David Keenan Shares New Single ‘Peter O’Toole’s Drinking Stories’

David Keenan releases his new single ‘Peter O’Toole’s Drinking Stories’. It is taken from his forthcoming second album, which will be released later this year to coincide with a headline tour across Ireland, Europe and the UK from October.

Dundalk-native David Keenan released his debut album – ‘A Beginner’s Guide To Bravery’ – in January 2020. The album charted at number one on the official Irish Independent Album Charts, number six in the official National Album Charts and was one of the best-selling vinyl album releases by an Irish artist in 2020. The album release coincided with an unforgettable sold-out concert at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin. The concert film/documentary based on the gig – ‘Alchemy & Prose’ – debuted at the prestigious London Doc’N’Roll Festival in November of last year, and was accompanied by a limited-edition live album, released for Record Store Day 2020.

Like many others, David’s touring plans for the year were halted by the pandemic. He released three lo-fi ‘Isolation Tapes’ on Bandcamp during lockdown. ‘Peter O Toole’s Drinking Stories’ is the first tale in the next chapter from this exciting singer-storyteller, growing in confidence, stretching boundaries and embracing new sounds, assuredly delivered in his familiar narrative drawl. His forthcoming second album is a deft but noticeable step up from his debut, fulfilling his promise, and then some. More information on the album will follow in the coming months. David has also just released his first book of poetry.

David Keenan will be heading out on tour this coming autumn and winter.

David Keenan Live:

13^th October – Limelight 1, Belfast
16^th October – Hare & Hounds, Birmingham
19^th October – Artheater, Cologne
20^th October – Le Pop Up, Paris
21^st October – Secret Show, Brussels
22^nd October – Paradiso Noord, Amsterdam
24^th October – Badehaus, Berlin
26^th October – Bogen F, Zurich
27^th October – Strom, Munich
29^th October – Chelsea, Vienna
30^th October – PPC, Graz
1^st November – Chapeau Rouge, Prague
3^rd November – Poglos, Warsaw
8^th November – Belleville, Oslo
10^th November – Nalen Clubb, Stockholm
12^th November – Ideal Bar, Copenhagen
22^nd November – Deaf Institute, Manchester
23^rd November – Islington Assembly Hall, London
24^th November – Komedia, Brighton
27^th November – The Leadmill, Sheffield
28^th November – Firebug, Leicester
30^th November – St Lukes, Glasgow
1^st December – The Caves, Edinburgh
2^nd December – Northumbria Students Union, Newcastle
4^th December – EBGBs, Liverpool
6^th December – Cyprus Avenue, Cork
8^th December – Dolans, Limerick
9^th December – Roisin Dubh, Galway
10^th December – Spirit Store, Dundalk
12^th December – Olympia, Dublin