Hayseed Dixie return to ‘favourite venue in the whole world’

Hayseed Dixie have announced a return to their “favourite venue in the whole world”, Belfast’s Empire Music Hall, on Saturday October 30, 2021.
By Julie-Ann Spence
Published 8th Jan 2021, 09:00 BST

The gig marks the 20th anniversary of the recording of their first album ‘A Hillbilly Tribute To AC/DC’ in 2001, which contained re-workings of 10 classic AC/DC songs.

Released worldwide on April 17, 2001, and much to the surprise of everyone involved, this debut album proceeded to sell more than 150,000 copies in the first year of its release.

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Hayseed Dixie are the acknowledged creators of their own musical genre, Rockgrass. They have released 16 albums since 2001, consisting of both original material and re-interpretations of previously rendered songs, selling a combined total of over 750,000 physical copies.

The band’s new album. ‘Blast From the Grassed’, which was released worldwide on February 14, 2020, is the Hayseed Dixie’s 16th studio album. Here the band bring the retro party in full force with moonshine-inspired re-imaginings of guilty-pleasures songs from the Golden Age of Pop-Rock.

Tickets are on sale from Ticketmaster outlets and online at www.ticketmaster.ie.

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