Kris Kristofferson announces extra Olympia Theatre Dublin 2012 live concert date for December!
Due to phenomenal demand, Kris Kristofferson has officially confirmed an extra Irish Tour Date at The Olympia Theatre in Dublin which is scheduled to take place this December 2012. Music Scene is delighted to reveal that the American country star will be performing live at The Olympia Theatre in Dublin on Monday the 10th of December 2012 (SOLD OUT), followed by the newly added date of Tuesday the 11th of December 2012, then a trip up north to perform live on stage at The Waterfront Hall in Belfast on Wednesday the 12th of December 2012. Tickets for all Kris Kristofferson Irish Tour Dates are on sale now through Ticketmaster and usual outlets nationwide. Prices are listed below.
Tickets for Kris Kristofferson live at The Olympia Theatre in Dublin on December 10th & 11th 2012 are priced from €44 including booking fee.
Tickets for Kris Kristofferson live at The Waterfront Hall in Belfast on December 12th 2012 are priced from £38 including booking fee.
Kris Kristofferson has been making things happen his entire life. Born in Texas and raised in a military family, Kris Kristofferson was a Golden Gloves boxer who studied creative writing at Pomona College in California. The Phi Beta Kappa graduate earned a Rhodes scholarship to study literature at Oxford, where he boxed, played rugby and continued to write songs. After graduating from Oxford, Kris Kristofferson served in the army as an Airborne Ranger helicopter pilot and achieved the rank of Captain. In 1965, Kris Kristofferson turned down an assignment to teach at West Point and, inspired by songwriters like Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash, moved to Nashville to pursue his music.
“When I was in the army, I was one of the few people outside of his personal friends who knew about Willie Nelson,” Kris Kristofferson recalls. “I listened to a disc jockey who happened to be a Willie fan. He would play Willie’s songs and talk about him all the time. By the time I got to Nashville, he was a superhero to me. For guys like me, Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson were two gods we worshipped. Then Willie and I got to be best friends. I came from a position of idolizing him to finding out he’s the funniest son of a bitch you could be around.”
After struggling in Music City for several years, Kris Kristofferson achieved remarkable success as a country songwriter at the start of the 1970s. His songs “Me and Bobby McGee”, “Help Me Make It Through the Night”, “Sunday Morning Coming Down”, and “For the Good Times”, all chart-topping hits, helped redefine country songwriting. By 1987, it was estimated that more than 450 artists had recorded Kris Kristofferson’s compositions.
His renown as a songwriter triggered Kris Kristofferson’s successful career as a performer and that, in turn, brought him to the attention of Hollywood, leading to his flourishing career as a film actor. Kris Kristofferson has acted in more than 70 films. In 1977 He won a Golden Globe for Best Actor in “A Star Is Born”. He’s appeared in cult favorites including the “Blade” trilogy, “Lone Star”, “A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries”, “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore”, “Blume In Love”, “Cisco Pike”, and “Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid”. Recent films include “Fast Food Nation”, “Dreamer: Inspired By A True Story”, “The Jacket”, “Silver City”, “He’s Just Not That In To You”, and “Dolphin Tale”.
Heralded as an artist’s artist, the three-time GRAMMY winner has recorded 27 albums, including three with pals Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings as part of the Highwaymen. Kris Kristofferson has spent three decades performing concerts all over the world, in most recent years in a solo acoustic setting, which puts the focus on the songs. “There’s an honesty in the sparseness. It feels like direct communication to the listener,” he says. “I still have more fun when I’m with the band, but being alone is freer, somehow. It’s like being an old blues guy, just completely stripped away.”
Kris Kristofferson has reached living legend status, but that hasn’t changed or hindered his creativity. His current CD, Closer To The Bone contains eleven gems that explore love, gratitude, aging, war, and his ever-present theme of freedom. “If you took freedom out of the songs, you’d have very few Kris Kristofferson songs,” he laughs. Kris Kristofferson will release his new album, produced by Don Was, in 2012.
In addition to many other awards, Kris Kristofferson is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, winner of the prestigious Johnny Mercer Award from the Songwriter Hall of Fame, and was honored with the American Veteran’s Association’s “Veteran of the Year Award” in 2002. For Kristofferson’s 70th birthday in 2006, his friends and admirers gifted him with a tribute CD, The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson. Stars including Willie Nelson, Russell Crowe, Emmylou Harris, Gretchen Wilson, Rosanne Cash, and Brian McKnight recorded 17 of Kristofferson’s compositions for the tribute. In 2007, Kris Kristofferson was honored with the Johnny Cash Visionary Award from Country Music Television and in 2009 BMI lauded Kristofferson with the Icon Award. He received the Frances Preston Music Industry Award from the T.J. Martell Foundation in March, 2012.
Don’t miss Kris Kristofferson performing live on stage at The Olympia Theatre in Dublin and The Waterfront Hall in Belfast this coming December 2012.
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