the canopied deck is the perfect place to enjoy a glass of chilled wine, a G&T or a long cold beer. Drinks may be enjoyed before, after, and during most performances at The Lights. Look out for our regular special promotions including guest beers, cocktails and feature flavour ice creams!

Interval drinks may be ordered at the Bar prior to evening performances.

The Arena Cafe Bar will be closed to the public on a variety of days throughout the year to enable Blood Donation sessions to take place.

A range of public pay and display car parking can be found within a few minutes walk of the theatre:

The Chantry Centre Multi Storey car park is free from 4pm - please note that the barriers close at 10pm so this may not be suitable parking for evening shows.

Marlborough Street Car Park, free from 4pm

Anton House Car park off Marlborough Street which is free from 5pm each evening and has 60 spaces.

Andover College car parks are available Mon-Fri from 6pm and weekends with a £2 pay on exit car park charge.

There is limited, unreserved disabled parking currently available at the Leisure Centre.

Please note that Lidl car park is for the use of their customers only.

West Street,

Andover,

Hampshire,

England,

SP10 1AH.

01264 368 368