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Christy Moore to share second ever music video starring Liam Cunningham and Ollie West

October 31, 2024

Upcoming single ‘Boy In The Wild’ arrives 1st November with album A Terrible Beauty on Claddagh Records

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Christy Moore will share a video for his new single ‘Boy In The Wild’ this Friday 1st November, along with the release of his new album A Terrible Beauty (Pre-order album here).

The official music video, which is directed and produced by Ellius Grace, stars BAFTA-nominated and IFTA-winning Irish actor Liam Cunningham (Game of Thrones, 3 Body Problem, The Vault, Hunger, The Wind That Shakes The Barley) and the sensational IFTA-nominated young actor Ollie West (The Sparrow, The Listeners). This is only the second music video in existence, the other being 1983’s ‘Don’t Forget Your Shovel’.

Today, Claddagh Records is making a preview trailer of the ‘Boy In The Wild’ video available – view here. On Friday 1st November, this link will automatically update to show the full length official music video.

‘Boy In The Wild’ was written by Christy Moore and his long-time collaborator and friend Wally Page, shortly before Wally’s death in January 2023. The single, which is a genuine and heartfelt song from the perspective of a father to his son, features Moore’s own son, Andy Moore, on backing vocals.

Christy Moore says: “I first met Wally Page when he sang at The Meeting Place in Dublin in 1977. We struck up a relationship that lasted until his death. Along the way we wrote many songs together. I also covered many of his own songs. Months before his death he sent me most of this song. He wondered was there anything in it (there surely was, dear Waldo). I think this is Wally at his very best. Apart from his writing he was a beautiful soulful singer who exuded warmth, passion and humour when he sang. Wally’s gigs in The Cobblestone and The Five Lamps were legendary. Many of us miss him here in The Black Lagoon.”

A Terrible Beauty is an album that arrives on 1st November, 56 years on from the release of Christy’s debut album Paddy On The Road, and just months shy of his 80th birthday, so it’s no small thing that The Irish Times has observed what listeners will realise instantly: “For all the living-legend and national-treasure plaudits, you might think A Terrible Beauty is just another dependable Christy Moore album. Not really. This one hits the bull’s-eye repeatedly and with force.” Read the full review here. 

Christy Moore will play 12 live shows at Vicar Street, Dublin throughout November (2nd, 7th, 13th, 20th, 28th) and December (5th, 11th, 18th, 30th) this year, and January (5th, 12th, 20th) next year, and a Cork Live at the Marquee date for 28th June 2025 went on sale yesterday. For concert details see aikenpromotions.com

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